Water & Sewer Rate & Service Change Watch

Track water and sewer service for US households. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: rate increases of 5 percent or more, fixed charge changes and tier restructuring at the 200 largest water and sewer utilities and at American Water, Essential Utilities, Veolia and SouthWest Water, with the monthly effect for a typical household; boil water and do-not-drink notices and main breaks affecting 10,000 or more customers with the exact areas; lead, PFAS, nitrate and other contaminant notices and violation findings; smart meter rollouts and documented billing errors; shutoff moratorium and payment assistance program changes; stormwater and impact fee introductions; utility acquisitions, privatization and rate cases before state commissions; drought surcharges and consumption tier changes; sewer lateral and backup responsibility rule changes; and regulator or court refund orders. Prefer utility notices, city councils, state utility commissions, state and EPA drinking water databases and established local reporting; ignore unverified posts. Put the utility or city first in the title with the number or notice and the date. Use high severity for a do-not-drink or boil water notice, a rate increase of 10 percent or more, a contaminant violation, or a refund order with claims. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the date, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.