Meeting Announcements:
The next regular meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 3, 2025 at the Water District office.
Please click here for the agenda.
Significant Drought Notice from the EEA
September 09, 2025
Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper has declared that drought in the Western, Connecticut River Valley, Central, Northeast Regions and Nantucket County has worsened to a Level-2 Significant Drought.
Please click here to see the full notice and map of drought conditions.
The Lanesborough Fire and Water District is excited to announce the acquisition of a parcel of land which will provide continuous ownership between its property on Miner Road and the planned Bull Hill Road well. The district would like to commend and thank Perri Petricca for his generous gift and Timothy Sorrell for helping to shepherd the transaction. The district is indeed grateful to both parties for this act of civic mindedness, which will enable the district to move forward with its efforts to ensure continued high quality water service to its customers.
Payment Reminder:
WATER BILLS MUST BE PAID ONLINE OR AT LANESBOROUGH TOWN HALL TO INSURE PAYMENTS ARE RECEIVED.
Watch the Environmental Protection Agency's
Public Service Announcement about
clean water infrastructure here
Please see Lanesborough Fire and Water District's Reports below:
2025 Complete Annual Report including Commissioner's Report
2024 Complete Annual Report including Commissioner’s Report
2023 Consumer Confidence Report
2023 Public Water Supply Verifcation Report
Water Rate Codes
Your Lanesborough Village Fire and Water District Bill will have a letter and number code printed on it. These codes identify the type of unit/ property, and the number of units.
The letter codes are as follows:
Rate Schedule as of 07-01-2025
EDU (Equivalent Dwelling Unit) Rate: $1,112.00 annual amount/ $278.00 billed quarterly
Metered Water Rate: $0.1381 per cubic foot
Tanker Fill Rate: $3.00 per 100 gallons
*Collections will be in accordance with LFWD Collections Policy
Returned Check Charge: $25.00
Turn on After Shut-Off for Delinquency: $200.00
Demand Fee: $30.00
Privilege Fee: (amount varies)
In an area of the District where a water line extension resulted in the assessment of a betterment, any new service lines shall be charged the initial assessment amount during the period the betterment apportionment covers. Any privilege fee charged shall be divided by the total number of assessments and apportionment years still outstanding in that area where the betterment was applied, and that fraction shall then be applied annually as a credit to all those assessed properties until such time as the betterment has been paid in full.
Connection Fee varies according to size of connection
An interactive dashboard has been designed to assist utility managers and local officials with benchmarking residential water and wastewater rates against multiple attributes, including system characteristics, customer base socioeconomic conditions, and geography. The survey and dashboard were funded by Tighe & Bond, Inc., an engineering and environmental services consulting firm in New England that has specialized in rates surveys for over 20 years. The EFC and Tighe & Bond, Inc. collected rate sheets from nearly all of local government and non-governmental utilities across the state of Massachusetts in different years. Rates data were first visualized on the dashboard in 2014 for 247 utilities, 2017 for 274 utilities, and in 2024 for 326 utilities accounting for approximately 85% of local government and non-governmental utilities in the state.
Please click here to access the Dashboard