12/2 Sedona and the Arizona Water Company or AWC agreed on a way to give a small credit each month to residents to partially mitigate the recent water rate increase customers are seeing on their bill. To offset this, the city removed a portion of the current franchise fee on bills. The rate increased substantially due to a lawsuit by a single Sedona customer, COVID, and inflation, which delayed construction of a water storage tank and booster station. The delay saw the $16-million cost increase to $20-million. The Arizona Corporation Commission recently determined that about $6-million of the total cost of the storage tank and booster station would be paid for by Sedona customers with the other $14-million being shared by all customers of AWC. The typical water customer bill in Sedona is at $58.43.
