Monthly bills for sewer service in Hampton Roads already have doubled in the past five years, and now they’re expected to triple over the next 20 years, the result of a massive infrastructure upgrade program estimated to cost at least $1.2 billion.
Starting this fiscal year, sewer rates are projected to increase every year by between 4 and 8 percent through 2031.
That means homeowners would pay an average of $19.83 per month this year and $60.45 per month by the end of the 20-year cycle, according to estimates prepared by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District.
Requirements to reduce the amount of nutrients that HRSD’s treatment plants discharge into the Chesapeake Bay have mandated the largest capital improvement program in the utility’s history.
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