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Most West Sacramento households will see higher monthly water and sewer bills after an April rate hike.<\/p>\n
LISA VALDER<\/p>\n
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Beginning in April, West Sacramento residents will see higher rates for water and sewer service as the city grapples with aging infrastructure for the critical services.<\/p>\n
FULL STORY: West Sacramento water rates will soon go up \u2014 by a lot. Here\u2019s how much and why<\/a><\/p>\n Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n \u2022 Starting in April, most West Sacramento residents will pay a $35.93 fixed monthly water charge for a 3\/4-inch meter, up from $24.61 last month. That fee will rise steadily to $48.29 by 2030.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sewer rates face the steepest jump. A single-family customer paying $10.88 per month last month will pay $19.85 in April. By 2030, that will climb to $38.33. Multifamily sewer charges will rise from $8.16 to $26.13 over the same period.<\/p>\n \u2022 The city hasn\u2019t raised rates since 2021, and its last rate study was conducted nearly 10 years ago. Economic downturns and the COVID-19 pandemic led officials to pause increases that typically happen every five years, according to City Manager Aaron Laurel.<\/p>\n \u2022 Proposed infrastructure projects to replace aging pipes, pumps and other machinery could cost more than $93 million for water and $44 million for sewer utilities. The infrastructure was inherited from Yolo County after the city incorporated in 1987.<\/p>\n \u201cI know it\u2019s going to be a hardship,\u201d said West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero. \u201cI know it\u2019s going to be challenging.\u201d Members of the City Council said there were few alternatives.<\/p>\n This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most West Sacramento households will see higher monthly water and sewer bills after an April rate hike. LISA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-264536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}