Altoona Water/Sewer Rates Up

Altoona residents will notice the charges have gone up for water service with their February water bills. Altoona's City Council agreed to an increase in water and sewer rates earlier this month. The Argus Leader reports water rates increased 23 cents from $5.78-to-$6.01 per 1,000 gallons of water used. The sewer rate's up 35 cents from $6.36 to-$6.71 per 1,000 gallons. An administrator says the hike was in part due to higher cost of treat water and capital improvements by the Waste Water Reclamation Authority.