KCWA: Major Potter Road Boil Water Advisory In Effect
By: Rob Borkowski on January 17, 2025 in News to You, Business, COVID-19, Election 2020, Sponsored Content
UPDATE JAN 19 – 1:36 P.M.: The Kent County Public Water System was notified by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) on January 18 that the precautionary boil […]
KCWA Odd-Even Water Use, WWD Asks Cooperation
By: Rob Borkowski on July 19, 2022 in News to You
KENT COUNTY — There’s a drought in Rhode Island, and the Kent County Water Authority has begun an odd-even water restriction, and the Warwick Water Authority is asking people to […]
KCWA Gets $20M Admin Facility Loan
By: Rob Borkowski on January 26, 2022 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has announced a $20 million loan to the Kent County Water Authority (KCWA) for a new West Greenwich administration and maintenance facility. Financing […]
Shekarchi, Neronha: DPUC Should Investigate KCWA
By: Rob Borkowski on March 19, 2021 in News to You
STATE HOUSE — A RI Senate resolution asked RI’s Auditor General for a Kent County Water Authority audit after unusually large bills, but Speaker Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) and […]
Water Main Break Cancels Classes at Winman, Drum Rock, Toll Gate, Career Center
By: Rob Borkowski on December 8, 2016 in News to You, Schools
A water main break behind Winman School has cancelled classes at four Warwick Public Schools connected to that water supply today and prompted officials to call off a basketball game at the school tonight, but classes are expected to resume tomorrow.
Avedisian Rejects KCWA Rate Hike, Calls Increase ‘Unfair And Unreasonable’
By: Rob Borkowski on in News to You
Mayor Scott Avedisian has rejected the Kent County Water Authority’s proposed rate hikes of 10.9 to 14.6 percent on water users and 30 percent on the city’s fire hydrants, intended, in part, to raise $6.6 million over three years for new water meters, suggesting a merge of the authority with another water utility.