SYCAMORE – Sycamore residents could see a small increase in their water and sewer bill this year.

Water and Sewer Fund discussions continued Monday as the Sycamore City Council explored ways to eliminate the nearly $273,000 Water Fund deficit and $179,000 Sewer Fund deficit for fiscal 2014.

Sycamore City Manager Brian Gregory said the water system’s radium removal costs over the past seven or eight years are the main causes of the deficit. Since 2007, equipment and operating costs for radium removal have totaled nearly $3.5 million.