In the news today Winston Salem is raising their water and sewer rate to make up for the shortfall in their budget caused by last year's water restrictions and subsequent conservation. I believe the Water rate increase will be about 5% and the sewer rate increase will be about 9% for and average water bill increase of 7%.
That's a pretty stiff hike compared to last year's inflation rate, but it still gives them one of the lowest rates in the state for a large city. North Carolina has low water rates in most places so it is likely that we'll see more rate hikes in the future.
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