|
 |
|
|
|||
|
 |
|
Apr. 14, 2017
Get ready to pay more if you're a customer of Des Moines Water Works. "Our ratepayers, who have suffered through ten-percent rate increases in the last four years, I'm confident will see rate increases several factors greater than that in the foreseeable future because of our inability to move this through the legal process." Bill Stowe is CEO and General Manager of Des Moines Water Works. "We will be spending tens of millions of dollars, in the next two-to-five years, to deal with both denitrification concerns, but, also, growing concerns about blue-green algae and other concerns of over-nutrification in our waters." Stowe says there are a lot of factors that go into raising water rates, but, he says the dismissal of their lawsuit to hold three upstream counties responsible for extra pollutants in the water isn't helping. And, he says his Board of Trustees has decided NOT to appeal the dismissal of that suit. He says they're still figuring their options. Meanwhile, Governor Terry Branstad tells WHO Radio News that the decision not to appeal was a "wise move". "They made a big mistake in filing the lawsuit in the first place, wasted a lot of money of the rate-payers. But, I think the judge made a very good decision and I think their chances on appeal are not very good." Meanwhile, Governor Branstad says he's still trying to get the legislature to approve more money for water quality programs in the state. "Regardless of the lawsuit, this is a critical issue important to all Iowans and we need to have a long-term reliable source of funding." Governor Terry Branstad made the comments on WHO Radio's monthly "Call The Governor" program. Tweet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
