Plainfield residents will pay more for water and sewer services starting next month.

Residents will see a $4.52 increase to the average bill, which is about 900-cubic-feet of water and sewage usage per month, village officials said.

The hike is the second rate adjustment of a three-year rate increase plan for water and sewer services.

Village Administrator Brian Murphy said the City of Chicago – which provides water to the suburb from Lake Michigan – has raised the cost of water for the suburb by 44 percent over the past three years.

Murphy said officials decided to spread out the increase for three years to diminish the impact on residents.

“This get us into a less-bad position,” Murphy said of the rate hike. “With the rate increases we saw, we actually found ourselves operating the water fund in a deficit situation.

Murphy said the village is still operating the water fund with a deficit of about $800,000.

Murphy pointed out the village has recently reduced their water and waste water budget by 12 percent and cut labor expenses in those departments by over 20 percent.

The village also decommissioned an old waste water plant in the suburb. Murphy said those changes will save the suburb over $250,000 per year.

Trustee Garrett Peck, who cast the lone no vote for the increase at a recent meeting, said he felt the board should have sat down together to examine more cost cutting alternatives before deciding to raise the rates.