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Berkeley County water rates to rise 23.5% as district speeds river-plant expansion
Summary
Berkeley County Water District told commissioners it will increase rates 23.5% this summer as it borrows to expand treatment and distribution capacity, including raising river plant output toward 10 million gallons per day and a series of capital projects.
Jim Ouellette, a representative of the Berkeley County Water District, told the county commission the district will implement the third step of a five-year rate schedule that increases typical monthly bills by 23.5% starting this summer.
The rate change will raise a typical monthly bill — based on 3,400 gallons — from $37.90 to $46.70, an increase Ouellette said is about $8.80. He said the district also will raise capacity improvement fees (service-infrastructure fees) from about $3,100 to $3,600 for a typical household connection, with two additional scheduled steps after that.
Ouellette said the increases…
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