Wareham Sewer Board Approves $92,000 in Contracts, Eyes Billing Overhaul

Water · Meeting of April 13, 2026

Wareham Sewer Commissioners approved nearly $92,000 in vendor contracts and launched a workshop review of a billing overhaul that has not been attempted in roughly 50 years. At the April 9 meeting, the board unanimously approved contracts with Trojan Technologies ($13,364.89 for a UV building motherboard) and Wilkinson Companies (up to $29,258 for a dewatering building gas burner), and approved 3-1 a contract with Knowles Enterprise LLC (up to $49,657.96 for an Apple Street lift station upgrade). Commissioner Bob Scanlon reported that a residential billing model covering 5,800 accounts is nearly complete at 97 percent, but that 632 commercial accounts are "a mess," with missing store names, outdated addresses, and no written definition of what an equivalent dwelling unit actually is, describing the current standard as "a verbal tradition passed down through the generations." Engineering consultants Russ Kleekamp and John Potts of Weston and Sampson reported soil borings along Sandwich Road are set to begin, with the project still targeting an August bid date despite a two-week schedule slip.

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Source: the Water meeting of April 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.