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Nixa staff propose phased wastewater rate increases through 2030 to fund plant repairs
Summary
City staff presented a five-year wastewater rate proposal that would raise monthly base and consumption charges in larger steps in 2025–26, then smaller annual increases through 2030, citing capital needs at the city's 20-year-old treatment plant and a desire to maintain existing reserves.
City of Nixa officials on Jan. 28 outlined a proposed five-year wastewater rate structure intended to fund near-term capital repairs and maintain the utility's reserve levels.
Assistant Public Works Director Travis Gossey, presenting the first reading of council bill 2025-04, said the city contracted Algar Martin Engineers to update the wastewater master plan and Schaeffer and Hines and Associates to model rates. Gossey said the main treatment plant is designed for 4 million gallons per day and is currently treating about 1.7 million gallons per day, leaving available capacity but requiring near-term capital work because the facility reached 20 years of service in 2023.
Gossey said, "we have a very healthy system," and that…
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