The Tuckerton Borough Council approved a $53.29 increase to the annual base rate of $240 for 73,000 gallons of water, an amount that equates to an additional $13.32 a quarter. Rates for overages above the base rate increased to $4 a thousand gallons for water, and $8.94 for sewer.

Councilman Sam Colangelo said the borough has taken steps to decrease the amount of bay water that is infiltrating the sewer pipes and causing the rates to process wastewater to rise.