Higher Water Bills Surprise Residents
Rate hikes kick in at the same time as Virginia American Water and Alexandria Renew Enterprises roll out new, separate bills.
If your most recent water bill seemed higher than normal, it was. Did you notice that the cost of treating your wastewater went up too? This fall, for the first time, Alexandria residents and businesses received separate bills for their water and the cost of cleaning it. Virginia American Water, which supplies water to homes and businesses in the city and beyond, unexpectedly announced last year it would no longer provide third-party billing services. So, the wastewater treatment costs formerly included on the quarterly bills, were sent separately by Alexandria Renew Enterprises. The company changed its name from the Alexandria Sanitation Authority. When the separate bills started appearing in mailboxes in October, some customers were …
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Katy Cannady
4:54 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012
The new sewer master plan contemples paying for a large expenditure (not clear what the total will be, may not even be known) by adding considerably to everyone's water bill. If the developers were really paying for much of the new sewer cost, I don't think that would be needed. Just paying for new lines on your property or very near to it, does not pay anything like the entire bill. This major … more ›