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Resident raises steep irrigation-rate increase; commissioners refer questions to CFPUA board
5924267 · September 16, 2025
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Summary
A resident told the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners his water bill rose sharply after an irrigation-rate increase he says was 59 percent year-over-year and was directed to raise the issue at an upcoming Cape Fear Public Utility Authority meeting.
A Wilmington-area resident told the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners that his water bill rose from about $140 a month to $285 and questioned a 59% year-over-year increase in the utility's irrigation rate.
Tom Plaskett, who spoke during the meeting's public-comment…
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