Central Texas Water Prices On The Way Up
The LCRA is thinking about raising the price it charges for water in some rural areas of Central Texas. They claim that the topography of the Hill Country is such that their cost to run water lines is very expensive. because of this, the LCRA wants to raise the cost it charges users of its water as much as 41%. The area in which the rise is expected covers much of north-central Hays County and part of Travis County including Bee Cave and areas to the west and south of Bee Cave.
What the LCRA is saying is that there are fewer homes per mile of water pipe in these areas than in more developed areas. This means that there are fewer people to spread the cost of the new infrastructure over. Over time, many people in the Hill Country have been practically begging for LCRA water. This has been true for many developers who couldn't have otherwise built in areas such as Belvedere and other new subdivisions. Rather than split the cost of taking water farther out among all users, the LCRA appears to want to split the cost just over those who use the water brought by the expanded pipelines.