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Township board approves mandated sewer rate hike

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Sewer rates in Ironwood Township are increasing at the end of May, after the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved a mandated rate increase Monday as part of the completion of the township’s Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater grant.

“Tonight marks the end of the SAW grant project,” Randy Scott, with the engineering firm C2AE, said Monday.

Scott explained the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which oversees the SAW program, has several requirements for municipalities after they complete...

 
 
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