In September, the San Diego City Council gave the mayor a month to find ratepayers savings on water rates. Tuesday’s the councilmembers’ second attempt to pass a 63 percent water and 31 percent wastewater increase over four years. Nothing has changed in the proposal.
A sharply divided and visibly frustrated San Diego City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday to raise water rates 31% over the next two years and increase sewer rates 31% over the next four years. The council did not soften any of the proposed rate increases, which have been declared necessary by two outside consultants, city staff […]
The San Diego City Council will again consider a steep increase of water and wastewater rates Tuesday, following a decision last month to punt the discussion in hopes of friendlier numbers. In city documents ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, those changes did not appear to come about. The proposal before the council is to increase water […]
San Diego County Water Authority officials expect wholesale water rates to soar by as much as 150% over the next decade, driven in part by the agency’s struggles to sell some of its supply — struggles it expects to get worse because of San Diego’s billion-dollar Pure Water project. A grim reality of high water […]
While San Diego Leaders Balk at High Rates, City Debates Less-Ambitious Sewage Recycling Plan
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIn September, the San Diego City Council gave the mayor a month to find ratepayers savings on water rates. Tuesday’s the councilmembers’ second attempt to pass a 63 percent water and 31 percent wastewater increase over four years. Nothing has changed in the proposal.
Divided Council Oks Steep San Diego Water and Sewer Rate Hikes
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /San Diego Union-Tribuneby David GarrickA sharply divided and visibly frustrated San Diego City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday to raise water rates 31% over the next two years and increase sewer rates 31% over the next four years. The council did not soften any of the proposed rate increases, which have been declared necessary by two outside consultants, city staff […]
San Diego City Council to Again Take Up Water and Wastewater Rate Increases
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /ABC 10 San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego City Council will again consider a steep increase of water and wastewater rates Tuesday, following a decision last month to punt the discussion in hopes of friendlier numbers. In city documents ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, those changes did not appear to come about. The proposal before the council is to increase water […]
San Diego County Water Costs Could More Than Double Over a Decade, Officials Warn. Here’s Why.
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Lucas RobinsonSan Diego County Water Authority officials expect wholesale water rates to soar by as much as 150% over the next decade, driven in part by the agency’s struggles to sell some of its supply — struggles it expects to get worse because of San Diego’s billion-dollar Pure Water project. A grim reality of high water […]