{"id":461969,"date":"2026-10-10T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461969\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T07:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:30:09","slug":"saws-earns-high-bond-ratings-as-water-rate-increase-begins-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461969\/","title":{"rendered":"SAWS earns high bond ratings as water rate increase begins in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 San Antonio City Council approved a SAWS rate adjustment this week that will raise average residential water bills by less than $4 a month, starting Jan. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/city-council-to-consider-saws-rate-hikes-of-up-to-30-detention-center-assessments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">City Council approves SAWS rate hikes of up to 30%, debates detention center assessments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAWS said the ratings are the highest in the utility\u2019s history for a second consecutive year. The ratings can help the utility secure lower interest rates when borrowing money for capital projects, including replacing aging water transmission and distribution lines.<\/p>\n<p>SAWS Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Cecilia Velasquez said the ratings benefit customers through lower interest rates and help fund capital improvement projects.<\/p>\n<p>These strong bond ratings are a confirmation of all the hard work we\u2019ve done,\u201d said Velasquez. \u201cNot only are they a huge financial benefit to our customers through lower interest rates, but they allow us to fund our capital improvements projects and continue to operate efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>SAWS plans to use its Water Forward program to replace thousands of miles of water and sewer mains that have reached the end of their expected lifespan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 San Antonio City Council approved a SAWS rate adjustment this week that will raise average&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-461969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","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\/461969","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=461969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}