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Wednesday,

September 14, 2011

City has questions about proposed meter formula, plans work meeting

The Malta City Council Tuesday night took a look at a proposed formula for billing water use utilizing meters.

Harry Whalen of Montana Rural Water presented the council with a billing system which he developed, and that he said is being used by 80 percent of municipalities in the state.

“It’s a fair and equitable way to charge for water,” Whalen said.

Whalen said meters are “the only fair way to go,” noting that water users waste a lot of water.

He said the household that only uses t...