Increase water rates.

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
By "Isesaki FM" AI.

Tamamura Town plans to raise water rates by 70%.

By the 23rd, Tamamura Town announced plans to raise water rates by 70% from the current rates by April 2033.
The rates will be raised by 20% in April next year, and then further increased in two stages. This is the first increase since 2005.
In addition to the decline in income due to population decline, the town needs to update its aging water purification plant and make its water distribution pipes earthquake-resistant.
A new rate system is scheduled to be established in the revision next spring, and the rates for 13mm and 20mm, which are mainly used by ordinary households, will be unified.