CONWAY — Among 27 articles that North Conway Water Precinct voters will act on at their annual meeting Wednesday will be one to fund a study examining erosion impacts of the Saco River that could imperil the precinct’s 1997-built wastewater treatment plant.
But there’s good news, too: Due to all the recent commercial activity in town, which brings more revenue to the precinct, water and sewer rates will not rise this year.
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