El Paso Water will host eight community meetings related to its proposed rate hike.
El Paso Water announced in November that it was planning to raise average residential rates by about 12.2%, or about $7.42 per month. The company raised rates by 7.5% in 2025 — if the latest increase is approved, it will mark 11 consecutive years of rising water bills.
With that in mind, the El Paso City Council during its Dec. 16 meeting called on the utility company to host a series of meetings before its planned budget approval on Wednesday, Jan. 14…