Wayland Town Crier 2/14/15: Familiar face named Wayland water superintendent. What’s old is new again in Wayland, with Don Millette back in the superintendent’s chair…

Wayland Patch 10/2/12: Accident Causes Minor Injury to Officer, Damage to Cruiser. A Wayland police officer has been cleared to return to work after sustaining injury in an accident Sept. 28 while responding to a call. Officer Tyler Castagno was responding to a call on Sept. 28 when he lost control of his cruiser along Old Connecticut Path and hit roadside bushes and a tree.

Wayland Patch 5/4/12: Administrative Fee, Private Wells Hot Topics at Hearing. Wayland’s Board of Public Works wants to offer plenty of opportunity for residents to have their say during the process of setting upcoming water rates. On Monday, the board held the first of what it expects to be several water rate hearings, and while the crowd wasn’t extensive, it was vocal.

Wayland Patch 3/8/12: Costs, Emissions Discussed in Water Meter Hearing. Cost and exposure proved the biggest concerns of residents in a Board of Public Works hearing Monday night about an FY 2013 capital budget line item proposing a fixed network meter system replace the existing water meters on Wayland homes. Both were concerns the Board of Public Works anticipated, inviting Mark Abrahams of The Abrahams Group to address the cost issue and Wayland resident and physicist Robert Weintrup to talk about the energy emitted from the sensors. Department of Public Works Director Don Ouellette opened the hearing with an overview of the project’s costs and timeline. He said the age of Wayland’s current meter system, the potential return on investment over the lifetime of the fixed network meter system being proposed, and the ability to more quickly catch water leaks make this a good option for Wayland.

Wayland Patch 3/9/11: New Water Rates for Wayland Approved. Tuesday night the Board of Public Works unanimously voted to implement a new water rate structure that consolidates the current six tiers into four and does away with the capital assessment charge that would have cost each account $251 in FY12. The selected billing option implements a service charge of $112 per account to cover billing, metering and administrative costs; abolishes the capital assessment charge and the minimum use charge; and consolidates the current six tiers into four.

Wayland Patch 2/18/11: Abrahams Group Presents Options for New Wayland Water Rates. Last week Wayland’s Board of Public Works held a public hearing to discuss the water rate report and options for new rates as compiled by The Abrahams Group. Concerned citizens filled the Large Hearing Room at the Wayland Town Building to hear the report and express opinions of their own. The forum and discussions stem from a capital surcharge – originally set at $236 per meter – that was adopted by the Wayland Water Department in early 2009 as a means to pay the $10 million debt service incurred through the construction of a water treatment plant.