SaskWater announces rate hikes
Many rural users will see their water bills rise this year and the next.
SaskWater announced Wednesday it will increase rates for 48,000 people it serves.
The first increase is due to take effect in May 2017, with the next one coming in May 2018.
The company noted about 77 per cent of the people it serves live in the area around Saskatoon. SaskWater buys the water it provides to those people from the City of Saskatoon, which announced it was raising rates by 9.5 per cent in 2017, followed by a 9.25 per cent increase in 2018.