AWWU’s mission supports the public health, safety and economic interests of the community by providing quality Water and Wastewater services in a responsible, efficient and sustainable manner.

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The Regulatory Commission of Alaska approved rate increases effective January 1, 2012 for Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. A typical single family residential account will notice a $2.62 increase in their monthly water bill and an increase of $3.74 each month in their sewer bill. This equals a six percent increase for water service and an 11 percent increase for wastewater service. Commercial account rates will also increase by six and 11 percent for each service ... Read More

"On remand from the Alaska Supreme Court, we (the Regulatory Commission of Alaska) reverse our earlier denial of the Municipality of Anchorage d/b/a Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility’s (AWWU) 2004 rate increase requests. Those requests were made, in part, to cover increased Municipal Utility Service Assessment (MUSA) payments to the Municipality of Anchorage (Municipality). MUSA payments increased when the Municipality enacted an ordinance in 2003 changing the base upon which MUSA was calculated by adding contributed plant (property acquired through donation or grant). Before the change, the base consisted only of non-contributed plant (property acquired with utility funds).

We have accepted and continue to accept the policy proposition that municipal utilities should be allowed to include in rates a reasonable contribution to assist in supporting the municipal services they receive. We find the challenged payments for MUSA on contributed plant are reasonably calculated and can be included in the rates.

We therefore allow AWWU to include MUSA on contributed plant as an operating expense in its revenue requirements. We approve as permanent the interim rates collected by AWWU in 2004 and 2005. We close these dockets" ... Read More

Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility recalibrated its fluoride injection system at the Eklutna Water Treatment Facility to provide a fluoride level of 0.7 parts per million (ppm) in Anchorage’s drinking water following an EPA and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) recommendation to lower fluoride levels in drinking water ... Read More