It appears that your water bill will be increasing in Columbia, and the city council will hear a presentation Monday afternoon on a recently-completed cost of service study.
The council will hear that presentation at 5 pm during its pre-meeting at city hall, and it’s open to the public. City of Columbia Utilities and Stantec Consulting will present the results. The city says Stantec Consulting’s cost of service study examined the Water Utility’s revenue sufficiency, cost of service, rate design and customer impact. The city says the cost of service study evaluated how much revenue the water utility will need to cover expenses while balancing impacts on residents.
939 the Eagle’s Mike Murphy reports that in January 2023, a small Columbia household would have paid the city of Columbia about $150 a month for water and electricity. Murphy reports that same amount of water and electricity in January 2025 cost residents about $180.
