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Council Moves To Raise Water Rates, Impose New Fee

RISING WATER … RATESMayor Phil Kramer said increases in what the Township pays for water forced its hand in raising rates to township customers.

An ordinance amendment that calls for a 15 percent increase in water rates was introduced on first reading at the March 14 Township Council meeting.

The hike would be the first such increase in about a decade, and caps a conversation started at least six years ago.

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