SEPTEMBER 21, 2022:
The water rate for Pierre utility customers won’t be going up at the beginning of the year, but the surcharge rate might.
City Finance Officer Twila Hight says an 8% rate increase was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2023, as the final rate hike connected to building the town’s new drinking water treatment facility.
The project was approved by voters in 2018 and is scheduled to come online later this year (2022).
Pierre currently gets its water from an underground aquifer. The new plant will use surface water from the Missouri River.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022:
The cost of water for Pierre utility customers won’t be going up at the beginning of the year after all.
City Finance Officer Twila Hight says an 8% rate increase was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2023, as the final rate hike connected to building the town’s new drinking water treatment facility. But, she says, the cost of the project is less than had been expected.
The project was approved by voters in 2018 and is scheduled to come online later this year (2022).
Pierre currently gets its water from an underground aquifer. The new plant will use surface water from the Missouri River.
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