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WASHINGTON – Tucson officials said they will indefinitely suspend operations at one of the city’s water treatment plants to keep it from being overwhelmed by. ....
TUCSON (KVOA) - If you live outside Tucson city limits, you may see a significant increase on your water bill. Tucson mayor and council are currently set to discuss upping water rates for unincorporated Pima County residents next Tuesday. Rates for these customers could go up as much as 50 percent. Right now, the cost of service for water is set on a block rate structure, meaning the more you use, the more you pay per unit of water. All options under consideration would increase the rate. Most everybody in the county is not happy about it, plus the uncertainty of what are we dealing with? said Mark Taylor, Chair of Citizens Water Advisory Committee. Are we dealing with a five percent increase or a fifty percent increase. ....
Supervisor Matt Heinz and Supervisor Adelita Grijalva voted against the resolution. Supervisor Rex Scott said he brought forth the resolution for several reasons. Most notably, Scott believes the rate increase is based on trying to get unincorporated areas to either incorporate or be annexed by the closest municipality, not because it costs more to deliver water to unincorporated residents. A majority of the Tucson Water customers who would be affected are in Scottâs District 1. âThe city has decided as a means of generating additional revenue for the utility that they are going to charge higher rates to people who live outside the city limits, but only if they live in unincorporated Pima County,â Scott said. âRoughly 34% of Tucson Water customers live outside the city limits and about 28% of that is unincorporated Pima County, while the other 6% is in Marana, Oro Valley or South Tucson.â ....