Buying back-up generators for San Antonio water pumping stations could trigger rate increase
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SAWS works on main break at 452 Mitchell on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. Workers were doing repairs throughout the winter weather crisis last week in order to keep water flowing. Despite this, many SAWS pumping stations went offline due to power outages, so officials are considering back-up plans for the future.Ronald Cortes /Contributor /
If the San Antonio Water System were to buy the massive generators needed to back up its water pumping stations, the cost could go as high as $800 million and could mean a rate increase, officials said Wednesday.