{"id":382,"date":"2013-01-30T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/keeping-bargain-investing-infrastructure-part-4\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:26:36","slug":"keeping-bargain-investing-infrastructure-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/keeping-bargain-investing-infrastructure-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the Bargain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Water<\/p>\n

Energy costs are on the rise at PWD facilities, just like they are for homeowners and individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s wrap up our blog posts about the big-ticket items that have made our rate changes necessary with a frank discussion about something that every household has been dealing with.<\/p>\n

The cost of every input we use to clean the drinking water and treat the sewage and stormwater has increased significantly over the last several years. As energy costs continue to rise rapidly, so do the products and services we purchase. \u00a0The costs of chemicals and replacement equipment have risen faster than the rate of inflation.<\/p>\n

We at PWD understand that these are issues faced by all of our customers and that increasing rates in the context of all these other costs is not ideal. We are all ratepayers ourselves and feel the effects as well. Please know that we\u2019re doing everything in our power to shield our customers from as many of PWD\u2019s increased costs as possible.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more information about the investments and expense-cutting measures we are doing to help us in this effort, and feel free to get in touch with us anytime on our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s wrap up our blog posts about the big-ticket items that have made our rate changes necessary with a frank discussion about something that every household has been dealing with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[31,51,95,504,109],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrastructure","tag-drinking-water","tag-infrastructure-investment","tag-stormwater","tag-wastewater","tag-water-quality","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/keeping-bargain-investing-infrastructure-part-4\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Keeping the Bargain","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/keeping-bargain-investing-infrastructure-part-4\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/keeping-bargain-investing-infrastructure-part-4\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Infrastructure","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["drinking water","infrastructure investment","stormwater","wastewater","water quality"],"dateCreated":"2013-01-30T22:47:00Z","datePublished":"2013-01-30T22:47:00Z","dateModified":"2023-01-09T19:26:36Z"},"rendered":"