“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
