COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WSMV) - Columbia Power and Water Systems (CPWS) is looking to raise rates on customers by almost 150 percent over the next five years to pay for a project they say would alleviate some of the area’s drought issues.

The utility company is planning a $520 million project that would move their intake in the Duck River downstream and allow them to increase their intake from 20 million to 32 million gallons per day. The project would also build a new water treatment facility to process the increase. They’re planning to break ground in 2026 and have the project finished by 2029.

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CPWS says it has secured enough state and federal loans to cover about 80 percent of the cost, but the

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