PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Customers of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will get a chance to sound off on rate hike requests for the next two years.
Six public hearings have been scheduled for early July.
The PWSA has requested a 19 percent increase for 2021 that would take the average resident bill to more than $86 a month.
A more than six percent hike is requested for 2022.
The authority is in the midst of a series of yearly increases it says it needs to be replace aging infrastructure including lead pipes.
The hearings will be conducted by telephone July 7, 8 and 9.
Customers can sign up at the PWSA website or the call the state consumer advocates office.
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