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Houston County approves three-year water rate increase, establishes tiered structure and CPI adjustments
Summary
The Houston County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a three-year, tiered adjustment to county residential, commercial, municipal and industrial water rates and a plan to tie future increases to the consumer price index, citing rising production costs and upcoming capital needs.
The Houston County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 18 to approve a three-year adjustment to county water rates and to tie future annual increases to the consumer price index.
County leaders said the changes are needed after an audit showed the water enterprise fund operating at a loss and to finance planned capital projects — including new wells, storage tanks and larger distribution mains to support growth and fire protection. Commissioner J. Byrd moved the measure and Commissioner Touton seconded; the motion carried unanimously.
The vote follows a staff presentation that described Houston County as one of the state’s largest groundwater-permitted systems, with a permit size staff stated as about 23,400,000 gallons per day and steady production increases since the 1990s. The presentation said fiscal 2024 production costs…
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