What is the average cost increase for customers under the new county water authority?
How much your bills went up under the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority depends on how much water you use and whether you were a customer of the city or county before the transition. But, in simple terms, your bill could have either gone down slightly or increased as much as 80 percent, depending how much water you use. The best way to explain it is to break it down and explain how the rates have changed (how much they’ve gone up or done) with the disclaimer that how much more you pay ultimately depends on your water consumption. But all customers pay fixed charges (for water or sewer or both), and these went up by about 40 percent. If you are the basic residential customer, you paid $21 every two months with the city, $22.15 with the county and now pay $31.70 with CFPUA. If you only have water or sewer, then you pay less, but still more under the authority. Where it gets difficult to compare apples and apples is with water and sewr consumption charges. That’s because the city, county
