No surprise. The Town Council once again voted to increase our water rates. This has become an annual event for the residents of Oro Valley.
Read The Explorer article below.
OV council adopts water rate changes
The Oro Valley Town Council has approved a water rate change for municipal customers.
The new rates do not impact base water rates for residential customers. Instead, increases to groundwater preservation fees are scheduled to take effect in October 2011.
Groundwater preservation fees for potable water would increase 20 cents per 1,000 gallons of potable water use, rising to 95 cents per 1,000 gallons.
Reclaimed water customers, mostly golf courses, would pay 10 cents more per 1,000 gallons of effluent use. The rate would increase to 50 cents per 1,000 gallons.
The changes would mean a 4.1 percent rate increase for residential customers, based on the water usage of the average Oro Valley household, about 8,000 gallons per month. Most residential customers would pay an additional $1.60 per month, according to a water utility analysis.
Changes also include a $5 increase to the service establishment fee, bringing the fee to $35 for residential customers.
Meter installation fees also are scheduled to increase. Currently, residential customers with 5/8ths-inch meters pay $247. The new cost for meter installation will be $296. New meter and service establishment fees go into effect Dec. 18.
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