(MENAFN – Investors Ideas) 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.
The survey found for the first time, that urban residents in the US pay more on average for their combined water and wastewater services than city-dwellers in Western Europe.
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 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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