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Herriman expects a smaller water-rate increase: staff now forecast 6.5% for 2026
Summary
After re-evaluating reserves and a consultant rate study, city staff told podcast hosts the planned 2026 water-rate increase is expected to be about 6.5% rather than the 13% earlier projected; the city plans to use reserves to soften near-term increases and will re-evaluate annually.
Herriman city hosts told listeners that staff have revised the expected water-rate increase for 2026 to about 6.5%, down from a previously projected 13% figure in the city’s phased rate plan.
Hosts said the council approved a multi-year rate plan last year that included larger increases (a prior itemization mentioned a 16.3% increase already implemented, a planned 13% for 2026, then 9.5–10% for 2027, and smaller increases thereafter). Staff later re-ran the numbers and found the water fund reserve is larger than previously estimated, allowing the city to rely on reserves to offset some near-term increases.
"The good news is it's not 13 this year. It's going to be 6 and a half percent this year," one host said. Podcast speakers framed the change as a technical adjustment based on updated reserve balances and reiterated that the increases are meant to keep the water fund solvent and fund ongoing operations and infrastructure replacement.
Speakers also emphasized uncertainty in future years: the 6.5% is a planning expectation and may change with future evaluations. The hosts invited residents to conserve water to reduce individual bills and noted staff will evaluate rates annually.
No formal vote tally or ordinance/resolution number for the revised projection was provided on the podcast; the hosts said the earlier multi-year plan had been approved previously by the council. Residents seeking specific rate tables or official orders were directed to contact city communications or staff.
