Builders and developers — and ultimately homebuyers — will be shouldering a significantly heavier burden to pay for Charlottesville and Albemarle County’s water and sewer projects in the coming fiscal year.

Even as the price of food and gasoline continues to climb, Albemarle County residents will also shell out more money for their water and sewer bills in the next fiscal year, the Albemarle County Service Authority decided Thursday.

Recent rainfall has allowed the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority to lift Charlottesville and Albemarle County’s 10-month drought watch.