After months of debate Ridgway’s town council unanimously adopted a new water rate structure, raising the minimum cost of water for residential customers and adjusting the points at which overage charges will kick in for those who use more water.

The new rates, which begin on Nov. 1, will reduce the base amount of water for residences to 5,000 gallons and charge $52 for that base rate. Commercial and industrial accounts will also be charged $52 for a base 5,000 gallons per month and have diff...