Water Board Selects Cheaper Access Road For New Well

Water · Meeting of October 27, 2026

Kingston's Water Commissioners picked a cheaper route for a new well access road and flagged a widening water-loss mystery. Engineers confirmed both proposed alignments for the new well pump station's access road stay on town-owned land, and the board chose Alignment B, which a project engineer identified as Tyler said saves roughly $750,000 in paving, stone and utility costs. Staff reported Kingston's unaccounted-for water reached 30 percent in 2025, while a leak detection survey turned up just one service leak and four hydrant leaks, accounting for only 2.2 percent of water pumped.

The board previewed a water meter replacement program headed to Town Meeting, with a "high end" cost estimate near $2.5 million and a projected two-to-three-year payback. Officials said pumping is down roughly 40 million gallons from last year under a full outdoor watering ban.

In the full story:

• Proposed Subdivision Water Main Extension
• Well Projects And Water Audit Update
• Unaccounted-For Water And Leak Detection Strategy
• New Well Access Road Alignment
• Wendorf Street Well Plan And Emergency Response Plan Updates
• Water Meter Replacement Program And Finance Committee Review
• Treatment Plant Staffing And Training
• Hydrant Safety And Replacement Program
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,310 words

Source: the Water meeting of October 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.