Find Out Why DeKalb’s Water Rates are Rising
Decatur Metro | November 8, 2010 | 12:49 pmThere’s been a good deal of chatter on the Oakhurst Message Board of late about higher-than-usual DeKalb water rates. The AJC wrote a piece on our surely escalating water rates to cover extensive repairs and improvements to the system, though it’s unclear whether these individual reports are a result of that or something else. (If you’re interested in how much rates are rising year-by-year, this County document (pdf) gives you a good idea of how rates will rise through 2011. Note that the more water you use, the higher the rate.)
Anyway, the County is holding meetings about these repairs and upgrades, tonight and tomorrow night.
DeKalb County Commissioner Kathie Gannon recently sent this announcement around…