Tekoa water rates reflect impact of loan obligation

Residents of Tekoa are now feeling the direct effect of the USDA Rural Development loan and grant taken out by the town last fall for upgrading the water system.

Tekoa water rates increased $5 at the end of December. The base rate of $38.50 paid by most citizens is now $43.50 each month. There are 365 active water connections charged each month in Tekoa which has a population of 820.

The aim of the project is to replace most of the aging lines in the city’s water system.

City Clerk Kynda Browning said surveyors from Century West, the engineering company for the project, have been surveying ove...