(June 2, 2009, TriValleyCentral)
The company, which in Pinal County serves Casa Grande, Coolidge, Arizona City, Stanfield and other areas, has asked the Arizona Corporation Commission for approval to raise its general rates for a base revenue growth of about 35 percent.
The request was filed last year and a hearing is scheduled for Aug. 31 [...]
(June 3, 2009, WBALTV Channel 11)
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates voted Wednesday on a 9 percent increase to water and sewer rates, meaning the average family of four will pay about $72 more per year.
The system leaks 20 percent of its water each day, which is enough to fill the World Trade Center in [...]
(March 4, 2009, The Times West Virginian)
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has agreed to hear an appeal in the Fairmont water-rate increase case.
A municipal appeal case was opened because the Valley Falls Public Service District and the City of Mannington protested the water rate increase, said Sarah Robertson, a spokesperson for the PSC.
The issue [...]
Seven Facts about Water Management in Seattle Apartment Buildings (LeakBird)
I came across a fascinating and informative document on a recent meeting between some associates from the University of Washington and the Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) regarding water rates and billing in Seattle.
The document’s notes cover a wide gamut, but basically I learned seven things that I think any landlord or property manager in Seattle [...]
(Feb. 15, 2009, The Seattle PI)
The Seattle City Council is expected Tuesday to approve a surcharge on city water customers to help cover the cost of a $22 million court-ordered rebate to water customers.
The rebates are for fire hydrant costs that were wrongly charged to water customers. Fire hydrants are a basic city responsibility and [...]
Notes from a Landlord: What Makes a Tenant Report a Problem, Such As a Constantly Running Toilet? (LeakBird)In my four years as a property manager, responsible for several buildings in San Francisco, one question that has come to mind time and time again concerns tenant proactivity with regard to reporting problems with respective units. It seems that there are three main factors that push tenants to report problems:
The problem will directly effect [...]
(Feb. 4, 2009, The Recorder And Times)
It’s going to cost the average Brockville homeowner $21.33 more this year to wash the dishes and flush the toilet.
Director of finance Donna Cyr outlined what amounts to about a four per cent increase to the combined water rate and sewage surcharge Monday night at council’s fourth of [...]
(Jan. 13, 2009, The Consumerist)
Here’s another good reason to monitor your utility bills. A woman in Illinois saw her quarterly water bill shoot from $150 on average to $3600, after the village where she lives finally fixed a broken outside meter that for 25 years misreported her home’s water usage.
Scharie Freeman has only lived [...]
(Oct. 15, 2008, CBS4)
North Miami recently added a nearly 50 dollar fee to every quarterly water bill for residents. That increase has pushed Francisca’s dreams of a shower at home again, even farther out of reach.
