Town Council on Monday night held second reading of an ordinance to increase water base rates by $5.50 for most customers. The increase is necessary due to critical infrastructure needs at the Waste Water Treatment Plant and throughout the distribution system.

Although most customers will see a $5.50 increase beginning on their August bills, Council adopted a tiered base rate schedule based upon meter size. More than 2,800 of the Town’s nearly 3,000 meters are of the ¾ inch variety and whose base rate will increase from $7.95 to $13.45 monthly. Customers using larger meters, 1 inch to 6 inches, will pay anywhere between $24.00 to $364.50 per month.

In addition to the tiered base rate schedule, Council has also approved the doubling of base rates for out-of-Town customers. The practice of doubling out-of-Town rates is a universally accepted approach to address the increased cost of running and maintaining distribution systems in less populated areas. 

The new rate schedule has been provided below. If you have any questions, please call Town Hall at 803-532-4601. 

Meter Base Rates
based on meter size
 

The proposed sized-based Meter Base Rates do not affect the per thousand gallon usage rate of $4.91 (in-Town) and $7.46 (out-of-Town).