(PLEASANTON, Calif.) — A single-family sewer bill in Pleasanton would climb from $93.28 to $122.61 every two months beginning Jan. 1, 2027, under rates the City Council will take up at a public hearing Nov. 17. Notices describing the increase and customers' right to protest it had to be mailed by Sept. 18 under Proposition 218, which requires at least 60 days' warning before such a hearing. The change adds $29.33 to each billing cycle, or about $14.67 a month. Roughly $25.50 of that is Pleasanton's own collection charge.
The rest is a pass-through the city collects for Dublin San Ramon Services District, which has treated Pleasanton's wastewater under a contract signed in 1992.
Condominium and multifamily customers would be merged into one category at $39.51 per cycle, up from $21.65 for condos and $16.49 for multifamily units. Businesses face sharper increases. An office or retail account billed under the "All-Other" classification would go from $499.94 to $741.18 per cycle.
A full-service restaurant would go from $1,332.74 to $1,704.24. The one-time connection fee for a new single-family home would rise from $556.24 to $2,250. City officials attribute the size of the increase to years of inflation-only adjustments. Residential sewer rates have gone up a combined $5.58 since 2018, about 80 cents a year, while the system continued to age. The city maintains 253 miles of gravity pipelines, 11 lift stations and 6,032 manholes, and puts rehabilitation and replacement needs at more than $55 million over the next four years.
Councilmember Jeff Nibert called the rate study "a long overdue effort" when the council approved the proposed structure June 2. Households enrolled in PG&E's CARE program can apply for a 30% discount on city water and sewer charges. The program is capped at $425,000 a year citywide and awarded first-come, first-served.
The hearing begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 in the City Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Ave.
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