OAKLAND — Customers of the East Bay Muncipal Utility District may have to dig deeper into their pockets to keep the taps and faucets flowing as the utility proposes increasing rates.
The utility is seeking to raise water and wastewater rates each by 4% in the fiscal year starting July I, and an additional 4% starting July 1, 2022.
The potential move comes as EBMUD reviews and adjusts its budget, which happens every two years.
General Manager Clifford Chan will present a proposed budget for utility for the next two years to the EBMUD board of directors on Tuesday.
The extra revenue will help replace aging pipelines, upgrade drinking water and wastewater treatment plants, protect natural resources, provide access to watershed recreation, prepare for droughts, and other costs associated with mitigating and adapting to climate change, according to EBMUD.
A public hearing and board of directors vote on the budget and rate jump is scheduled for June 8.
Tuesday’s presentation is set to start at 1:15 p.m. A livestream will be available at www.ebmud.com/board-meetings.
More information is available at ebmud.com/rates.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District has 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The public agency was established in 1923.
