South Bend now offers assistance to low-income utility customers

South Bend now offers assistance to low-income utility customers

South Bend is launching an assistance program for low-income utility customers to reduce the cost of water and sewage bills. According to the city, the low-income Customer Assistance Program “provides a credit for sewer service on the monthly bill of qualifying residential utility customers.” South Bend is partnering with REAL Services utilizing the same criteria…

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Toledo Lifts Drinking Water Ban, But Fears Remain Over Lake Erie Toxins

The mayor of Toledo, Ohio on Monday morning announced that in conjuncture with the state EPA he was lifting the emergency “do not drink” order that had left nearly half a million city and nearby residents without water over the weekend following the detection of dangerous levels of microcystin, a toxin created by algae blooms…