 The project was completed in December, 1998, on time and on budget with minimal disruption to HRWC's customers.The most recent exciting opportunity arose in 2013 when HRWC filed claims to the UARB for "urgent" and long-overdue upgrades and a 30% rate hike (11.2% in 2013 and 16.7% in 2014 for a cumulative increase of 29.8%).On August 1, 2007, the Commission expanded its mandate once again with the transfer of HRM's wastewater and stormwater assets to Halifax Water, and becoming the first regulated water and wastewater/stormwater utility in Canada.