A new press release from City Hall that reports what we already knew....
May 23, 2007
Increase To Sewer Usage Fees
The City’s Water Pollution Control Division of Public Works is a special operating fund at the City of Bristol. The Division is required to pay for all of its operations, equipment replacement and loan payments from revenue collected from sewer usage fees.
In order to fund its current operation and the upcoming projects, the Sewer Authority has determined it will be necessary to implement a 6 ½ % increase to the sewer usage fee. The last rate increase was three years ago in July 2004. The new rate will increase the average resident’s quarterly sewer bill by $2.73 or $10.92 per year.
The Division has recently begun a number of large projects to improve its ability to cope with the high flows it experiences during heavy rains. The projects include upgrades to its pumping stations at Broad Street and East Main Street and the main pumps at the treatment plant. The Division is also in the early stage of a project to find and eliminate sources of clean water entering the system from leaking joints in mainline sewers, privately owned service laterals to homes and businesses, illegal connection of sump pumps, yard drains and roof gutter down spouts.
The new rate structure will also include increases to the sewer connection fees for new connections to the sewer system. A full listing of the new rate structure was published in the Bristol Press and can be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office or online at the City’s web site:
http://www.ci.bristol.ct.us/content/3240/default.aspx and select the link for Increase to Sewer Usage Fees.
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