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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 5254298, member: 66&quot;]And hopefully they are being charged a rate that will handle all current and future costs.&nbsp; Here where I live the water company is owned by the city and for decades the politicians kept the water rate very low to look good to the voters.&nbsp; Problem was the low rates didn&#039;t allow enough for proper maintenance or replacement of the treatment plant when it could no longer be patched up (patch upon patch upon patch etc)&nbsp; So the treatment plant finally broke down and there was no money set aside to replace it.&nbsp; Had to do major borrowing and the water rates quintupled to pay it off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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