Council Weighs Rate Hikes to Fund Water Tank Project
Water customers in Arcadia may soon have to pay a little more for service to help finance the replacement of two outdated storage tanks.
The Arcadia City Council tonight will consider a proposal to raise water rates by 10% and increase the bimonthly water fee by 15% next month.
If the two increases are approved, the average residential bimonthly water bill would increase by $10 to $74, city officials said.
Arcadia General Services Manager Gary Lewis said the city needs the additional revenue to build two larger water storage tanks.
A tank would be built near the center of the city to replace one dating to the 1930s, he said.
The other tank would be constructed in the city’s fire-prone foothills area. When the existing foothills tank was built in 1957, it was required to produce 1,500 gallons per minute for two hours. But in the wake of the Oakland and Altadena fires, state officials are seeking to upgrade tanks in high-risk areas to 4,000 gallons a minute for a four-hour span, Lewis said.
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