O.B. To Ponder Sewer Bill Averaging -- Residents Upset Over Doubling of Bills This Autumn
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By Toni Lepeska lepeska@desotoappealcom  Olive Branch leaders, faced with complaints from residents about high sewer bills, may attempt to use an averaging formula and other methods to help alleviate homeowner costs.
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The NIO considers large rates increases to cushion the impact of water charges on households, the BBC learns.
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By Kathie Durbin, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 12--Just when things seem to be settling into a routine and the flood of new bills (2,084 as of Friday) is slowing to a trickle, along comes global climate change.
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By Rowena Coetsee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Dec. 12--EAST COUNTY -- Old age has cost two Delta communities their fireboat, but fire district officials say the replacement they have in mind will compensate for those losses.
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Heating bills will still be higher this winter, but costs appear to have peaked last month. By Ron Scherer | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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By Brooke Bryant, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Dec. 15--Orinda is urging the East Bay Municipal Utility District to reconsider plans to overhaul its regional water system.
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The area covered by a toll for traffic entering London has almost doubled, angering many residents and businesses, although the British capital's mayor insisted it would cut emissions and traffic jams.
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By Jeffrey Gaunt  jgaunt@@dailyherald.com  The Elgin City Council this week went ahead with a plan to regulate utility facilities on public right-of-ways.
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The surcharge on water and electricity bills has the vestiges of a temporary measure, but an analysis of the figures presented by the Prime Minister in Parliament during his budget closing down speech shows ...
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By Dean Narciso and Jim Woods, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 26--Is there a problem in your neighborhood? Tell The Watch.
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The area covered by a toll for traffic entering London has almost doubled, angering many residents and businesses, although the city's mayor insisted it would cut emissions and traffic jams.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 14--PASCAGOULA -- A judge's ruling has allowed a utility that serves subdivisions along the Coast to almost double its rates for water service, even though state regulators said "no" to the increase.
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The average cost of a council tax bill has nearly doubled since Labour came to power, a survey finds.
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By Erin Sherbert, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Feb. 24--Far East County residents appear to want better fire protection services, but whether they are willing to pay for it is questionable, fire officials said.
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Sewers trigger water bill rise   WATER bills are to go up by as much as Pounds 11 a year after a shake-up in sewage arrangements, the Government said today.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--CONCORD -- Editor's note: A story in Cabarrus Neighbors today on the Concord/Kannapolis water transfer request went to press before the state postponed its decision.
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By BARBARA WILLIAMS, STAFF WRITER  BLOOMINGDALE  An unresolved issue in many Highlands neighborhoods is whether the need for more affordable housing trumps clean water for the rest of North Jersey.