LeakBird

(Feb. 18, 2009, The Water Blog, Portland Water Bureau)

Residents of Horse Creek Valley, South Carolina may soon get hit with a whopping 700 percent bill increase.

Yes, you read that right, 700 percent.

The 616 residential water customers currently pay a basic $3 water fee at a usage rate of 51 cents per 1,000 gallons. The proposed increase would set the base fee at $8 plus $4.50 per 1,000 gallons used. The current rate has been the same since 1980 when it was proposed and the community’s water system has long gone without infrastructure updates.

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