Sure, water is a precious commodity, but does that mean that the Oro Valley Water Utility has to ask for a rate increase just about every year?
For those of us that are seniors on social security, it was distressing to note that for the 2nd year in a row, there will be no increase in social security benefits.
Hopefully, the Oro Valley Council will take that in consideration before they approve yet another rate increase.
Speaking personally, our water rate has tripled since our arrival in Oro Valley 17 years ago. Certainly, we're not using three times the water that we did back then.
Oh well! At least there won't be another tax increase imposed on gas, electric & water bills----or is that too, in our future?
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It is generally believed that any business that raises it prices more than the rate of inflation will lose business to its competitors. Of course, the water department is not a business, rather a public utility. As a result, its customers do not have the opportunity to move to a more competitive supplier. I encourage the council to tell the water department to come up with a new plan that reduces their increase to the rate of inflation, which the federal government says is zero.
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