water accountability and equity act

A new audit says DPW does not have systems to collect delinquent bills and does not take proactive measures to increase water revenue collections

The program caps water and sewage bills at 1%, 2% or 3% of low-income participants’ income, adjusting for household size

If Baltimore city owns the county’s drinking water supply, why do county residents pay less than city residents on their water bills?

Baltimore advocates called on City Council members Thursday to push for the implementation of a law passed in 2019 that would create a water bill affordability program and staff a new office to assist city residents hit with high bills.

Baltimore’s Water4All program was designed to help low income residents pay the city’s infamously unaffordable water bills. But advocates say a payment clause could inadvertently disqualify enrolled renters from other anti-poverty benefits by classifying their bill assistance as taxable income.

Baltimore will outsource water meter reading operations to the same third-party vendor that installed water meters throughout the city earlier this…

Low income Baltimoreans did not receive a promised water bill discount due to go into effect last month after Mayor Jack Young delayed the implementation…

The Baltimore City Council passed the Water Accountability and Equity Act Monday, paving the way for water bill discount programs and Department of Public…

Mayor Jack Young said he plans to sign a bill that bolsters water bill affordability and transparency in the Department of Public works, but he will not…

The Baltimore City Council shepherded two highly visible bills toward law on their Monday, Nov. 4th meeting. WYPR’s Emily Sullivan discussed progress on…