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Elmhurst to pass through DuPage Water Commission rate increase; MUF plans water system rehab funded by IEPA loans
Summary
The proposed 2026 municipal utility fund budget proposes passing DuPage Water Commission's rate increase through to customers, maintaining Elmhurst volumetric rates, and funding pumping-station rehabilitation via Illinois EPA low-interest loans.
Finance staff told the Committee that the 2026 budget recommends aligning the city’s billed water commodity charge with the DuPage Water Commission (DWC) rate increase to $5.80 per unit effective May 1, 2025. Staff said Elmhurst had been subsidizing the difference (residents paying $5.60 while the city was charged $5.80) and recommended moving the…
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