Hearings set on Phila. Water Dept. rate increases
The public will have three chances this week to give feedback and get information on water-rate increases proposed by the Philadelphia Water Department.
The public will have three chances this week to give feedback and get information on water-rate increases proposed by the Philadelphia Water Department.
Under the proposal, a typical residential customer's monthly water bill would increase by $4.20, or 6.2 percent, on July 1; and another $3.90, or 5.5 percent, on July 1, 2017. By then, the typical residential bill would have gone from $67.40 to $75.50. By July 2017, senior citizens would have seen their monthly bills go from $50.50 to $56.60
The rate increases are needed for, among other expenses, to repair and replace the city's 6,000-plus miles of aging water and sewer pipes, and to comply with regularity requirements, water officials said.
The meetings will be held: Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; Wednesday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Roxborough Memorial Hospital, 5800 Ridge Ave.; and Thursday, from 7:15 to 9 p.m., at the YMCA North Philadelphia, 1400 N. Broad St. - Mensah M. Dean
