(KNZA)--Sewer rates will be going up for customers of the city of Hiawatha.

The City Commission Monday evening approved an ordinance increasing rates, effective January 1st.

The minimum charge will increase $5 a month to $32.03 for customers inside the city limits and to $39.37 for customers outside the city limits.

In addition, customers inside the city limits will pay a user charge of $29.84 per 1,000 cubic feet of water and those outside the city limits will be $59.68 per 1,000 cubic feet of water.

It’s the second part of a rate increase to meet funding requirements for  phase 2 improvements to the city’s sanitary sewer system.   The first part of the rate increase took effect in January of this year.