This table, provided by South Salt Lake City, shows the expected culinary water rates over the next five years.
It looks like water, both to drink and to get rid of, is going to cost more in South Salt Lake. City leaders recently had culinary and wastewater rates studies done—and the results show that without rate increases (or in the case of wastewater, impact fees for new development) the city won’t have the funds to maintain the systems and to pay for needed infrastructure such as well replacement and renewal.
“We want to think about prudent financial metrics, so thinking about how we fund our annual renewal and replacement or maintenance of that existing infrastructure that’s there today that provides service as well as maintaining target minimum reserve levels so cash in the bank for emergencies, future capital,” consultant Sean Karun told the city council in a May 28 work session…