WASA Rate Increase Looms, Public Meetings Scheduled
Several neighborhood blogs are posting information about the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority's upcoming public meetings to discuss a proposed 8.5 percent rate increase to city water and sewer rates.
WASA is one of the city's most troubled agencies, having come under fire many times in recent years, notably for water pressure and communication problems that may have hampered firefighters during an apartment fire in Adams Morgan, elevated lead and toxic chlorine levels in the city's drinking water, and failing to maintain the District's fire hydrants.
A full list of scheduled meetings and public hearings on WASA's proposed rate increase is below the jump.
MONDAY, MAY 19 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
901 G Street NW
TUESDAY, MAY 20 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Washington Center for the Aging
2601 18th Street NE
TUESDAY, MAY 27 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Cleveland Park Library
3310 Connecticut Avenue NW
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Southwest Neighborhood Library
900 Wesley Place SW
THURSDAY, MAY 29 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Anacostia Senior High School Auditorium
1601 16th Street SE
In addition, DC WASA is hosting public hearings on the proposed rate adjustments Wednesday, June 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Monday, June 23, 10 a.m.-noon at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments headquarters at 777 North Capitol Street NE.