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Hewitt council reviews five-year water and wastewater rate history and options for updating cost-of-service study
Summary
At an Oct. 20 workshop, city staff reviewed the multi-year rate increases enacted since 2020, current utility reserves and a recommendation to consider updating the cost-of-service study to inform rate structure and future capital funding.
At a workshop on Oct. 20, 2025, Hewitt city staff briefed the City Council on five years of water and wastewater rate changes, current utility finances and options for updating the water/wastewater cost-of-service study.
City staff member Thomas told the council the city adopted a multi-year rate plan beginning with a study completed in 2021 by consultant Dan Jackson of Willdan. Thomas said the plan’s incremental increases put the base charge for a 5/8-inch water meter(first 3,000 gallons) at $30 in October 2020 and proposed it be $35.25 by December 2025. He described volumetric increases of roughly $0.20 per 1,000 gallons on water tiers and sewer volumetric increases of about $0.15 to $0.20 per 1,000 gallons over the same period.
The presentation included utility operating results. Thomas said the water/wastewater utility posted net income "just over $617,000" for fiscal 2021, increased…
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