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Customers tapped by water rate increases
With thousands of heads to shampoo, spa robes to bleach and more towels to wash every week than anyone cares to calculate, the owner of five beauty salons in South Jersey is concerned about the cost of water.
Anthony Rossano, owner of Bernard’s Salon and Spa in Cherry Hill and Marlton and three spinoffs called B2, introduced women to sybaritic pleasures 23 years ago. Back then, the cost of water was barely a blip on his business budget.
Today, with increases up to 20 percent pending by New Jersey American Water, the state’s largest regulated water company, the cost of water is becoming a burden. (Stilwell, Gannett)