Smyrna Residents Could See Water Rate Increase
Smyrna City Council will discuss a potential eight percent rate hike at its meeting Monday.
Smyrna residents could see an increase in their water bills beginning July 1. At a Smyrna City Council Committee of the Whole meeting earlier this week, the body discussed passing an eight percent increase to the tiered water rates after the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority increased its rates earlier this year. Smyrna buys its water wholesale from the water authority and then sells it to Smyrna citizens. In January, the water authority informed Smyrna officials that it was implementing an eight percent increase beginning Jan. 1, 2012. A representative from the water authority said the increase is scheduled for each year through 2018, but will be reviewed annually. Until now, the city of Smyrna has absorbed the increase, but now …
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Sydney Busby
4:00 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012
Hey Duncan, I called the water authority and they said the increase is funding infrastructure improvements. Here's a link to a story with more information. http://patch.com/A-tNby more ›