DeLand Water Bills Set to Rise as City Prepares for PFAS Cleanup, Infrastructure Upgrades

DeLand water bills set to rise as city prepares for PFAS cleanup, infrastructure upgrades

DeLand water and wastewater customers will pay more over the next five years as the city prepares to remove PFAS “forever chemicals” from its water system and pay for hundreds of millions of dollars in needed improvements.

DeLand hikes water fees to upgrade equipment, filter out ‘forever chemicals’ - The West Volusia Beacon

Customers hooked into DeLand’s municipal water supply will find themselves paying more for what comes out of their taps and showerheads over the next few years, in part due to a mandate to remove harmful chemicals from the city’s water. The DeLand City Commission voted unanimously Sept. 21 to follow the recommendations of a utility-rate study that prescribed gradual water […] The post DeLand hikes water fees to upgrade equipment, filter out ‘for…