Community Corner
Lawmakers Give Cheshire Role in Phosphorus Plan
A new law may help Cheshire pay for upgrades to its waste water treatment plant.
New legislation passed in Hartford this week may help defray costs for and other towns to upgrade their sewer treatment plants and cut phosphorus discharges, which was .
The New Haven Register reported that the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities praised the General Assembly for passing the new bill, which will help towns pay for waste water treatment plant improvements to reduce phosphorous discharges and guarantee that towns like Cheshire will have a voice in setting regulations about phosphorous discharge to inland rivers.
The Register said about 40 cities and towns would benefit from the new law, including Cheshire, which must make over $7 million in sewer plant improvements to address phosphorous discharges into the Quinnipiac River.
