At their Sept. 16 meeting, Prosper Town Council members approved an ordinance raising residential water and wastewater rates as part of adopting the fiscal year 2025-26 budget.
The details
The new rates include:
- Water: $88.53 to $94.01 per 13,000 gallons of water—a 6% increase
- Wastewater: $72.70 to $83.69 per 7,000 gallons of wastewater—a 15% increase
Although rates are increasing, town staff said the new rates will “compare well” with nearby cities, according to town documents.
Zooming in
Prosper’s budget director Chris Landrum said the town is facing a 15% increase in the costs it pays for water, which is part of the reason for the increased rates.
“Last year was the first year since 2020 that we did increase the rates,” Landrum said. “We’ve been trying to absorb those costs as we can. We do expect, at least for the near future, to have to increase those.”
Some nearby cities are also facing the same cost pressures that Prosper is facing, Landrum said.
Additionally, Landrum said the town is also facing higher costs for the Upper Trinity Regional Water District Doe Branch Water Reclamation Plant, which Prosper and Celina partnered to build last year.
The plant is expected to process an additional 3 million gallons per day by fiscal year 2026-27, which would direct more flow to the plant than to the North Texas Municipal Water District, according to town documents.
One more thing
The new rates go into effect Oct. 15, according to town documents.
