Water rate increases are on the agenda for the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors meeting this week.  NID Finance Manager Jim Mulberg says they are looking at a 6 percent increase which  means the average household user would seen their 2 month water bill increase by $4.33 cents and Irrigation customers with a half-miners-inch would pay $28 dollars more for 6 months.  Mulberg says the rate increase is to make income meet cost of operation.
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The new rate schedule will be voted on at the Board meeting beginning at 9am Wednesday January 8th at the NID Headquarters on West Main Street. A public Hearing will be part of the process but Mulberg says protests must be submitted beforehand in writing.
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If approved the new rates would take effect on the next billing cycle and rates could increase at a rate of 6 percent per year for the next 5 years.