From the Valley Courier (Ruth Heide): “The fee increase will occur over the next three years beginning this year with the flat rate for residential users going from $3.50 to $5 a month and the cost per 1,000 gallons of water going from $1 to $1.50. In 2010 the flat rate will increase by 25 cents more per month and the cost per 1,000 gallons will increase by 50 cents per month. In 2011 the flat rate will increase another nickel per month and the cost per 1,000 gallons will increase by another 50 cents per month, to $2.50. For an average household the rate will increase a little more than $5 a month this year, another $4 or so per month the next year and another $4 per month the third year, 2011.”