In response to Mrs. Louise Height’s letter: “Water rate increase seems overstated (Gazette, July 1).
You are absolutely right: the charge per CU MTR of water has not gone up considerably since 2011. As a matter of fact, it was higher in 2005. I am also a senior living alone in a bungalow.
But that is not what most people are talking about in St. Albert nowadays.
2005: Water Consumption: 11 CU MTRS:
Water flat rate: $12
Water consumption: $ 9.10
Pay as you throw flat rate: $ 7.30
Pay as throw one bag: $ 5.90
Sewer flat rate: $17
Storm sewer flat rate: $10.40
Sewer treatment 80%: $8.85
Total: $70.56
2011 Water Consumption 12 CU MTRS:
Water flat rate: $17.00
Water consumption: $13.74
Pay as you throw flat rate: $8.00
Pay as throw one bag: $4.40
Sewer flat rate: $17.00
Storm sewer flat rate: $19.68
Curbside recycling: $11.00
Sewer treatment 80%: $14.94
Total: $105.76
2015: Water consumption: 12 CU MTRS:
Water flat rate: $19.52
Water consumption: $19.20
Pay as you throw flat rate: $14.26
Pay as throw one bag: $2.12
Sewer flat rate: $19.52
Storm sewer flat rate: $31.58
Supp. Capital Contribution Water: $23.26
Wastewater Treatment 80%: $19.39
Supp. Capital Contribution – Wastewater: $7.18
Supp. Capital Contribution – Storm: $10.18
Curbside Recycling: $9.80
Curbside Organics – 240 Litres: $11.44
Supp. Capital Contribution- Solid Waste: $7.00
Total: $194.45
And that is what people in St. Albert are talking about:
That certainly has nothing to do with fittings or fixtures or any sort of wasteful usage of water!
Liselotte Engler, St. Albert
