Report: Flint Water Rates Rapidly Increasing

According to a report by The Detroit News, residents of Flint, Mich., could see their water rates double in the next five years. Flint, a city known for being economically depressed and for its ongoing water crisis due to lead in drinking water, is already hampered with some of the highest water rates in the country.

Under the new Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA), the municipal company responsible for distributing water services in parts of Michigan including Flint, the amount city residents pay for water will rise significantly, according to officials with the Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee. The news was announced at the committee’s meeting on Friday.