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Two pieces this past week described the upcoming change to the fixed sewer charge in a nonsensical manner: as a projected percentage of the current average monthly bill.
In one column, city official Roger Babcock Jr. states the fixed charge will decrease to “around” 50% of your bill, with the rest depending on how much water you use (“Sewer fee hike to fund vital projects,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Oct. 27). The obvious problem with that is that fixed charges are fixed. So the less water you use, the greater your fixed charge would be as a percentage of your total bill.
Just tell us the actual dollar amount of the fixed charge. Admit that the fee structure is and will continue to be patently unfair to households that use 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of water per month and currently pay 90% of their total bill as a fixed charge.
Luke Wassermann
Kaneohe
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