{"id":726,"date":"2016-04-14T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/written-comments-rate-change-due-april-18\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T18:29:39","slug":"written-comments-rate-change-due-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/written-comments-rate-change-due-april-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Written Comments on Rate Change Due April 18!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nClick the\u00a0image for a full\u00a0breakdown of the proposed rate change. Credit:\u00a0Philadelphia Water\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The final Public Input Hearing for our proposed 2016-2017 rate increase<\/a> was held at City Hall on April 7, 2016. If you were unable to attend one of the five public hearings<\/a>, you can still submit comments by contacting the Philadelphia Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Rate Board<\/a>, an independent board created by voters to set water rates.<\/p>\n

Written comments must be submitted by April 18. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please send email to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

WaterRateBoard@phila.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Or send written testimony to this address:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Philadelphia Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Rate Board<\/em><\/p>\n

c\/o Marie McNeill<\/em><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Water Department
\nFinance Division<\/em><\/p>\n

1101 Market Street, 5th Floor<\/em><\/p>\n

Philadelphia, PA 19107<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can learn more about the proposed rate increase here<\/a>, and read previously submitted public comments here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Water also created a customer information packet explaining the rate request and what your water bill pays for<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The final Public Input Hearing for our proposed 2016-2017 rate increase was held at City Hall on April 7, 2016. If you were unable to attend one of the five public hearings, you can still submit comments by contacting the Philadelphia Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Rate Board, an independent board created by voters to set water rates.<\/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":[2],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-city-council","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/written-comments-rate-change-due-april-18\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Written Comments on Rate Change Due April 18!","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/written-comments-rate-change-due-april-18\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/written-comments-rate-change-due-april-18\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Community","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["city council"],"dateCreated":"2016-04-14T14:50:00Z","datePublished":"2016-04-14T14:50:00Z","dateModified":"2022-12-03T18:29:39Z"},"rendered":"