Wastewater Treatment Plant

Today is Town Meeting Day in Vermont, the traditional time when residents meet to hash out budgets and local elections. Some communities hold their meetings at other times to encourage more participation. The Town of Middlebury gathered Monday evening.

The Burlington, Vermont Board of Finance heard a report from the Department of Public Works on an underwater sewer main break that is releasing hundreds of thousands of gallons of raw sewage into the Winooski River and Lake Champlain.

The Plattsburgh Water Resource Recovery plant was built in 1973 at the confluence of Lake Champlain and the Saranac River. Mayor Chris Rosenquest recently…