Water rate increase.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

Water rates are being raised one after another in various municipalities in the prefecture.

At Numata City's water purification plant, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary of operation next year,
the water filtering equipment and the elevated water tanks that store water are about 50 years old,
and are at risk of collapsing in the event of a major earthquake.

For this reason, Numata City plans to relocate and renovate the water purification plant,
and has announced that it will be necessary to raise water rates to secure the 8.7 billion yen in costs.

This will be the first rate increase in Numata City since 1993.

Water rate increases are also occurring one after another in municipalities other than Numata City.