The City of Republic is putting a pause on water rate increases approved in 2024.
Republic has been making an effort to fund improvements to water and wastewater treatment infrastructure, that they say is decades overdue. The city is out of compliance with Missouri regulations. Since at least 2011 it’s been working with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to get back into compliance. That requires infrastructure.
As a part of funding that infrastructure, Republic’s City Council passed water rate increases in 2024…