Why now: The city has not raised sewer fees since 2020 because of the pandemic. The sanitation bureau said that it needs more funds to upgrade and repair L.A.’s 6,700-mile sewer system and the ...

Citing a need to raise revenue to support operations and improvements for the city’s water and wastewater treatment systems, Wellsburg Council approved the first readings Tuesday for increases the ...

The last time the city raised residential sewer fees was in 2016 — an 8% increase at the time — which goes to self-fund the city’s waste collection system, which consists of about 2,100 miles of pipes ...

The county is also tapping into federal and state funding, Thurmond said. DeKalb raised water and sewer fees in 2022 by 6%, but the lack of rate increases since then could hurt the county’s bond ...

The city is proposing a series of increases to sewer fees, which have not been raised since 2016. At left, Mayor Rick Blangiardi spoke about the need for the change. City officials say the hikes ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM The city is proposing a series of increases to sewer fees, which have not been raised since 2016. At left, Mayor Rick Blangiardi spoke about the need ...