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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Water and Sewer Authority voted to raise the rates from $14.10 per month per EDU (equivalent dwelling unit) to $15.50 Tuesday.
They took this action in spite of the fact that the small crowd that attended the public hearing on the rate increase opposed it.
Aileen Johnson said that if the WSA kept the current rate it would generate $1,000 more than the budget. She said that many families on the system were low income people who would not be able to afford the higher rates.
Mrs. Johnson said she was one of the first people who was involved in getting the sewage treatment plant for the people of Sperryville and that they had agreed to join the system provided the rates were between $12 and $15 per month.
She suggested that if 50 more buildings were put on the system, the rate increase would not be needed. There are currently 272 EDUs assigned to the plant, which was planned for 296. It was designed to handle 55,000 galons per day, and normally operates at about 20,000 gallons per day. Several of the EDUs are assigned to people who are not using them, however.
WSA member James E. Swindler Jr. asked Mrs. Johnson where the 50 more users would come from.
She replied that she knew of twoN who were ready to join.
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