Water Department rate increase hearing scheduled in Lawncrest

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Water Department rate increase hearing scheduled in Lawncrest 3

Jul30

From the City of Philadelphia:

The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) recently announced its proposal to seek rate changes, beginning Oct. 1, 2012, to maintain the City’s top-quality water, alleviate flooding, meet regulatory requirements and improve the quality of local rivers and streams. Even with the proposed additional rates, PWD’s water and sewer charges will continue to be among the lowest in the region.

An additional public hearing has been scheduled with Councilwoman Marian Tasco’s, D-9th, office at the Philadelphia Protestant Home in Lawncrest, 6500 Tabor Ave. at 6 p.m. for customers to continue to comment and ask questions.

The proposed changes to rates and total monthly bills over the four-year period are below. The current FY12 total monthly average bill is $57.43.

Residential Customer Average Monthly Billings

Fiscal Year	Percentage Increase of Monthly Bill	Additional Monthly Water & Sewer Charge	Total Monthly Bill
2013	6.1	$3.52	$60.95
2014	6.2	$3.76	$64.71
2015	6.7	$4.36	$69.07
2016	6.9	$4.75	$73.82

Income eligibility for the senior citizen discount is being raised to $30,800. Other assistance programs, including discounts for qualifying individuals and educational/charitable institutions will continue.

Five public hearings have already been held earlier this month and were well attended. All interested parties are encouraged to attend this additional meeting. If you are unable to attend the hearing, written testimony can also be submitted to the hearing officer, Michael A. Bowman, by email at ratehearings [AT] bowmanltd.com or by regular mail at

Michael A. Bowman, Esquire
Bowman & Partners LLP
1600 Market St, 25^th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103.

The deadline for written testimony is Monday, Aug. 6, 2012.

For more information about the proposed rates filing and process, please visit the Department’s website at www.phillywatersheds.org.

gerard beaucheane sr

Jail the top delinquents for water bills. The top 40 alone owe over $9,000,000.00!!!! Can you imagine still having water when owing 90 grand? The Divine Loraine Hotel owes 63,000. And they’re only half-way down the list!!!
Fred Weber

If you guys are truly from the NE, you MUST know that there is no section called Lawncrest. The recreation center & the businessman’s association and some other businesses but the recreation center is in Crescentville and the Philadelphia Protestant Home is in Lawndale. I lived there in those 2 section for more than 35 years of my life. Did you not ever see the billboard on top of the real estate office across from St William’s? One side welcome to Lawndale and the other side says Welcome to Lawndale. I think you need to take Lawncrest down and replace it with Crescentville.. Thank you very much.
Shannon McDonald, Editor

Fred, because Lawndale and Crescentville share community resources – including a civic association – we report on them in that way. But we’d love to hear more from someone who’s lived in both neighborhoods for so long about what makes them different from each other, so please consider emailing us if you’d like to submit a personal essay.
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