Water Commissioners approve superintendent framework

Water Commissioners · Meeting of August 17, 2026

WEST BRIDGEWATER — The Water Commissioners approved an organizational framework for a combined DPW and water superintendent on Aug. 17. The plan keeps the water department under the commission, with an assistant superintendent answering to it, and splits salary 50-50 in later years after about $30,000 from water this year. An engineer reported ARPA funds cut the Manley Street loan principal by about $500,000.

Members also reviewed PFAS test results of 4.59, 5.66 and 3.94 at three stations, and a $28,000 gas service quote for the Sear-Norman project.

In the full story:

• Call to Order and Minutes
• Water Project Update: Manley Street
• Sear-Norman Project
• Meters
• DPW and Water Superintendent Framework
• River Street
• Other Discussion: Shell Site and PFAS
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,027 words

Source: the Water Commissioners meeting of August 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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