Town of Dodson cracks down on water, sewer fees

The Dodson Town Council is going to be more strictly enforcing their monthly water and sewer fees following a very expensive and difficult week of finding outside help to fix a broken shutoff valve.

Last week, the Town of Dodson was forced to turn off a customer’s water due to non-payment. In the process of turning the shutoff valve back on after the payment was made, the valve broke, in part because of an aged water system.

“This was not the customer’s fault,” Mayor Cole said. “But, having to continue to turn these valves off and on is not conducive to a stable system. Our wa...