Basin Water and Sewer to raise rates

The Basin community will see rates increase for their water and sewer services.

During the Thursday, June 8 Basin Water and Sewer board meeting, the board – which now includes Celeste Sotola – approved a resolution to establish new rates and charges for the district’s water and sewer system. The resolution intends to increase the water rates from $48 per month to $62 per month. Sewer rates will increase from $12 per connection to $23 per connection. New rates would go into effect Aug. 1.

Basin Water and Sewer Treasurer DeDe Rhodes said she wants to remind residents that, when the new board took over operations in 2021, they originally lowered water rates from $72 to $60 and also lowered sewer connection costs by $12. “The $12 charge was per lot whether you had water and sewer or not,” Rhodes said. “It was charged to all property owners in the district.”