Water Quality Management Fee Will Be Used To Improve Sanitary & Storm Water Systems

By Knox van Nagell | December 11th, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, Land Use News

“The Storm on the Horizon: Water quality fees management fee hits in January”

Excerpt from BizLex.com, posted 12/10/09
By Susan Baniak

Lexington, KY – In 2010, Lexingtonians will begin paying the price for decades of laissez-faire storm water policies. The first fees are set to appear on water bills in January, and the money collected from home owners, businesses and other property-owning organizations will fund a new vigilance in managing what the community allows to wash into its waterways.

But in addition to the almost $300 million that the city expects to spend over the next 10 years to improve its sanitary and storm water systems and wastewater treatment plants, the new EPA-mandated initiative will require a change in Lexington’s overall attitude about water. It is everyone’s responsibility, and it’s time to foot the bill… Read more at BizLex.com

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