New York, NY - Water Rates Going Up, Up and Up

New York, NY - Water rates in New York are likely to keep rising next year. The water rates went up 14.5% in July, and are projected to rise another 14% next year - even though better conservation means New Yorkers are using less water. The DEP's $19.4 billion decade-long construction program accounts for a big part of the increase, as does the higher cost of debt to pay for it, thanks to the...