Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Florence: Check Your Wastewater Bills

 



When you get your monthly utility bill, what do you check first? If you're like most of us, you look at the amount billed for electricity and/or natural gas. You may then glance at your water usage, but you probably stop there. Next month, take a good look at your wastewater bill. Did you know you paid that much?

Now the City of Florence is planning an upgrade to the system. At the end of March, the ADEM asked the state's approximately 1,100 water systems to submit requests for upgrade funding. Federal funding is to assist with these projects, but we have to ask just how far it will go if all one thousand plus systems request an upgrade.

Florence apparently had its plans ready and will be offering more information on this in days to come. We suggest those who are already concerned about their monthly bill to contact their district representative to learn how this will impact their future payments.


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3 comments:

  1. Somone should check Sheffield's sewage bills. It's always higher than the actual water bill. Why? Because the water dept. adds a $20+ fee on the sewege bill. This is wrong is so many ways. The sewage bill should never be more than water. How can you put more out than you're getting in?

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    1. In Florence, our wastewater bill is ALWAYS more than our water bill - even in the summer when we water the lawn, flowers, etc.

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  2. The waste of taxpayer dollars in Florence is a bottomless pit full of "excrement" and this is the latest example. The average citizen who is paying all these high taxes is either unaware or doesn't care AND WON'T it seems until THEIR money runs out. The Florence City council has proven they can spend money ad nauseum and the public for the most part just go along out of laziness and/or stupidity. Here is a suggestion: those who were so keen to "drain the swamp" in Washington D.C..... how about getting that enthusiastic to "flush the toilet" on Pine Street come election time for the current city council and mayor???

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