In 2025, the Suffolk County Legislature approved the establishment of the Suffolk Countywide Wastewater Management District to create a fair and uniform billing system where users would pay the same rate for the same level of service.
Because Leisure Village, where I reside, is in a district that has a proportionally low sewer rate, we were told there would be a phase-in period during which we would receive a credit to gradually transition us to the CWMD rate. We were also told that the credit would probably expire in 2027.
Leisure Village has one- and two-bedroom and bathroom units with usually one or two residents each. In comparison, other nearby homes have three or four bedrooms and at least two bathrooms, and most have three or four residents. To ask us to pay the same sewer rate as these homes is anything but a fair billing system.
We suggest the Suffolk County Legislature amend its legislation to make it fairer for residents who live in smaller homes.
Virginia Schnappauf, Ridge
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