Water rates up 43% over last decade
Bluefield Research has recently published its latest annual benchmark study of residential water races across U.S. cities. The new analysis shows water rate growth currently outpacing other household utility services (e.g., power, gas) at an average of 4.2 percent per year. As such, the combined water & wastewater bill for a typical U.S. household has swelled to 43.2 percent from 2012 to 2021, an indicator of the water sector’s growing financial burden.