Etna Green Sets Hearing For Sewer Rates
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
ETNA GREEN - After being denied its request for grant money from the Indiana Department of Commerce, the Etna Green Town Council has set a meeting for public input regarding a wastewater fee increase.
The council announced Tuesday that the requested $500,000 DOC grant that would have helped fund its $668,000 wastewater treatment plant upgrade will not be coming through for the town.
The town wants to expand its six-year-old wastewater facility because it is operating at full capacity. The planned improvements would increase the flow from .43 million gallons per day to .9 million gallons per day.
The upgrade, with the grant, would add about $13 per month to standard sewage bills in Etna Green. However, DOC officials told the town that residents could withstand a monthly increase of $18 or more on their bills.
A public meeting at 1 p.m. Nov. 18 will be an opportunity for residents to voice their opinions on this matter to DOC representatives.
The town plans to reapply for grant money from the DOC Community Focus Fund during the next round, in January. The denied request was submitted in September. [[In-content Ad]]
ETNA GREEN - After being denied its request for grant money from the Indiana Department of Commerce, the Etna Green Town Council has set a meeting for public input regarding a wastewater fee increase.
The council announced Tuesday that the requested $500,000 DOC grant that would have helped fund its $668,000 wastewater treatment plant upgrade will not be coming through for the town.
The town wants to expand its six-year-old wastewater facility because it is operating at full capacity. The planned improvements would increase the flow from .43 million gallons per day to .9 million gallons per day.
The upgrade, with the grant, would add about $13 per month to standard sewage bills in Etna Green. However, DOC officials told the town that residents could withstand a monthly increase of $18 or more on their bills.
A public meeting at 1 p.m. Nov. 18 will be an opportunity for residents to voice their opinions on this matter to DOC representatives.
The town plans to reapply for grant money from the DOC Community Focus Fund during the next round, in January. The denied request was submitted in September. [[In-content Ad]]