Hearing Planned on Proposed Barbee Sewer District

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management will conduct a hearing in North Webster tomorrow on whether to form a regional sewer district along the Barbee Chain of lakes in Kosciusko County. If the sewer district is formed, property owners could be required to connect to the new public sewer system, in stead of existing septic systems. A state official says some sewage systems around the lakes are inadequate and can allow sewage to leach through the ground and into the lakes.