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Worcester County proposes uniform commercial EDU rating, 5% base increase and options to reimburse commercial customers
Summary
Public Works proposed a FY27 5% base rate increase and a policy to standardize commercial EDUs to 250 gallons/day; commissioners pressed staff to prepare options to compensate commercial customers who were unintentionally overcharged under last year's tiering structure.
County public works staff told commissioners April 14 that the FY27 water/wastewater enterprise budget requests a roughly 5% increase to base rates and a standardized approach to commercial equivalent dwelling units (EDUs).
Quinn, the county's public works presenter, said the budget sets a policy that all commercial EDUs would be rated at 250 gallons per day (the same as domestic EDUs in most areas) rather than the inconsistent 250/280/300-gallon conventions that existed across service districts. The change is intended to…
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