sent to me from a friend in houston

" City Ordinances require certain automatic annual adjustments to the water and wastewater rates based on inflationary indices. The one-year inflationary index for our area is 8.2%. The City of Houston population increased by 1%. The inflationary index of 8.2% when combined with the population increase of 1% results in an automatic annual water and wastewater rate increase of 9.2% on April 1, 2023."