Sentences with phrase «city water rates»

City water rates have nearly doubled in the past two decades.

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Mayor Landrieu's predecessors both attempted to privatize the city's water, arguing it would keep rates down as the city undertook costly repairs to bring the system in line with the Clean Water Act standwater, arguing it would keep rates down as the city undertook costly repairs to bring the system in line with the Clean Water Act standWater Act standards.

The Sun believe that he is rated at an eye - watering # 86million, but Man City hope offering Hart on loan for another season will bring that price down.

For water parks only, resident rates also apply to those who pay their water bill to the City of Aurora.

The water issue can be solved easily by raising the rates on city and suburban customers and by not giving free water to churches, schools and anyone else receiving a discount.

As Tinley Park, Orland Park and 10 other suburban communities collectively negotiate a new water - rate contract with Oak Lawn, Chicago's City Council is mulling its own agreement to provide Lake Michigan water to Oak Lawn.

«The city is using the water rate as a back door property tax,» he said.

The budget also includes a hike in water rates of $ 1.95 per unit, which is projected to increase city revenue by $ 1.3 million.

The decision to forgo a local water rate increase comes after Miner spent the past few months prodding leaders in Washington and Albany for extra money to repair the city's aging drinking water system.

Health officials say in some Buffalo neighborhoods, 40 percent of kids have been exposed to lead, a rate eight times higher than in Flint, Michigan, a city that faced a water contamination crisis that drew national attention.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mayor Stephanie Miner released a $ 675 million budget last week that holds local water rates flat for a fifth straight year, even as the city saw a record 391 water main breaks last year.

The agency is perhaps best known for its role in managing the city's complex water system and proposing the city's water rates, which have long been criticized by some advocates as a backdoor tax on homeowners.

New City — State Senator David Carlucci (D — Rockland / Ossining) joined Rockland homeowners in New City on July 8 to request the New York State Public Service Commission's opposition to a proposed United Water rate hike.

New York City is proposing a 2.1 percent hike on the water rate for homeowners, who have been consistently soaked over the years with the skyrocketing rates, though the rate increase would be the lowest in 16 years.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — The Rockland County legislature approved a motion calling on Albany to reject United Water's planned rate increase and surcharge in the latest blowback against the utility's plan to finance its proposed desalination plant and other plans.

Most voters, however, agreed on the areas where Syracuse is failing: An overwhelming 84 percent rated the conditions of city roads, water pipes and infrastructure as fair or poor.

Kellogg said that for her and her running mates, the big challenges facing Hurley are, «Making a change in our local government, protecting the quality of life that we have in Hurley as development pressures move up the Thruway, protecting our water and the beautiful scenic qualities of our town, and maintaining our low tax rates as NYS mandates additional responsibilities to the localities without providing funding (at the same time that they cap our annual budget increases) and as we get additional pressures from New York City to reduce their tax contributions for the reservoir property.»

-- The Office of the State Comptroller said the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority increased sewer and water rates over an eight - year time period, a time where it had multimillion budget surpluses, after failing to conduct yearly financial reviews.

The City's Independent Budget Office has a new report out on the impact drilling for natural gas in the Catskill / Delaware watershed would have on water rates, mainly because of the need for another filtration plant.

A New York State Supreme Court judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the city from raising water rates for landlords and granting a water bill...

The city budget, which takes effect July 1, does not include a property tax rate increase or an increase in fees charged for water and sewer services.

Smith's analysis showed that Antofagasta residents exposed to the city's water between 1958 and 1970 had experienced markedly higher rates of bladder and lung cancer.

Angelenos could lower the city's greenhouse gas emissions from water supplies by up to 70 percent by reducing the use of imported water and increasing conservation rates, the study found.

Advertising an EPA - rated 47 mpg for city and highway, the strategy for the C - MAX Hybrid has been working so far, but Ford fell into hot water when its claims were said to be overstated.

With their soft sands, emerald - green waters and an array of attractions, Pensacola Beach, Panama City Beach and Navarre Beach were rated among the Top 25 Beaches in America in the 2014 TripAdvisor Travelers» Choice awards.

According to experts, the Jakobshavn glacier, one of Greenland's largest, is moving at a faster rate than ever before, losing 20 million tons of ice every day, equivalent to the amount of water used every year by the residents of New York City.

«An average single family pays more than $ 800 for water each year, so if this system leads to relatively modest reductions in water used by, let's say, 5 percent of homeowners, there will be significant savings for them, and we all know that nobody likes water rates,» Mr. Bloomberg said at a news conference at City Hall.

The recent water cuts in the city, coupled with the onset of summer, is proving a costly affair for South Mumbai residents who had to purchase water from tankers at premium rates as demand surged over the weekend.

Long version: I wanted to get my Open Water Diver rating, and looked into all the schools I could find in the Twin Cities.