According to a press release from West Virginia American Water, customers rates will increase by 14 percent, effective February 25, 2019.

The increase has customers not too thrilled. Dennis Oliver is one of those customers and said water is necessary to live.

“I wouldn’t like it at all. I mean it’s high enough now and we don’t need no increase. It’s a necessity but no increase,” Oliver said.

According to the press release, the rate request was driven by the company’s ongoing infrastructure investments, which are necessary to maintain and improve water quality, service reliability and fire protection. West Virginia American Water respresentatives say this increase will affect all of their customers starting at the end of February.