Houston water pipes in need of repair, someone's got to pay for it - What's Your Point?
Houston water bills are going to rise
Houston's Sunday morning political debate show! The WYP panel talks about Mayor Turner's recent plea with the city council that water and wastewater rates in Houston are going to have to go up in order to cover the cost of repair and replacement of pipes in the city's water system.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner, half persuaded, half demanding City Council get behind the $2 billion rate hike he says will be needed to upgrade the battered infrastructure of Houston’s water system.
A little history, in 2019, Turner settled a long-running pollution case with the EPA- which had admonished the city for allowing lots of sewage to seep into local lakes, rivers, and streams.
The price tag of the agreement $2 billion worth of mandatory improvements.
The mayor says we have no surplus cash to meet the obligation - so ratepayers - rich and poor - will have to pony up for the next 15 years.