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Pataskala adopts water-rate increase; utility department outlines ARPA-funded repairs and expansion design
Summary
The Pataskala City Council adopted ordinance 2025-4494 to raise water rates beginning Jan. 1, 2026. Utility leaders said the change is intended to cover rising operating costs and to support projects including an ARPA-funded force main repair and early-stage expansion design to increase capacity from 2 to 3 million gallons per day.
The Pataskala City Council voted to adopt ordinance 2025-4494, approving an increase in municipal water rates that will take effect Jan. 1, 2026, during a regular council meeting.
Council and utility staff said the rate change is intended to cover rising operating costs — including electricity, chemicals, salaries and health insurance — and to support system repairs and future capacity improvements.
A utility committee member told the council that the city’s minimum billed usage will not change, saying, “We…
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