Lowell to add stormwater charge to municipal utility bills
Lowell utility customers will be seeing a new charge on their monthly bills this summer.
For the first time in the city s history, a stormwater utility fee will now be a separate item on each monthly bill.
Residential customers will pay a flat rate of $6.75 per month.
Businesses and industries will pay $6.75 per month for every 2,827 square feet of impervious surface on the property.
Impervious surfaces include rooftops, driveways, patios, sidewalks, or any other hard surface that does not allow rainwater to be absorbed into the ground.
According to City Manager Scott Attaway, the funds raised by the new charge will be used to meet mandatory guidelines imposed on the city by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.