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Dover to pass modest water and wastewater rate increases tied to third-party rate study; ARPA funded projects cited
Summary
City staff said residential water and wastewater bills will rise modestly next year based on a recent third‑party rate study and that drinking-water projects used about $4.2 million of the city's ARPA allocation for a State Street main replacement and a new production well.
City water and wastewater officials told the council the FY2026 budget applies rate-study recommendations and will raise monthly charges modestly for typical residential users.
Jason Lyon, Director of Water and Wastewater Engineering Services, said the increases follow a third‑party rate study presented to council in March. He said the city forecasts an additional charge of about $1.98 per month for a typical residential water user and about $0.76 per month for wastewater; Lyon added that Kent County’s treatment charge — a pass-through cost outside city control — was recently…
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