Columbus Water & Power is switching its billing for water and sewer customers from quarterly to monthly.
What started as a pilot project last June will now officially see all remaining accounts switch to monthly billing starting in July.
Customers have been asking for this switch for many years because budgeting for a quarterly bill while dealing with other monthly bills, like electricity or internet, can get tricky, spokesperson George Zonders said.
The change is possible thanks to the division’s Enhanced Meter Project, which involves updating old water meter infrastructure in the city. One of the advantages of the enhanced meters is that usage can be tracked electronically.
“Its main purpose is to update our old, obsolete meters for which replacement parts are no longer available, but a significant additional benefit to the new system is the ability to implement monthly billing,” Columbus Water & Power said in a news release.
As of now, more than CWP 58,000 water and sewer accounts have been converted to monthly billing. CWP states on its website that it has about 300,000 water meters in Columbus and contracting communities.
Reporting Intern Nora Igelnik can be reached at nigelnik@dispatch.com.
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