Fairmont's Water Problems

Well, Fairmont's water problems continue. Now they have to figure out a way to pay the $900,000.00 bill they ran up in December and January in trying to figure out why Fairmont didn't have enough clean water to serve their customers. Obviously, the tax payers in the city will have to foot the bill.

Here are the options: Council has discussed an emergency surcharge. That would run residents $5.57 per bill. That increase would only be for 42 months. Or they could just have a rate increase. If council chooses that, an undetermined amount would be added to a water bill for as long as the city needs it. "Either way it will be limited, it won't be forever," said John Dahlia.

Sorry John, but you're full of it. There's no way the citizens of Fairmont will ever receive a reduction in their water bills. If they add a $5.57 increase, that increase will last forever. I don't care what they say...it might decrease their next increase slightly...but the we'll never see a true decrease.

I agree that we have to pay the bill...there's no way around that. What upsets me is that no one has ever come clean with the taxpayers and explained why Fairmont was suddenly without water. Why did the capacity suddenly drop? Was it a leak? Where was it? Maybe they told us...I don't remember if they did. If it was a lack of capacity; why? It's not like Fairmont suddenly gained 10,000 citizens.

And if it was a lack of capacity, why didn't someone catch it before it occurred? Who is in charge of watching the water supplies? If it were a private business, someone would be fired for incompetence. What happens if Fairmont's population does grow with this waterpark coming in? I'm serious. Are we prepared to handle a waterpark and maybe 1,000+ citizens plus a hotel? Did the City of Fairmont come up with a new way to handle such an emergency in the future?

Personally, I think Fairmont failed with the last water problem and needs to come up with a serious plan to deal with water issues in the future. But Fairmont is more concerned about putting parking meters at the Mid-City Parking Lot and raising our water bills and appears not overly concerned with solving real problems. Typical.