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Yorktown Weighs Increase In Water Rates

YORKTOWN, N.Y. - The Yorktown Town Board special work session on Thursday was devoted to the water district.

The Yorktown Town Board discussed raising water rates at its meeting on Thursday.

The Yorktown Town Board discussed raising water rates at its meeting on Thursday.

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In addition to setting a public hearing for March 1 on the local law to increase water rates by $1.25 per 1,000 gallons to $6.25 per 1,000 gallons, the board was advised that this spring Yorktown will have to pick up 49 percent of the estimated $2.5 million to $3 million cost of a new storage tank at the Northern Westchester Joint Water works facility for the Catskill system.

Other water district ongoing activities and long-term projects were discussed at the meeting. For a summary of the meeting, click here.

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