Circle Of Blue | By: Brett Walton | July 26, 2017:
Fewer people, higher rates, a state report shows.
Customers of the smallest utilities in California pay more than twice as much for sewer service than residents of the state’s largest cities, according to a rates survey conducted by the State Water Resources Control Board, a state agency.
- Median monthly sewer rates for cities of more than 500,000 people are $US 18.93 per month.
- For communities with fewer than 1,000 people, the median rate is $US 43.00.
- For cities between 10,000 and 50,000 people the median rate is still twice that of the large urban areas.
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