Jamestown BPU customers could be looking at a 7% to 7.5% water rate increase - though the 2026 budget for the water division isn’t final yet. Budget work continues for the Board of Public Utilities for 2026, this time with the board taking a look at the draft budgets for the Solid Waste and District Heat divisions and reviewing the key items for the wastewater and water divisions. Kevin Karr, BPU finance and customer accounts manager, said the water division is the most challenging of the divisions reviewed during the BPU board’s most recent meeting. “Water is in a critical ...