Mass. The Water and Sewer system is an enterprise system which brings in 8 million each fiscal year. The bills consist of a water charge and a sewer charge, and usage is determined by the water meter reading. The Town has recently installed meters, which can be read electronically outside the building thus eliminating the need to enter the building to obtain a reading.
Bills are due sixty days after the billing date.
If they are not paid at this time a second overdue bill is sent. The water fund is called an enterprise fund, which means the rates are set in accordance with the amount of expenses needed to operate the system. A substantial percentage of this amount is paid to the Mass. Water Resource Authority for water and sewer charges. The Town uses the balance of the water and sewer revenues to operate its own water department and to make repairs to water and sewer lines throughout the Town.