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SFPUC staff outlines multi‑year water and sewer rate increases tied to WESIP debt and cost-of-service adjustments
Summary
Staff told the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission that multi‑year rate changes — driven by the Water System Improvement Program (WESIP) and updated cost‑of‑service analyses — would raise average bills for single‑family and multifamily customers in the near term, and that low‑income subsidies and leak detection are part of mitigation strategies.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staff presented a proposal that would raise city water and sewer rates over the next five years to meet updated revenue requirements tied to the Water System Improvement Program (WESIP) and other capital needs.
Staff said the utility must cover a projected increase in annual debt service for WESIP from roughly $70 million to about $325–$330 million, and that the proposed rates are consistent with the commission’s 10‑year financial plans and the adopted 2009–10 budget. "We would require single family rates overall for water to go up about 13%, and for wastewater about 7.9%," staff said. The presentation included class‑specific projections over a five‑year period: multifamily water increases near 12% (wastewater ~11.8%) and commercial water about 13% with wastewater largely flat in early…
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