Northville Residents to Pay More for Water in 2013

The water rate will be lowered if the City of Northville makes changes to its water system by spring and can show by fall that its water usage has been reduced.

This year the City of Northville exceeded its maximum hour water flow rate set in its contract with the City of Detroit, according to city council members on Monday.  To correct this, the city will need to: Council approved the proposed amendment with these recommendations to its water contract with the City of Detroit. The total cost for this is estimated to be $80,000, said Jim Gallogly, director of public works. Because the city exceeded the contract amount, the peak hourly capacity has to be adjusted to the highest pumping rate recorded in 2012, he said. He said they were able to negotiate that down but there will still be an increase from 2012. "Rates are going up for the next year about $100,000," Gallogly said. The City of …

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