Baltimore residents would pay about 33 percent more for water and be charged two new fees under a three-year plan being considered by city officials to help fix the city’s crumbling infrastructure and error-plagued billing system.
Water rates would increase an average of 9.9 percent annually and sewer rates would increase 9 percent a year through fiscal year 2019. The plan also calls for new “infrastructure” and “account management” charges.
The Department of Public Works said the yearly water bill for a typical family would likely increase about $170 by the third year of the plan.
The rate proposals also include increases for the city’s water customers in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Carroll and Howard counties.
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