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Water and Sewer Rate Changes Begin July 1, 2023

December 27, 2022 By City of West Chicago

In 2019, the City Council approved an increase in the City’s water and sewer rates, which was not implemented until 2022 due to the adverse economic impacts of the pandemic on our population. At that time (2019), there was an expectation that rates would once again increase in either 2022 or 2023. The year 2022 marked the first time the City of West Chicago raised its water rates since 2006 and sewer rates since 2008. Cities across the country are grappling with aging infrastructure that's costly to repair. Additionally, the City is not immune to the inflation experienced across the globe as well as supply chain issues that are severely impacting costs of our infrastructure projects and commodities. Here are just a few examples from this past year:

 

Item Budgeted Actual/Estimated % Increase
Chemicals* $625,000 $877,000 140%
SCADA System Upgrade Modernization Project $475,000 $850,000 179%
Security System Camera Installation Project $40,000 $71,000 178%
Refuse Disposal (Lime Sludge Removal) $880,000 $1,240,500 141%
Building Joint Sealant $116,000 $140,000 121%
Lab Supplies $15,000 $21,000 140%
Building Repair Parts $10,000 $21,100 211%
Electric $260,000 $305,000 117%
Distribution Parts and Equipment $70,000 $123,100 176%
Influent Headworks Project $210,000 $385,000 183%
Backup Power Feed $150,000 $400,000 267%
Sanitary Collection - parts for vehicles $25,000 $60,000 240%
Increased Costs - Water $2,491,000 $3,648,700 146%
Increased Costs - Sewer $385,000 $845,000 219%
* year over year comparison

 

Therefore, another rate increase will occur with your July 2023 or August 2023 bill, depending on your Billing District. This six months’ notice is being given so customers can better prepare for the increased costs. Water rates will increase from $5.00/1,000 gallons to $9.00/1,000 gallons and sewer rates will increase from $7.00/1,000 gallons to $10.00/1,000 gallons. Thereafter, it is the City’s intent to keep rate increases more incremental in nature, if the trends detailed above either decline or at least slow.

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