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Worcester County reviews four water and sewer rate options as officials plan FY26 enterprise budgets
Summary
County staff presented four rate scenarios for the county’s water and wastewater service areas, including a proposed Option 3 that would keep most service-area funds self-supporting and a phased Option 4 with general-fund support. Commissioners asked about grant eligibility and timeline for consolidation.
County water and wastewater staff presented four rate-structure options April 1 as part of Worcester County’s FY 2026 budget work session, showing different mixes of customer-rate increases, service-area consolidation and limited general-fund support for enterprise deficits.
Staff said Option 1 would leave current rates unchanged and produce a combined projected deficit of about $5.24 million across all service areas for FY 2026. Option 2 would push each service area to be fully self-supporting and would generate an estimated $197,444 combined surplus. Option 3, the administration’s recommended approach in the FY 2026…
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