Council approves measures to remedy winter storm impact

The San Marcos City Council approved an ordinance during its regular meeting Tuesday night that continues its efforts in remedying the impact of Winter Storm Uri.

The ordinance would temporarily change the method for calculating residential wastewater rates to exclude the month of February 2021 from the months used to calculate average water consumption due to higher than average consumption from Winter Storm Uri.

Residential bills are determined annually by averaging the three lowest outdoor consumption months of the year, usually December, January and February, and the average is used to bill monthly amounts of a full year.