Not that that should come as a surprise. Per the Observer and the presentation to Charlotte City Council (see page 26) on Monday, a family using 8 ccf a month can expect to see their water will go up by $51 a year on average each year from 2016 to 2022. So by $350+ a year by 2022 compared to what such a family spends currently. That’s far from chump change — and adversely effects Charlotte’s affordability for working-class families. Which should presumably disturb the liberals on Charlotte City Council except that we all know that it won’t.