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water rate

British  

noun

  1. a charge made for the public supply of water

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Newsom said in his veto message that he couldn’t support creating a permanent water rate assistance program “without identifying a sustainable, ongoing funding source.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Weeks into the pandemic, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan reluctantly suspended the controversial water shutoffs and offered a temporary discounted water rate.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2021

As a candidate, his campaign published fliers stating that “Billy McKinney will hold the line on taxes and fees …” Months later, McKinney voted “aye” on a $1.60 per thousand water rate increase.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020

In the past 10 years, the water rate in the city has doubled.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2017

It is, for instance, well known that many machines, when under test, have demonstrated that the total increase in the water rate is very far from constant.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins

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