Next month, my sewer bill goes up 344%

[SouthernLiberal]

10. Hi Neighbor!

My sewer service comes from Palmetto of Richland County, water from the city. Because it's just me, I have historically had very low bills from both. Water, around $21 to $20, sewer just over $15.

As I said in the first message, I haven't been paying a lot of attention to local news. I stopped paying for The State years ago, because I wasn't getting the kind of news I wanted. It seemed like every front page was about the Gamecocks.

Now, I get all my news online, from what I feel are reliable sources. (Primarily New York Times and Washington Post) That keeps me up do date on national news, but not SC news. Looking back, I see that this rate increase was discussed almost two years ago and I didn't see it. So, I take full responsibility for being surprised.

I still think that the 'flat rate' is at least partially intended to fall most heavily on small households. Fortunately, I saved well, so I can afford this, at least for now.

I am planning to leave South Carolina in the not too distant future. Not in any sort of protest, just that my loved on lives in Texas. So now, what's on my mind is that my house is not all that big (feels big for one person). Three bedrooms. I suspect that this change will make it at least a little harder to sell a small house, and that it will encourage singles and small families to look elsewhere for a home.