Houston Public Works expects to raise water bills to fund a $4.2 billion overhaul of the East Water Purification Plant, which the department says supplies water to about 1.9 million of the 2.1 million Houstonians served by the city’s water system.
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Houston residents can expect to see increases on their water bills starting in April as part of the city’s five-year plan to fund its sewer system repairs.
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The increase is part of a series of rate hikes approved in 2021 as part of the City of Houston’s consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Texas following multiple sewage spills that violated the federal Clean Water Act.
The City of Houston’s Public Works Department says some water customers could soon see higher bills as new remote water usage reading equipment is installed.
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Recent changes to the City of Houston’s billing system for residential water customers, made in response to a rash of artificially inflated bills during the last year or so, will be reflected in the statements sent out during the month of May.
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New Mayor John Whitmire’s “Water Bill Improvement Plan,” in which single-family residential customers will temporarily be charged a fixed monthly amount, took effect April 1. The initiative eliminated Houston Public Works’ previous practice of charging estimated amounts to customers with faulty electronic meter-reading devices, which in many cases led to residents being charged for much more water than they actually used.
In a step closer to remedying a flawed water billing system, Houston city council members this week repealed what some called an outdated ordinance that impeded city employees from adjusting inflated water bills.
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A series of new city ordinances that would address the unusually high water bills for some residents in Houston has been delayed.
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Houston City Council members proposing ordinance to address skyrocketing water bills
The agenda item proposed by Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Mary Nan Huffman and Amy Peck is currently under review by the city’s legal department before it can be placed on a future council agenda. If approved, it would decrease the timeframe the public works department has to correct erroneous water bills, unless it’s in the customer’s favor.
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The agenda item proposed by Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Mary Nan Huffman and Amy Peck is currently under review by the city's legal department before it can be placed on a future council agenda. If approved, it would decrease the timeframe the public works department has to correct erroneous water bills, unless it's in the customer's favor.
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