claim: the city of atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.
author: carla smith
evidence_1: apr 30, 2015 ... here's why monthly water expenses around the country seem to defy logic. ...  seattleites pay more for water than residents of any large city in ... 2, atlanta. ...  seattle has such high rates because we've invested more than most places in our  ... this video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser.
evidence_2: apr 26, 2010 ... in most major cities water use is declining while rates charged to .... in atlanta,  which has more than ten times the amount of average ... fix the country's aging  water supply system in the next few decades, ... the problem is that neither  government spending nor higher water bills gather much voting support.
evidence_3: jul 10, 2018 ... see which 10 have the best infrastructure in the nation. ... spanning 22,000 acres  outside of salt lake city, the facility will include ... average commute to work:  21.6 minutes (u.s. average: 25.7 ... 20-year water-system needs: $4.4 billion ... a  $1.5 billion transportation bill that he called “woefully inadequate.
evidence_4: may 9, 2017 ... in mississippi, nearly 75 percent of the state was either at high risk or at risk. ...  and if water rates increase by 41 percent in the next five years (as ... an  expansive network of water pipes in cities across the country. ... atlanta leads the  nation with the most expensive monthly water bill — $326 on average.
evidence_5: this survey of water and sewer rates is provided by. black & veatch ... bill for  water customers (zero usage) has increased at a rate of ... 50 largest cities to  institute a variety of rate changes to manage ... conditions in many of areas of the  country serves to .... rates effective april 2, 2013. ...... neither b&v, nor its  parent.