City to hold meetings over major sewer/water rate hike plan
JACKSON — The city of Jackson will host a series of town hall meetings to discuss a proposed water and sewer rate hike. Water rates would rise 29 percent under the proposal, from $2.48 to $3.21 per 100...
View ArticleUtility Authority gives nod to nearly $7M budget
HERNANDO — The DeSoto County Regional Utility Authority board has approved a $6.68 million budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Under the blueprint, Olive Branch, Southaven, Horn Lake,...
View ArticleCity mulling plan to use waste for electricity, water purification
OXFORD — The city Oxford is exploring a partnership using municipal sewage to generate electricity while purifying wastewater. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that the city is looking...
View ArticleCity proposes sales tax to fix infrastructure woes
JACKSON — The city of Jackson is proposing an increase in sales tax to bring in additional revenue for its crumbling infrastructure. WJTV reports Mayor Chokwe Lumumba held a town hall meeting last...
View ArticleCities’ sewage rate dispute remanded to Chancery Court
HATTIESBURG — A legal dispute over sewage treatment between the cities of Petal and Hattiesburg has been remanded back to Forrest County Chancery Court from U.S. District Court. The Hattiesburg...
View ArticleCity, York hammer out 30-year contract for wastewater treatment
HATTIESBURG — Over the years, developer Bennett York had turned to land-application disposal methods to disperse treated wastewater from his developments at Canebrake, Bellegrass and Big Bay. The...
View ArticleEnvironmental group goes to court over sewage discharges
HATTIESBURG — The Gulf Restoration Network has asked a federal judge to hold the City of Hattiesburg liable under the Clean Water Act for releasing improperly treated sewage into the Leaf and Bouie...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals rules for Coast utility authority
BILOXI — The Mississippi Court of Appeals has sided with a South Mississippi utility authority in a dispute over the use of eminent domain to take private property for a massive sewage plant built with...
View ArticleCochran, association talk water provisions in farm bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), who met with members of the Mississippi Rural Water Association yesterday, said rural development and conservation provisions enacted with the new...
View ArticleMDEQ fines metalworking firm over hazardous waste
SENATOBIA — A Senatobia metalworking firm is paying $24,640 civil fine for failing to conduct inspections and mishandling hazardous waste Aluminum Extrusions agreed to pay the fine to the Mississippi...
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