Pine Bluffs Town Council discusses water rates to increase for residents

Water rates are going to rise, minimally, as well as the town is drilling a new well. These were some of the items discussed at Monday, February 14, town council meeting.

The town of Pine Bluffs which has not raised their water rates since 2014, has felt the pressure of costs concerning wells, main line breakage and other cost items.

A recent study was done regarding water rates in the area, and while comparing Pine Bluffs to Cheyenne is not necessarily an even across the board, it showed within the study how high Cheyenne is and that Pine Bluffs is the lowest in the state of Wyoming. In this...