Manchester City Council Approves Water and Sewer Rate Increase

The City of Manchester’s water and sewer rates will increase with the next billing.

City Manager Tim Vick says the Manchester City Council approved the seven-percent increase at their meeting on Monday. 

Manchester’s water base rate will increase from $7.26 to $7.77 per month for standard three-quarter inch meters. Water charges will increase by seven-percent – increasing from $3.85 to $4.12 per one thousand gallons of water consumption. 

The water rate for water not returning to the sanitary sewer system (outside water meter use) will increase to the monthly basic service charge of 98-cents, plus $4.52 for each one thousand gallons of water consumed. 

Meanwhile, the sewer base rate will increase by seven-percent from $12.58 to $13.46 per month. Sewer charges will increase by seven-percent from $6.97 to $7.46 per one thousand gallons of water consumption. 

Manchester’s new water and sewer rates will go into effect with the bills that are due August 10th.

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