About 1,300 buildings in Woodstock need to have lead water-service lines replaced under a federal mandate at a cost of more than $10 million. And your water rates are going to go up – once now, and again later – as the city works to comply with state and federal deadlines to fix the health-related […]
Woodstock is dipping its toe into water issues caused in part by aging lead pipe water lines that will cost the city millions. Two years ago the City Council awarded a $39,000 contract to Trotter and Associates of St. Charles to create a “phosphorus discharge optimization plan.” Last week, the council approved hiring Trotter for […]
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