(May 12, 2009, The Charlotte Observer)
City Manager Curt Walton recommended a $1.87 billion budget Monday that includes an increase in water rates but not property taxes.
Water users will see $2.37 a month added to the average $45.92 water bill – a 5.2 percent increase.
Walton’s proposed budget puts more money toward street resurfacing, but freezes [...]
(Feb. 10, 2009, MSNBC)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It is because Mecklenburg County residents conserved water during the area’s most decent drought that they may pay more for it if they find themselves in the same situation in the future.Charlotte’s city council heard a recommendation Monday night from Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities for a drought surcharge—a fee assessed [...]
(Jan. 7, 2009, Charlotte Observer)
The receding drought in Charlotte and the rest of Western North Carolina appears to have left a lasting gift: water conservation that’s gone mainstream.
Dry conditions still badger 28 counties west of Charlotte, a year after severe drought gripped most of the state. Despite improving rainfall, communities across the Charlotte region are [...]
(Oct. 22, 2008, The Charlotte Observer)
Charlotte could save millions of dollars and billions of gallons a year by making more efficient use of its water, says a report to be released today.
The report by American Rivers, an advocacy group, says the city could save up to a third of the water it pumps each day [...]
