{"id":12733,"date":"2025-11-06T18:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mishawaka.in.gov\/?p=12733"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:37:47","slug":"case-for-support-mishawaka-utilities-wastewater-muww-ratepayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mishawaka.in.gov\/es\/noticias\/case-for-support-mishawaka-utilities-wastewater-muww-ratepayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Case for Support: Mishawaka Utilities Wastewater (MUWW) Ratepayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"427\">\ud83e\udded <strong data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"427\">Case for Support: Mishawaka Utilities Wastewater (MUWW) Ratepayers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"626\"><strong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"441\">Purpose:<\/strong><br data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"444\" \/>To explain why the proposed 3.75% annual rate adjustment over the next five years is necessary, responsible, and designed to protect long-term service quality and system reliability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"656\"><strong data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"656\">Why This Matters to You:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"2321\">\n<li data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"906\">\n<p data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"906\"><strong data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"699\">Your system is aging \u2014 and critical.<\/strong> Much of Mishawaka\u2019s wastewater infrastructure, including treatment facilities and collection systems, is over 30 years old. Proactive reinvestment now prevents far more expensive emergency failures later.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"1137\">\n<p data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"1137\"><strong data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"944\">It keeps your service reliable.<\/strong> A strong rate plan ensures continued compliance with federal and state environmental standards while maintaining dependable service \u2014 even during extreme weather events or population growth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1321\">\n<p data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1321\"><strong data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1170\">It protects local control.<\/strong> Sound finances and system stewardship allow Mishawaka Utilities to remain locally managed, avoiding outside intervention or privatization pressures.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1519\">\n<p data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1519\"><strong data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1373\">It funds vital reinvestment, not bureaucracy.<\/strong> Every dollar of the rate plan is tied directly to MUWW\/COM sustainability, capital improvement projects, system upgrades, and asset replacements that benefit customers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1750\">\n<p data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1750\"><strong data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1561\">It preserves environmental quality.<\/strong> Continued progress on the City\u2019s Long-Term Control Plan (LTCP) reduces combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into the St. Joseph River, protecting public health and Mishawaka\u2019s natural beauty.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1751\" data-end=\"1957\">\n<p data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1957\"><strong data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1785\">It\u2019s gradual and manageable.<\/strong> The modest 3.75% annual adjustment (less than inflation in many years) spreads costs fairly and predictably while keeping Mishawaka\u2019s rates well below regional averages.\u00a0 MUWW rates have not been raised in 6 years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1958\" data-end=\"2138\">\n<p data-start=\"1960\" data-end=\"2138\"><strong data-start=\"1960\" data-end=\"1995\">It ensures equity and fairness.<\/strong> Customers today and tomorrow share in maintaining the system they rely on.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2139\" data-end=\"2321\">\n<p data-start=\"2141\" data-end=\"2321\"><strong data-start=\"2141\" data-end=\"2175\">It supports the Mishawaka Way.<\/strong> We hire the best, plan for the worst, and provide reliable, affordable service to every home and business \u2014 with transparency and accountability<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udded Case for Support: Mishawaka Utilities Wastewater (MUWW) Ratepayers Purpose:To explain why the proposed 3.75% annual rate adjustment over the next five years is necessary, responsible, and designed to protect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[157,136,632,284,631],"class_list":["post-12733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-city-of-mishawaka","tag-city-of-mishawaka-community-engagement","tag-environmental-sustainability","tag-mishawaka-utilities","tag-mu-waste-water-rates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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