The following is the official statement of the City of Fort Wayne regarding the proposed Aqua Indiana Sewer Rate increase and the opposition to it. It has not been altered or edited in any way.
City of Fort Wayne Challenges Aqua Indiana Sewer Rate Request
Customer Rates Could Increase More Than 30 Percent
- Higher sewer bills would reach about 14,000 local households and businesses
- Local customers could subsidize Aqua systems elsewhere in Indiana
- Request follows an announced sale customers were told would not raise rates
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — City Utilities, on behalf of the City of Fort Wayne, filed to intervene in Aqua Indiana’s request to increase sewer rates before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission…