TWIN FALLS -- An Idaho city plans to collect an additional $1.9 million a year from more than 14,000 water customers for a project designed to cut arsenic levels.
The Twin Falls City Council is scheduled to hold a hearing late Monday on the proposal, which will tack an additional $11.15 onto the monthly bill of each water user.
The arsenic levels in the city's drinking water now hover just above the federal standard of 10 parts per billion, a benchmark that was adopted four years ago. The standard before that was 50 parts per billion.
Twin Falls plans to install new pipelines and other infrastructure reduce the arsenic levels, using $23 million in state revenue bonds. The Twin Falls Times-News reports the city has to pay back the loans over 15 years.
