Lethbridge Wastewater Rates Will Rise 18% a Year Until 2030 to Pay for a $261 Million Plant Expansion

Culture Alberta · Lethbridge · Jul 31

Lethbridge Wastewater Rates Will Rise 18% a Year Until 2030 to Pay for a $261 Million Plant Expansion

City council voted unanimously to borrow up to $261 million for the largest infrastructure project in Lethbridge's history, a 50 per cent expansion of a wastewater plant last enlarged in the 1980s. It's paid through your utility bill: rates climb 18.05 per cent a year from 2027 to 2030, adding $23.05 a month to the average household by the end of it. Here's what the money builds, why council wouldn't wait, and what your bill looks like each year.