Water rates in San Diego next year will go up by the smallest hike since 2014. More than half of that increase is due to rising costs charged by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. That agency and our County Water Authority don’t see eye-to-eye. Jim Madaffer, vice chairman of the Water Authority, stops […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Chris Ross Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Bob and Andrea Raibert experienced a shock when they moved from a smaller property to their new home in Poway and then got the water bill for last July and August. The existing landscape was mainly Bermuda grass that required a lot of irrigation to keep it green. There were a few bushes planted along […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Fallbrook and Bonsall Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) staff proposed what would equate to a 3.7 percent rate increase for SDCWA water rates, and on May 25 the CWA board set a June 22 hearing date for the proposed 2018 rates. The cost per acre-foot on a countywide basis will increase from $1,546 to $1,603 for treated […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby James DeHaven Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority fears it could harm ratepayers by opening up meetings that have been held out of the public’s view for decades. A letter this week by the authority’s top lawyer said it’s legal and necessary to hold private, unnoticed and unrecorded gatherings with the agency’s appointed delegates to the Metropolitan […]
VIDEO: Politically Speaking: Warring Over Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diego Quoted: Jim MadafferWater rates in San Diego next year will go up by the smallest hike since 2014. More than half of that increase is due to rising costs charged by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. That agency and our County Water Authority don’t see eye-to-eye. Jim Madaffer, vice chairman of the Water Authority, stops […]
Thirsty Yard Gets WaterSmart Makeover
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Chris Ross Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityBob and Andrea Raibert experienced a shock when they moved from a smaller property to their new home in Poway and then got the water bill for last July and August. The existing landscape was mainly Bermuda grass that required a lot of irrigation to keep it green. There were a few bushes planted along […]
CWA Sets June 22 Hearing For Proposed Rate Increase
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fallbrook and Bonsall Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) staff proposed what would equate to a 3.7 percent rate increase for SDCWA water rates, and on May 25 the CWA board set a June 22 hearing date for the proposed 2018 rates. The cost per acre-foot on a countywide basis will increase from $1,546 to $1,603 for treated […]
Water Panel Says Its Long-held Private Meetings Are Necessary, Legal
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby James DeHaven Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority fears it could harm ratepayers by opening up meetings that have been held out of the public’s view for decades. A letter this week by the authority’s top lawyer said it’s legal and necessary to hold private, unnoticed and unrecorded gatherings with the agency’s appointed delegates to the Metropolitan […]