The Pottstown Borough Authority unanimously approved a plan to raise water rates over the next three years. Average residential customers of the Pottstown public water system can expect to pay about $28 more per year by 2027 because of the increase. The new water rates will go into effect in January 2025. Sewer rates will remain unchanged. The authority approved the plan, saying the primary reasons for the increase are rising costs of supplies and services, as well as saving for projects contained in the 10-year capital plan without borrowing money. The increases are expected to add $832,000 in revenue by 2027. The rate hike will affect customers of the water system in Pottstown Borough, Upper Pottsgrove, West Pottsgrove and Lower Pottsgrove, as well as the sale of bulk water to North Coventry Township. Authority board chairman Jeff Chomnuk said the increase was “modest” and pointed out that the authority’s rates are still the “lowest in the area.”
Source: Pottstown Mercury; 7/17/2024