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County Water Authority Approves 9.5% Rate Hike to Ensure ‘Reliability of Supply’

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority board approved a 9.5% increase in wholesale water rates for its member agencies in 2024, citing the need to fund critical water supply projects.

The authority’s $1.85 billion budget for the next two years includes capital projects considered “critical for maintaining safe and reliable water supplies” in the event California returns to drought.

The impact of the wholesale rate increase on residential rates will vary based on the amount of water used by each of the 24 member agencies in the county, as well as individual usage by customers.

“The board and staff have worked tirelessly for months to minimize rate increases while supporting the reliability of our water supply,” said Board Chair Mel Katz. “Despite cost increases created by extraordinary inflation and depressed water sales, we have a budget that allows the water authority to do what it does best — provide the water that sustains our economy and quality of life.”

Officials blamed the lower water sales on an exceptionally wet and cool winter following years of drought.

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San Diego Water Authority Approves Rate Hike

/in , /by /NBC San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors approved a 9.5% wholesale water rates increase on Thursday. NBC 7’s Joe Little has more.

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San Diego County Water Authority Approves 9.5% Water Rate Hike

/in , /by /CBS8by Shannon Handy Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

You can now add water to the list of things that are going up in cost. The San Diego County Water Authority just approved a 9.5% rate hike on wholesale water, starting in 2024.

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Supreme Court Water Ruling Deals Blow to Navajo Nation

/in , , /by /E & E Newsby Pamela King and Jennifer Yachnin

The largest Native American reservation in the United States has lost a key legal battle to protect access to a waterway that is critical to its citizens’ spiritual practices — and their survival.

All but one member of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled Thursday against the Navajo Nation in its fight to ensure that the federal government is legally obligated to address the tribe’s need for water from the dwindling flows of the Colorado River.

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Fixing, Expanding Water Treatment Plant Partly Responsible for Contamination at San Diego Beaches Could Take Years

/in , , /by /NBC7by Jeanette Quezada

It’s been more than 550 days since the ocean water at Imperial Beach has been safe for swimmers and surfers.

Between wastewater treatment plant repairs and expansions, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done, but city leaders say all hands on deck are needed to make progress.

 

 

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Water Authority Board Approves 2024 Wholesale Rates After Public Hearing

/in , , /by /San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors June 22 approved wholesale water rates for 2024 following a public hearing and also approved the recommended budget for the next two fiscal years.

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Water Authority Board Approves 2024 Wholesale Rates After Public Hearing

/in , /by /The Vista Press Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors today approved wholesale water rates for 2024 following a public hearing and approved the recommended budget for the next two fiscal years. The budget and rates support continued work on numerous agency priorities, including capital projects critical for maintaining safe and reliable water supplies.

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Photographers Honored For Winning Images of Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve

/in , , /by /Water News Network Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Images from seven photographers were selected as the winners of the 16th annual Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve photo contest. The winning photos were recognized at the June 21 Olivenhain Municipal Water District board meeting.

The contest offers amateur photographers an opportunity to connect viewers with wildlife and the outdoors. Submissions support the reserve’s efforts to protect wildlife and natural resources.

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Here’s Who Will Be On the Panel Tasked With Helping State Lawmakers Respond to the Colorado River Crisis

/in , , /by /The Colorado Sunby Jesse Paul and Elliott Wenzler

There will be no state lawmakers on the Colorado River Drought Task Force, though Capitol leadership has a lot of influence over who is on the panel. The 17-member task force charged with spending the rest of the year studying the Colorado River water crisis to help state lawmakers respond is starting to take shape, with most of the panel now appointed.

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Supervisors Consider Emergency Declaration to Jump-Start Border Pollution Cleanup

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan Brennan

Board of Supervisors Chair Nora Vargas and Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer are asking the board to declare a local state of emergency over cross-border pollution that has fouled San Diego beaches, in hopes of to expediting cleanup and prompting a federal emergency declaration.

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