Saturday 9 January 2016

Philadelphia Water Department requests 11 percent rate hike to fund infrastructure repairs

The Philadelphia Water Department has filed a rate change request of 11.7 percent in a bid to secure funding for critical infrastructure repairs to dozens of miles of aging water mains and sewers in the coming years.

The request, submitted to City Council and Philadelphia’s independent Water Rate Board, would take effect at the beginning of July and would be phased in over a two-year period, raising the average residential bill by $8 per month, as shown in the table below. For the full article click here 

 



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