Comments on: Bratt-Davisville Water System To Be Acquired By Escambia River Electric

By: Duke of Wawbeek

Duke of Wawbeek — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:56:33 +0000

I always thought that place was Water BeD Systems.

That & looks like an e from the road.

By: well ok

well ok — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:59:37 +0000

Hope they keep Sherry and Michelle. Sherry has been there a long time and does everything. Great people.

By: M

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:15:28 +0000

This merger could work to cut costs. I would think that combining these two water services under the management of EREC would serve to cut redundant costs such as billing, meter reading, and office expenses. EREC will also maintain 24 hour a day dispatch for repairs and service. With the combining of these two water systems, the reliability of both systems should improve, especially if they are interconnected . Such interconnection would serve to provide back up capacity to keep the system operational in the case of a major fire, or failure of a well, or any other component of the system. It sounds like this is potentially a good thing for the North End, especially if the water system is managed as well as the electric system.

By: Undersight

Undersight — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:13:54 +0000

This should reduce overall costs. EREC already has a water system in place (when they acquired Walnut Hill Water Works), and our bills did not go up then. It seems to me that operating costs go down when already working larger systems are carried over to smaller systems that were not working. This will be great for the Bratt-Davisville system. Thank you EREC for helping out the little guy.

By: just saying

just saying — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:19:55 +0000

Okay so that boils down to residents paying more. It’s called a monopoly and it should not be.

By: mike stuart

mike stuart — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:39:55 +0000

good maybe the cost will go down.

By: Oversight

Oversight — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:33:05 +0000

And here it comes, everyone with EREC electric service will now carry Bratt-Davisville’s system through your electric bills. How about full disclosure of what is is going to cost EREC members to take on Bratt-Davisville water. Ask questions about the fisical health of the water company and its current operation. Expansion of the water system shouldn’t be the concern, but rather how many of the existing water lines are beyond service life and require replacement. Get ready to spend millions; do I hear an EREC rate increase coming?!

By: well

well — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:57:27 +0000

As long as we still have Lamont it should all be good.