What factors contribute to increases in water and wastewater rates?

Several factors contributed to increases to rates:

  • Future replacement of water and wastewater infrastructure
  • The increased wholesale price of water from the Cascade Water Alliance
  • Inflationary increases in operating and maintenance costs
  • King County wastewater treatment costs are going up the system faces inflationary costs, new regulatory requirements, and the need to replace the regional system’s aging infrastructure


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