A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency review of Franklin’s Ryan Creek interceptor revealed the sewer project’s $27.5 million Clean Water Fund Program loan was not federal money.
No matter how thirsty the three members of the state’s Public Service Commission get, they shouldn’t expect anyone in Oak Creek to offer up a glass of water.
A state commission’s ruling in a dispute over fire protection payments to the Oak Creek Water and Sewer Utility is headed toward more hearings and a possible lawsuit.
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will reconsider the Oak Creek Water and Sewer Utility’s rate increase application after it determined that the city of Franklin, a wholesale customer, should not be charged for fire protection.
After paying Oak Creek hundreds of thousands of dollars during the past four years for fire protection that it claims it doesn’t need, the city of Franklin found a way to curb its expenses.
By Sean Ryan Franklin can afford to wait as its neighbor to the north scrambles for money to deal with a growing roster of water pipe replacement projects. “We really don’t have old water mains, so we just don’t have ...