The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor,

Waitsburg Utility Rate Payers:

On April 16th, the City Council voted to raise water utility rates by $6 per month to begin to set aside funds to help replace the waterline on the east side of Main Street down 1st Street back to 2nd Street. When the new waterline was installed on Main Street to fix the leaking one in front of the grocery store, the crew encountered water at the new connection point; meaning the existing line running north is still leaking somewhere else.

Due to the age and material type of the existing waterline, it was decided that rather than trying to make a...