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Water bill rates will not be going up quite yet in the town of Washington.
Most of last week's meeting was spent going over proposed water bill rates to raise enough money to pa\ an upcoming FMHA loan. Mayor Stewart Willis said that the new loan was expected to raise annual loan payments by $6,000. He suggested raising the base rate from $10 to $16 a month, and charging 35 cents per 100 gallons from 3,000 to 10,000 gallons (up from 30 cents), and charging 50 cents per 100 gallons for over 10.000 gallons (un from 40 cents).
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