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Provo mayor proposes half-size water-rate increase after $94.5 million in outside funding
Summary
Mayor proposed a compromise 2.5% water-revenue increase (down from a proposed 5%) and said the city has secured $94.5 million in outside funding for water infrastructure; officials and consultants' water master plan recommend increased funding mainly because of construction inflation.
Mayor presented a compromise proposal on water rates and asked the Provo City Council to consider a 2.5% increase in water revenue rather than the 5% the council had been considering. The mayor said the highest-use customer group would see an average bill increase of 9.9% under the new proposal instead of about 18% under the earlier proposal and added that the city has secured $94,500,000 in outside funding for Provo water infrastructure.
The proposal is informed by a recently completed water master plan produced for the city by Bone Collins, a regional water-resource engineering firm. Gordon Hake, Provo’s public works director, told the council the master plan reviews sources, storage and distribution and recommends steps the city should take over the next 10 years while also projecting an 80-year infrastructure horizon.
Gordon Hake said the master…
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