Leaders in Aiken are taking a look at possible price hikes for water bills.

“The rate increase is just entirely too much being on fixed income that doesn’t work,” Tammy Campbell told NewsChannel 6’s Aiken Bureau Chief Shawn Cabbagestalk about the possible changes. She’s one of the residents a possible water and sewer fee increase will affect in Aiken. “It’s nothing we undertake lightly,” city manager Stuart Bedenbaugh added.

The proposed seven percent rate increase will help with maintenance and preparation for constructing a new multi-million dollar water plant. The current facility is outdated. “In order to keep up with preventative maintenance and to prepare ourselves to begin construction of a water plant, we need to do some rate increases over the next few years,” Bedenbaugh shared. See more here.