South Carolina

SouthernLiberal

(408 posts) Tue Apr 10, 2018, 04:02 PM Apr 2018

Next month, my sewer bill goes up 344% [View all]

Yeah, I admit I wasn't paying a lot of attention to local news, so this was a shock. I know that sewer rates only go up, but this is terrible. I am 64 years old, retired, and so I have only a meager pension and my savings to live on. We used to pay a small base rate plus an additional amount based on water use. I live alone, so there was never much water use to pay for. Now all residents will pay only the flat fee. I have no idea what a large family paid, but I used to pay $15.13. As of the bill I get in early May, I will be paying $52.10. I'm kind of surprised by the 10 cents.

So... fellow South Carolina residents - How bad were you hit?

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Next month, my sewer bill goes up 344% [View all] SouthernLiberal Apr 2018 OP

Not a resident. tazkcmo Apr 2018 #1

I thought you were prepping for a colonoscopy.....:) dameatball Apr 2018 #2

Where in SC? OneBlueDotBama Apr 2018 #3

Richland County SouthernLiberal Apr 2018 #5

Looked up the story OneBlueDotBama Apr 2018 #6

Im also Columbia SCantiGOP Apr 2018 #8

Hi Neighbor! SouthernLiberal Apr 2018 #10

Good luck on your move SCantiGOP Apr 2018 #11

Check around, they may have discounts or exemptions for seniors or procon Apr 2018 #4

Here in northwest Ohio my mother pays over $90 a month and no one even lives there as she passed awa blueinredohio Apr 2018 #7

344%? YIKES! Gamecock Lefty Apr 2018 #9

That 344% increase is obscene, pure robbery. I thought my utility & heath ins. appalachiablue May 2018 #12