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Use a lot of water? Your bill is about to go up

Started by nmindependent · 9 months ago

Albuquerque’s top residential water consumers will soon pay more for that luxury, and within a few months those who conserve water could see their bills drop as costs are shifted to encourage conservation.
The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority on Wednesday night ... Continue reading »

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  • mjensen

    10 months ago

    At their August 7th meeting, some members of the Customer Advisory Committee (CAC) of the ABCWUA asked WUA representatives about raising rates to deal with customers - like WUA member Tim Cummins - who use exorbitant amounts of water. The answer from the WUA was that they couldn't raise rates because they aren't allowed to make a profit. Which is fine, it's a statutory issue - but it isn't as though there is a lack of projects that could be funded by increased revenues. So attempting to be "revenue nuetral" still needs to be addressed.

    Michael Jensen
    Amigos Bravos
    Albuquerque
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