Water and sewer rates in Elgin are going up in April.

The Public Utilities Board has approved a rate hike of well over 50 percent.

Lisa Scott is the CAO for the RM of Whitewater, the municipality that applied for the rate increase.

 

Scott says Elgin's water utility expenditures run around 145,000-dollars per year.

The higher rates will be on the April billing. There's about 60 homes and businesses that will be affected.