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To: arun gera who wrote (64049)5/19/2020 8:34:56 PM
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Most private companies operate in the southwest and Rocky mountain region. The average annual cost of water in the Rocky Mountain region is $289 annually (by far cheapest in the nation), and $446 in the Southwest (third after Great Lakes Region).

To put that into perspective the pacific north west annual water charge is $625 annually, southeast $582, New England $915, and NY-NJ $529 among a few other regions. Mind you these cost increase almost every single year.

These statistics don't speak to every nook in the cheaper regions. But where private water utilities reign-water is cheaper.




To: arun gera who wrote (64049)5/20/2020 5:35:42 PM
From: Spekulatius  Respond to of 78954
 
Not cheaper. They are guaranteed a certain return on investment, so they invest in more capital. The water treatment plants are more up-to-date, cleaner, shiny in fact, and better run. But the water bills typically go up.
However, when interest rates go lower, the guaranteed return On their rate base likely will go lower as well, if the regulator is paying attention. This also is happening with utilities as well.


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