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SFPUC adopts five‑year water and wastewater rate schedules to fund system rebuild
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved new rate schedules for 2009–2013 to finance a multi‑billion‑dollar water system improvement program, while commissioners and members of the public debated the affordability of the increases and low‑income assistance measures.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted on May 5, 2009, to adopt multi‑year water and wastewater rate schedules effective with meter readings beginning July 1, 2009, through July 1, 2013, to help finance the agency’s Water System Improvement Program (WSIP).
Commissioners approved items 5 through 8 by voice vote after staff described the increases as primarily driven by capital needs and debt service rather than operating costs. Todd Reedstrom, SFPUC chief financial officer and assistant general manager, said the typical single‑family combined water and sewer bill would increase roughly 9.9 percent per year on average over the five years and characterized the work as necessary to “continue to bring safe reliable drinking water to San Francisco and to our suburban customers.” Reedstrom told the Commission the WSIP will require roughly…
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