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Mayor: Broomfield raised water base rate; utility assistance program available
2497198 · March 5, 2025
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Summary
Mayor Gaylene Castriada explained a recent rise in the water base rate — roughly $40 per month — citing a need to fund water and sewer enterprise obligations and future capital projects; the city opened a utility assistance program Jan. 1 for eligible households.
At a community State of the City event, Mayor Gaylene Castriada said the city and county raised the water base rate this year after a forensic review found enterprise revenues were insufficient to cover water and sewer operations and planned capital needs.
Castriada told a resident who asked about a higher water bill…
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