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 […]
San Diego may shift the second phase of the city’s Pure Water sewage recycling system to a more efficient purification method that could save billions of dollars, preventing steep jumps in local sewer and water bills. The new method could dramatically change the size, scope and cost of the massive project’s Phase Two, which had […]
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 […]
New Way to Turn Sewage Into Drinking Water Could Transform San Diego’s Pure Water Behemoth
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /San Diego Union-Tribuneby David GarrickSan Diego may shift the second phase of the city’s Pure Water sewage recycling system to a more efficient purification method that could save billions of dollars, preventing steep jumps in local sewer and water bills. The new method could dramatically change the size, scope and cost of the massive project’s Phase Two, which had […]