N​otices
If you have a medical emergency , fire emergency, or need the Police, please
call 911.  Do not dial the 743-1212 number.
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New Bills Coming for the
Fall of 2018!!!

The District is excited to provide our customers with a new and improved bill, starting in the fall of 2018.  No more difficult to open envelope, messy carbon residue, or hard to read numbers!!! 

FY19 Meter Rate Increase

Residents of the Adams Fire District will notice an increase in their water rates beginning with bills mailed out in July 2018.  To maintain the level of quality of service the District has been providing with the loss of industry, rising energy costs, maintaining the water distribution system and the general cost of doing business, the Prudential Committee of the Adams Fire District deems it necessary to raise the water rates as follows:
Water:
       Residential:    $5.61 per thousand gallons
       Commercial:  $5.61 per thousand gallons
       Industrial:      $5.61 per thousand gallons
Customer Charge:
        $20.00 per quarter or $80.00 Annually
Fire Protection:        
      $20.00 per quarter or $80.00 Annually (per unit)
Street Lighting:         
       $7.95 per quarter or $31.80 Annually (per unit)
Sprinkler:                   
       $25.00 per quarter or $100.00 Annually
 
There will be no increase in Customer Charge, Fire Protection, Street Lighting or Sprinkler Rates. 
 
The Water Rate will increase from $5.34 per thousand gallons to $5.61 per thousand gallons for Residential and Commercial accounts.  The Water Rate will increase from $5.15 per thousand gallons to $5.61 per thousand gallons for Industrial accounts. 
 

Job Postings

Adams Fire District – Water Department
Municipal Government Entity
 
Is seeking two (2) full-time (40 hrs/wk) Laborer/Operator positions.
 
Requirements:
          Class D Driver’s License required                
 
An application may be obtained at the
Adams Fire District Office,
3 Columbia Street, Adams, MA 01220,
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Applications accepted until 3:00 p.m. on Friday, August 17, 2018.

The Adams Fire District is an EEO/AA employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.

Kathleen A. Fletcher
Clerk of the Adams Fire District
August 1, 2018

Well 4 Pump Station Rehabilitation  

The project is complete.

Kathleen A. Fletcher
District Clerk
July 25, 2018

Annual Consumer Confidence Report Now Available

The 2017 Annual Consumer Confidence Report for the Adams Fire District will not be mailed to the District’s water users.  Copies of the report may be obtained at the Adams Fire District office (or viewed on the District's website), Adams Free Library, Town Clerk’s office and the Board of Health office at the Town Hall, the Adams Post office and the Council on Aging.
 

Meter Replacements

Adams Fire District would like to inform the District’s residents that the Water Department will be replacing water meters.  If you have any questions please call the District Superintendent @ 743-0978 ext.13.
 
April 2, 2018

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