The proposed revenue increase is for $4.18M (or 39%) over a two-year period from 2024 to 2025. The most significant factor in the increase is costs associated with the monumental raw water improvements project.
(phase 1 implemented April 2024)
(phase 2 implemented April 2025)
Phase 1 and Phase 2 rate and annual revenue increase are as follows:
| Phase 1 | Phase 2 | ||
| Residential | 19% | 13% | $856k |
| MultiFam Residential | 24% | 16% | $131k |
| Commercial | 21% | 16% | $230k |
| Industrial | 26% | 18% | $2.28M |
| Public Authority | 21% | 16% | $49k |
| Kohler | 44% | 20% | $231k |
| Falls | 25% | 18% | $233k |
| Public Fire Protection | 0% | 18% | $170k |
An average residential customer using 14 hundred cubic feet (ccf) of water per quarter will see a quarterly increase of $7.31 after Phase I in 2024, and an increase of $6.59 after Phase 2 in 2025.
As depicted on the graph below, typical residential water bills in Sheboygan will remain competitive with neighboring Lake Michigan communities:
