October 12, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) A new White Paper, published by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and the Global Water Leaders Group (GWLG) calls for further water and wastewater tariff increases across the USA, amid rate hikes driven by concerns for ageing infrastructure and water scarcity.
Cities like Pittsburgh, Denver, Los Angeles and Indianapolis for example, experienced increases in their combined tariffs by 21%, 11%, 18% and 13% respectively in 2017, to fund the repairs and replacement for ageing infrastructure.
The most noticeable increases were in El Paso and San Antonio, which saw combined water and wastewater rate increases of 8.28% and 3.84% respectively.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) also has plans to increase water conservation through rate hikes. The city’s tariff structure was changed in 2016 from two blocks to four blocks, with high water customers being charged more.
The Global Value of Water and the Global Water Tariff Survey are available to all GWI Magazine subscribers who can download it from www.globalwaterintel.com.
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