PEORIA, Ill. – Starting May 1, Peoria residents will be paying higher sewer rates to help keep up with the rising cost of maintaining the city’s existing sewer system.
Peoria City Council unanimously approved a 2.3% increase at Tuesday night’s meeting without discussion. Beginning May 1, it will cost the average Peoria homeowner an extra 52 cents per quarter or roughly $2 a year, according to Peoria Finance Director Kyle Cratty.
City officials say the average household connected to the city-owned sewer system currently pays $62.39 a quarter and the average household connected to a Greater Peoria Sanitary District sewer pays $72.14 each quarter.
City Manager Patrick Urich says most of Peoria’s sewers are owned by the Sanitary District.
Peoria is in year three of an 18-year plan to reduce combined sewer overflows, as ordered by a federal consent decree to stop sewage from running into the Illinois River.
Urich tells 25 News, revenue generated by the rate hike is not related to that decree and will fund sewer maintenance instead.
The projected revenue for the rate increase will be included in Peoria’s applications to receive Illinois Environmental Protection Agency loans for CSO projects.
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