Mayor Rizzo to Hold a Public Meeting on Ongoing Water and Sewer Infrastructure Improvements
May 7, 2013
The City and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have entered into a Consent Decree to detect and eliminate illegal sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in the City over the next 10 years. The improvement projects will target sources of inflow and infiltration (I/I) within the City’s aging sewer and drainage system(s). These improvements are expected to total more than $100 million.
The upcoming meeting is part of Mayor Rizzo’s efforts to educate City residents on the Consent Decree requirements and ways to reduce water and sewer costs. During the meeting, the Mayor will discuss the completed and planned improvements, as well as the project’s long-term goals and its benefits for the public.
“I know that during difficult economic times, we are all struggling to pay our bills. I hope that in the future these issues will be alleviated,” says Mayor Rizzo. “We are holding this public meeting to give the residents of the city the ability to understand the infrastructure improvements that are occurring. I hope residents will come out to the meeting on June 12, 2013, to learn more about the important work that is underway to improve the quality of our city.”
For more information regarding the public meeting, and the water and sewer work being completed in the City, please contact the Mayor’s Office at 781-286-8111 or revere_mayor@revere.org or visit www.revere.org.
Water and Sewer Infrastructure Information