Politics & Government
Arvada Water Rate Hikes Coming in 2018
Water rates will go up by 2.5 percent, or about 90 cents per month for the average single-family home, Arvada's director of utilities said.
ARVADA, CO -- Water rates in Arvada will increase about 2.5 percent next year, starting in Jan., 2018, the city announced. The increase will go toward expenses running the water system in infrastructure and to bolster the city's water supplies.
"[Residents will] start seeing the increase on their March/April bills," said Jim Sullivan, the city's director of utilities in a video released by the city.
Sullivan said the increases should add up to about 90 cents a month per average household of three-four people, totaling around $11 a year.
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"We have a ten-year plan we follow," Sullivan said. A yearly analysis tweaks the rates to cover all the expenses, he said. The cost will cover the city's infrastructure plan to keep up with replacing an aging system.
"We're getting the bad pipe out and the good pipe in."
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The city will not be increasing rates for wastewater storm water charges, Sullivan said.
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