{"id":357309,"date":"2026-07-01T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357309\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:13:09","slug":"city-council-votes-to-delay-decision-on-saws-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357309\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council votes to delay decision on SAWS rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio Water System officials and customers will need to wait a little longer to learn the fate of the utility\u2019s proposed $3.2 billion infrastructure improvement program.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32100 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/waste-water-treatment-1437909264-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"waste-water-treatment\" width=\"350\" height=\"\"  \/>San Antonio City Council was scheduled to vote on the proposal \u2014 and a four-year customer rate adjustment to fund it \u2014 at its June 18 meeting. However, Council voted to delay that decision and instead will revisit the request in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primary driver of this rate proposal is infrastructure investment,\u201d SAWS President\/CEO Robert R. Puente told the Council. \u201cDuring the last five years, SAWS has successfully managed and delivered approximately $2.6 billion (in improvements) without a rate increase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the vote now delayed until October, any rate adjustment would likely take place in November, with amounts to be determined. The previous proposal would have increased the average household\u2019s bill less than $4 a month for the rest of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the SAWS infrastructure improvement program is to upgrade essential systems across the city, from replacing aging public water and sewer pipes to modernizing outdated treatment plants to installing emergency backup power systems and more. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saws.org\/rates2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">saws.org\/rates2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Water System officials and customers will need to wait a little longer to learn the fate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[126983,15848,973,126984,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-357309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-2026-rates","tag-delay","tag-infrastructure","tag-rates-proposal","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}