Baltimore sewer rates to jump 15% under mayor’s plan, biggest hike in a decade

Source: Ulysses Muñoz / The Baltimore Banner

Baltimore residents will likely see a double-digit increase to their sewer rate and substantial increases to other city utility costs in the coming years under a rate schedule outlined by Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration Wednesday.

The rates, which were included on an agenda for the city’s spending board, call for an immediate 15% increase to the sewer rate. At the same time, water rates would increase by 3%. Those increases will be in place until the budget year ends June 30.

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