Whitman Water Board Weighs Sewer Moratorium
Water · Meeting of September 9, 2026
Whitman Water Commission edges toward a sewer connection moratorium. Superintendent Bob Trumbull told the board a proposed 157-unit development at 66 Pond Street could use six to seven million gallons of the town's roughly 12 million gallons of remaining sewer reserve, out of a 15 million gallon ceiling. Members floated a moratorium trigger between three and five million gallons remaining, noting Whitman's next rate renegotiation with Brockton, which treats its wastewater, won't happen until 2035.
The board separately learned a two-family property's water bill hit $21,000 after months of estimated billing masked a running toilet, "this is out of the toilet," Trumbull said. Commissioners also voted unanimously to declare several pieces of surplus equipment, including two power take-off shafts and an old asphalt roller, for individual sale, and set their next meeting for October 14.
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Source: the Water meeting of September 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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