Monday, September 25, 2023

Rez Water & Sewer Rates Rising

 The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District issued the following statement.

The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRVWSD) Board of Directors on Thursday approved a rate increase for its water and sewer customers, effective for the December billing cycle.

The rate increase is necessary to offset the higher costs the state agency is continuing to pay its regional sewer providers and for increased costs for treatment and upkeep and maintenance of infrastructure, PRVWSD General Manager John Sigman told board members at its September meeting. While PRVWSD supplies its residents with clean water from its own wells, all sewage is sent to be processed by regional providers. “All three regional sewer providers that we rely on to process sewage for our customers have either raised their rates or they are in the process of raising their rates, which unfortunately affects us. We have to ensure we have adequate funds to pay those providers, and we also want to ensure we make plans to have enough funding to account for depreciation of our assets,” said Sigman..

The increase will be through the line-item Regional Sewer Charge (RSC). The RSC will increase from $4.25 per 1,000 gallons of water used to $4.75. A customer who uses 5,000 gallons of water per month currently pays $77.25 per month for water and sewer. Beginning with the December billing cycle, that same customer would receive a bill for $79.75. The increase will average out to about three percent per customer..

Sigman said that there will be no increase in the volumetric charges this year.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are they all getting raises too? That’s a really big increase in charges. Where can we find out how much they are all paying themselves and how many raises they gave themselves while the rest of us are struggling to buy groceries and buy gas. Do they even pay for gas for their vehicles? Meanwhile every neighborhood on the Rez is filling with rentals, illegals, and teen thugs from Jackson!

Empires Always Die said...

Has Shad ever audited the PRVWSD? I've been a customer for the last eight years. Feels like I'm getting hosed (pardon the pun).

Anonymous said...

Rankin built the new sewer treatment plant because jackson was price gouging.

Now look at what THEY are doing, themselves.

Imagine my (complete lack of) surprise.

Anonymous said...

Make the Spillway a Toll road. $1 each way. All of the Rankinites traveling it through Ridgeland both ways on work days averages $10 a week and others traveling it to go to Dogwood etc will also contribute. Just an idea to cut down on increases. Could also use that income to maintain the ramps and rocks.

Anonymous said...

The West Rankin Utility Authority built the new treatment plant and disconnected sewer effluent from Savannah. And thank God they did. Now Rankin County has dissociated itself from the dysfunctional nightmare that is the City of Jackson, placing future residential and commercial development decisions back into the sole control of Rankin County decision-makers and away from idiots and fools and their EPA problems.

Anonymous said...

Everything is going up. a $.50 increase per 1000gal isn't much. I am typically very critical of Sigman and PRVWSD, but this makes sense. This isn't price gouging either 7:19.

Anonymous said...

Its a 50 cent rate increase. To give you a comparison, here's Jackson's rates:
water charge: $3.85 per ccf
sewer charge: $5.36 with a minimum charge of $16.08
sanitation charge: $37 per month

Anonymous said...

Since when is going from 4.25 cents per thousand gallons to 4.75 cents per thousand gallons a 3% increase?

Closer to 12%

Anonymous said...

8:49AM - they must have learned common core math

Anonymous said...

8:41 - I think it's the pattern and frequency of the increases that concerns folks not to mention the appearance of a lack of transparency

Anonymous said...

Inflation is eating into the salaries of the PRVWSD executives and board members. $150-250k a year salaries do not buy what they used to. Yes, most of these increases are going to salaries. But that money is necessary compensation for the hard work of these individuals. If you don’t like it then that’s tough. Utilities always have a total monopoly and there isn’t a damn thing anyone can do about it!

Anonymous said...

It's not like they are going to a water conference in Paris. Give it a couple of weeks and this will be water under the bridge. Right?

Anonymous said...

I wonder when PRVWSD is going to start making vehicles crossing the spillway have a bucket with "Trash" labeled on it.

For those that don't know, if fishing below the spillway, or riding in your boat, if you don't have a container specifically labeled "trash" they can and will cite you for it. They being Sigman's PRVWSD gestapo. You can have a trash bag, trash in a livewell, any other receptacle to hold trash, but if it does not specifically say "trash", you can and will get a ticket from them.

Anonymous said...

My interpretation of this is that salary increases, expenses, maintenance, etc. are not affecting this increase at all. This increase is specifically caused by the increased cost that PRVWSD pays to have their sewer treated. I believe that PRVWSD has sewer treated in 3 different places (Rankin County sewer treatment plant, City of Jackson sewer treatment plan, and Madison County sewer treatment plant). So I'm guessing, that PRVWSD is seeing an increased rate from those 3 providers.

Anonymous said...

@ 8.43 - Those Jackson charges are totally meaningless to those who neither receive nor pay water bills. And those charges are all lumped into the same bill with a breakout...for the few who receive one and choose to pay it.

Anonymous said...

@8:43 I'm fairly certain a municipality can't convert an existing road/bridge to a toll road; they can only construct new toll roads.

Anonymous said...

Wondering if 8:49 and 9:01 read the entire post before commenting or if they just didn't comprehend what was plainly written. The fifty cent increase was to one particular line item for the Regional Sewer Charge portion of the water and sewer bill. A total bill increase of around 3% is an entirely reasonable estimate as was shown in the example given.

Anonymous said...

8:49. 3% increase in the typical bill ($2.5/$77.25=3.23%). Also, please understand that the PRV can't borrow money like municipalities. They have to pay for their projects from reserves (pay as you go) and can't finance for 20-30 years. Big difference!!! Check out Jackson, Brandon and Flowood's debt!!!

Anonymous said...

Clue. Obtain one.
What's this, the 2nd or 3rd rate increase in 2 years?

I know I know, just a few cents right?
What was the last one? The one before that?

It's not just PRV. Check the rate increases over the last 2 years elsewhere in Rankin.

But, this is a nothingburger. Nothing to see here.

Anonymous said...

Relocate to Jackson-
Experience the happiness of free water, sewer and trash pickup.

Anonymous said...

@ 9:22 - The Board members are just regular citizens appointed by mayors, boards of supervisors and municipalities.

They don't make $150,000. They don't make a dime.

Anonymous said...

To the Jackson free-water commenters, I received a notice from JXNwater yesterday in the mail basically announcing that in fall water cut-offs will begin for those not paying their bills. I haven't seen a decrease in pressure or a water problem at all since the receiver started making improvements. All of the stupid vitriol about the water system is deprecated. Find some new material, ya' wankers.

Anonymous said...

@8:19

a notice is not the same as a pipe wrench.

Anonymous said...

@9:08 - There's never been so much as a notice before and that's where it starts. Hide and watch.

Anonymous said...

1:06 that is mighty cocky language. The bar is so low that 'reliable safe water" and 'people paying for the service' prompts you to boast.

I am sad for you, but I do hope you get to keep the appointed man that is cleaning up the elected man's mess.

Anonymous said...

If your sewer/ water rates are not slightly increasing every year, then your utilities are not being adequately operated and maintained.


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