Christina Kruzik discovered her sewer bill would rise for the third time in three years when she opened a letter sent from Brecknock Township on Thanksgiving night. The elementary school teacher on Monday night gathered with about 60 other residents to discuss a proposed $212 annual sewer rate hike during a special township sewer authority meeting at Fivepointville Fire Company.
"I opened that letter on what was supposed to be a happy night only to find you want me to budget another $200 when I'm sacrificing so much already because of the poor economy," Kruzik said.
Why are sewer rates in Brecknock Pennsylvania going through the roof?
The board's proposed 2013 budget includes a sewer rate increase to $200 per quarter, up from $147 per quarter, to offset the cost to upgrade the township's aging sewer plant at 983 Beam Road to the state and federally mandated standards... The board said the hike is necessary to pay $6 million in debt obligations for a 20-year loan taken to upgrade the nearly 30-year-old plant. The upgrades, to meet nutrient emissions limits set by the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy, are to be in place by Sept. 30, 2013.
And you can't oppose paying for cleaning up the Bay without hating the Bay, can you?
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