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Colleyville water and wastewater rates will increase Feb. 1, due to a pass-through charge from the Tarrant Regional Water District.
Water rates will increase 6.63% and wastewater rates 11%, city staff told the Colleyville City Council at their Jan. 6 meeting.
“Nothing we can really do about it,” Mayor Bobby Lindamood said during the meeting.
The 2025 water rate has been $6.24 per 1,000 gallons. The proposed new rate is calculated at $6.65, a 6.63% increase. The wastewater rate for 2025 was $4.31 per 1,000 gallons, and that rate increases to $4.78.
The spike is “based on the numbers that we gave them (the water district) on what we estimated our volume to be. And those together equal your total bill,” Cassie Smith, the city’s finance director, told the City Council.
Smith’s presentation was a first reading, followed by public hearing. The council will vote on the rates after a second reading at another meeting.
“This is just a first reading, and again, that is a pass-through rate, just so everybody knows,” Lindamood said.
Nobody spoke during the public hearing.
The Tarrant Regional Water District provides water to more than 2.1 million residents in 11 North Texas counties, flood control measures, and recreational opportunities that include the Trinity River Trails.
TRWD owns and operates Eagle Mountain Lake, Cedar Creek Lake, Lake Bridgeport and Richland-Chambers Lake.
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