The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax Water has not been hard hit by the pandemic, and while it cancelled a rate hike planned for this year, the utility’s general manager says hikes are coming. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) heard Halifax Water’s rate application on Monday. In […]
Halifax Water makes the case for its accelerated lead pipe removal plan
Halifax Water wants to pay to replace every lead pipe in the city over the next 18 years with a plan that’s unrivalled across the country, but the utility heard concerns on Monday that the timeline may still be too slow for some homeowners. The utility made the case for the plan to its regulator,...