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San Diego County is calling on the powerful Metropolitan Water District to return what local leaders say is $250 million in illegal charges over a number of years. The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday supporting efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority to recover money the authority says was taken by a combination of overcharging, overspending and excessive borrowing. During a news conference at the county administration building, water authority Chairman Mark Muir was joined by business and civic leaders to demand that the Los Angeles based MWD “stop the spending!”

Regional leaders in San Diego county demanded Wednesday the Metropolitan Water District  “stop the spending.” The San Diego County Board of Supervisors also adopted a resolution supporting an effort to reclaim nearly $250 million in what it called “illegal charges” by the water district, which sells water to the San Diego County Water Authority. “It’s time to stop,” said National City mayor Ron Morrison who also sits on the Sweetwater Authority in the South Bay.

The San Diego County Water Authority lowered the level of Lake Hodges Tuesday as another big winter storm approached San Diego. The reservoir, which had been filled to within four feet of capacity, was lowered at the request of the City of San Diego, which owns the facilility. Some 7,500 acre-feet of water was pumped to the nearby Olivenhain Reservoir, allowing Lake Hodges to capture runoff from the storm forecast to begin Tuesday night and last into Thursday

San Diego is in for some light showers this week. The rain comes as California’s drought continues to wane thanks to a wet season that could turn out to be a record breaker — if storms leading up to April 1st bring enough rain. A Tuesday morning update from the KPBS Drought Tracker puts California’s statewide rainfall at 167 percent of normal for the entire wet season. It’ll need to reach 184 to break the record set on April 1st, 1983.