CHARLESTON – State regulators have approved an 8 percent increase in water and sewer rates for the average customers of the West Virginia-American Water Co. The new rates were effective
Attorneys with the PSC’s Consumer Advocate Division argued the company's lack of improvement in facility operations failed to justify another rate hike. Since 2005, American Water customers have seen 14 rate increases.
Wendell Withrow of Arborland Acres estimated he’d have to pay $300 to $400 more per year for his water service — and that his neighbors have already paid dearly.