Chesterfield County is proposing a slight increase in water and wastewater utility fees.
Director of Utilities George B. Hayes said the proposal would increase the water commodity charge from $2.07 to $2.15 per 100 cubic feet (ccf). The wastewater commodity charge would increase from $2.24 to $2.25 per 100 cubic feet.
The customer charge of $5.08 a month would not change, and the water and wastewater capacity charges would not change.
“Since there are three components to our bills, the most transparent way to explain the proposed increase would be to use an average residential customer’s usage, which is 7 CCF per month,” Hayes said in an email. “Our average residential customer would see a 63-cent increase per month for a combined water and wastewater bill, which is a 1.1-percent increase.”
The county supervisors will consider the increase at a public hearing at 6 p.m. March 27.
