This month on “Wonderful Water,” join 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey for a conversation with Stephen Winters, OWASA Deputy Executive Director, about the next fiscal year, what the current plan is budget-wise for OWASA, and how customers can ensure their feedback is heard at an upcoming public hearing.
“[OWASA is] a non-profit, governmental organization. Unlike towns and counties, we are not supported by taxes. Essentially, our sole source of financial support comes from customers when they pay their monthly water and sewer bill,” said Winters. “OWASA customers pay the expenses for operating our drinking water treatment plant and the network of pipes that deliver water to everyone; and the pipes that collect the community’s wastewater and treatment system that cleans it before its released back into the environment. Customers also pay for investments in projects that repair, expand or enhance the infrastructure that keeps things going 24 hours a day, not only for next year but for decades to come.”
On Thursday June 12, our community-owned water and wastewater utility will hold a public hearing to hear feedback on a proposed budget for next fiscal year. The proposed budget includes a 7% rate increase that would go into place in October of this year.
(Featured image via OWASA)
You can listen to the full conversation below, and visit the Wonderful Water page here for more interviews and stories about the work OWASA does in our community.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents use roughly 7 million gallons of water a day, and “Wonderful Water” is a monthly conversation sponsored by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority highlighting its work to keep our community growing and water flowing.
Presented by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority.
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