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SAWS Moves Forward With Building Sale, Rate Increase
By: Fox S.A. Staff
SAWS customers can expect to see an increase in their bills soon.
The water provider finalized it's plans for a rate increase.
Bills will increase 7% or roughly $3.50 dollars a month for the average customer.
The money will help provide raises to saws employees, plus go toward the construction of a desalination plant and sewer maintenance.
SAWS also cleared the way to sell the former Bexarmet headquarters it acquired.
SAWS Vice President Greg Flores said, "One of the things we were able to do was determine what facilities we are going to need over the next 15, 20, 30 years and we already have a plan under way that will take that into account. We don't anticipate we're going to be needing this particular property."
SAWS says it expects to sell the property to CPS Energy for about $2 million.
As for the proposed rate increase, San Antonio City Council will vote on that next month.
By: Fox S.A. Staff
SAWS customers can expect to see an increase in their bills soon.
The water provider finalized it's plans for a rate increase.
Bills will increase 7% or roughly $3.50 dollars a month for the average customer.
The money will help provide raises to saws employees, plus go toward the construction of a desalination plant and sewer maintenance.
SAWS also cleared the way to sell the former Bexarmet headquarters it acquired.
SAWS Vice President Greg Flores said, "One of the things we were able to do was determine what facilities we are going to need over the next 15, 20, 30 years and we already have a plan under way that will take that into account. We don't anticipate we're going to be needing this particular property."
SAWS says it expects to sell the property to CPS Energy for about $2 million.
As for the proposed rate increase, San Antonio City Council will vote on that next month.
TEXAS NEWS
High winds derail 47 BNSF cars in Texas Panhandle
June 18, 2013 15:53 GMT
FRIONA, Texas (AP) -- A rail line in the Texas Panhandle has reopened after storms packing winds strong enough to form a tornado overturned more than 40 BNSF Railway cars.
BNSF spokesman Joe Faust said Tuesday that nobody was hurt in the derailment between Friona (free-OHN'-uh) and Summerfield.
Faust says 47 cars that were empty or carrying various freight derailed before dawn Monday. He says 42 cars ended up on their sides. No cargo spilled on the 71-car train traveling from Clovis, N.M., to Amarillo.
The National Weather Service in Lubbock estimates winds gusted up to 100 mph during the derailment. Forecaster John Lipe (lype) says sometimes the outflow from thunderstorms can produce such winds. EF1 tornadoes carry winds from 86 mph to 110 mph.
Fort Worth-based BNSF reopened the line around midnight Monday.
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