Tolland Gains Major Sewage Treatment Customer from Vernon

Editor’s note: We shared this story earlier in the week, but figured to bring it back around in case you missed it.

Vernon officials are concerned that an Ellington company’s recent move to use Tolland’s water treatment services is having a detrimental effect on Vernon’s system.

Skips Wastewater Services is discharging sewage into Tolland’s system after being a customer of Vernon’s system for years, according to the Journal Inquirer.

The reason cited for the change was a lower cost for Tolland’s services.

Commercial waste must now pass through Vernon’s collection system, where before it went directly to the treatment plant.

Vernon’s sewage revenue is down $40,000 per month since the switch and Tolland is generating about $1,000 more per week.

Both towns are working with state officials on a solution to the problem.

Read the full Journal Inquirer story here.

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