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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 06 > Bend sewer rates could double over next 5 years

Bend sewer rates could double over next 5 years

Also, the city considers a switch to billing based on usage by 2010

By Peter Sachs / The Bulletin
June 6, 2008

Bend residents could see their monthly sewer bills increase 97 percent over the next five years as the city takes on more than $100 million in projects to upgrade 95-year-old clay pipes and expand its 27-year-old sewer treatment plant.

The current rate for homes is $25.18 per month, but on July....

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