Conshohocken Authority to Lower Rates

Borough of Conshohocken Authority Chairman Felix Raimondo sent a letter to users on Monday stating that their rates would be decreasing starting in September.

According to the letter, the service charge for customers will decrease from $67 to $45 per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU). The usage rate of $3.07 per 1,000 gallons remains the same.

Raimondo said in the letter that customers were notified in late 2009 that sewer rates were going to increase for the first time in 18 years. But, according to Raimondo, the authority took steps to “strengthen the Authority’s financial position.”

Some of those steps include:

• Getting payment from West Conshohocken and Plymouth Township for their respective shares of capital work at the wastewater treatment plant
• Negotiating a multiple-year contract for electric power
• Working to improve the relationships between West Conshohocken and Plymouth Township to ensure quick payment of each municipality’s shared operating costs and 
• Actively pursuing payment of all customers, including enforcement through the use of liens, judgments and water shutoffs when necessary.