Columbia water and sewer bills to increase: What you need to know

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia residents will see a slight increase in their monthly water bills starting this month, as the city implements a 5% rate hike for both water and sewer services.

The increase was passed as part of Columbia’s new budget for FY 2025-2026, in order to generate money to offset inflation costs and invest in improvement projects.

Incremental rate increases to avoid ‘rate shock’

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