Water rate hike adds $2.25 to bills

[Driven1]

JEA's board of directors voted Tuesday in favor of a 4.1 percent water rate increase after a group of residents, many of them on fixed incomes, spoke against the move.

The increase goes into effect Oct. 1 and is expected to raise most monthly water and sewer bills by $2.25. But when combined with electric rate increases, the average JEA customer can expect to be paying $25 more than in June.

"When will this stop? When can we get a breather?" asked Anthony Roberts, a Northside resident.

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071608/met_304439687.shtml

sorry Anthony...with consumer prices up the most in 26 years, i see no stop soon in inflation.  once it rears its ugly head (started a year or two ago) it takes a while to get going and then a while to stop.

[BridgeTroll]

Think of this as a "Water conservation incentive"...