If Burlington is raising water rates to pay for costs associated with Jordan Lake Rules…?

The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change…

…so, in a month's time,

a tornado that would have devastated the Indonesian coast

doesn't happen,

or maybe one that wasn't going to happen

 does.

 

Ian Stewart

The Mathematics of Chaos

 

City plans to raise water rates: Three-year hikes intended to offset cost of Jordan Lake Rules

 

Burlington water consumers should prepare to see their water bills go up this year.

 

And next year. And probably the year after that, too.

 

Now that the city knows it's going to have to pay at least $22.5 million to upgrade its two water treatment plants to conform to the state's new water laws, city leaders have started planning incremental increases to pay for them.

 

…Burlington's water treatment plants are being equipped to remove more nutrients from wastewater before it's released into the Haw River and flows into Jordan Lake, as part of the Jordan Lake Rules that were passed by the state Legislature last year. The legislation affects cities in the Haw River basin and the New Hope River basin in the Triangle.

 

The city raised water and sewer rates 5 percent last year to cover rising costs of energy and chemicals used to treat water.

 

The Jordan Lake Rules weren't part of that increase.

 

Burlington is teaming with the city of High Point this year to purchase water treatment chemicals…

 

The city of Greensboro is contracted to buy at least two million gallons per day.

 

Michael D. Abernethy

Times-News, Burlington, N.C. January 24, 2010