• Retirees near Eloy are facing drastic water and sewer rate increases after their utilities were sold to a larger company • JW Water says the rate hikes are needed because the previous owner of Picacho Water and Sewer Companies did not increase utility prices in over twenty years • Customers say they were not given adequate notice of the rate increase and will struggle to pay the proposed rates

A retirement community in rural Arizona is fighting drastic water and sewer rate increases at the Arizona Corporation Commission after its utility providers were sold to a larger company.

JW Water, the new owner of Picacho Water Company and Picacho Sewer Company, is requesting a 125% increase in water rates and a 188% increase in sewer rates for residents of Robson Ranch, a retirement communi

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