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Local Water Rates to Increase 14.9%

/in , /by /Valley Road Runner by David Ross Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Valley Center Municipal Water District rates will see an overall rate increase of 16.1 % effective January 1, 2025 from its wholesale supplier, the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), which supplies 100% of VCMWD’s water. When combined with a lower 5% increase for locally controlled operations costs, the net impact for most customers will be 14.9%.

Last year the overall rate of increase was 9%. “This one is a little bit larger than we have seen in the past,” VCMWD Gen. Mgr Gary Arant told The Roadrunner. “Though in the mid-90s rates went up over 30% in some years. It is certainly not unprecedented in the history of rate increases.”

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San Diego County Faces Nearly 40% Water Price Hike

/in , /by /Fox 5/KUSIby Tony Shin Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Water districts across San Diego County are grappling with a dramatic price hike from the San Diego County Water Authority, which is projected to increase water prices by nearly 40% over the next few years.

Olivenhain Municipal Water District board members on Wednesday night voted to approve a budget that will affect 87,000 customers. A spokesperson for the district says they don’t know yet exactly how much this will cost their customers.

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Ramona Water District’s Higher Water Rates to Show on August Bills

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Julie Gallant Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Ramona Municipal Water District directors approved water rate increases for customers starting July 1 and will decide whether to continue raising rates each year through fiscal year 2028-29.

The rate increase was approved at the water district’s June 11 meeting by a 4-1 vote with Director Gary Hurst opposed. The new rates for the 2024-25 fiscal year are based on volume of water used, monthly service charges and water pumping costs, according to a staff report.

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San Diego County Offers Water Bill Assistance

/in , , /by /KPBS by City News Service Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Dan Denham

The San Diego County Water Authority reminded the public on Tuesday that federal aid is still available for low-income water customers in San Diego County to cover overdue residential water and wastewater bills.

“Water affordability is one of the top priorities for the Water Authority, and we are committed to helping ensure that everyone in San Diego County has access to safe and reliable water,” Dan Denham, water authority general manager, said in a statement.

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Napa Proposes Hike in Monthly Water Rates to Help Offset Rising Operational Costs

/in , , /by /The Press Democrat by Edward Booth

The city of Napa is set to consider an increase to water rates for the first time in two years to cover the increasing costs of providing service.

The Napa City Council will hold a hearing Nov. 7 to adopt the new rates. If approved, they would be effective Jan. 1 and customers likely would see the impact on bills in March and April, said Joy Eldredge, deputy city utilities director.

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Napa City Water Rates Will Likely Increase in 2024

/in , /by /Napa Valley Register by Katie DeBenedetti

Water customers in the city of Napa will likely pay higher rates starting in 2024.

The city’s utilities department laid out the proposed increases – the first in three years – in a Tuesday presentation to the Napa City Council. Joy Eldredge, the city utilities director, made the case for rate hikes, stating that Napa’s water division will face an annual $6.8 million budget deficit if rates aren’t adjusted.

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City Council OKs Water Rate Increases Totaling Nearly 20% Over Two Years

/in , , /by /Times of San Diego by Elizabeth Ireland

On a 5-3 vote, the San Diego City Council approved a series of water rate increases Tuesday totaling nearly 20% over the next two years, following a public hearing during which San Diegans largely urged the body to reject the hikes.

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Glitch in Water Bills Swamps Residents With High Fees

/in , /by /SDNews.comby Dave Schwab

Some Peninsulans are getting an unexpected surprise in their mailboxes: several months worth of water bills all due at once.

And the unprecedented “glitch” seems as wacky as it is unsettling, considering the amounts on some of those delayed water bills, which just stopped coming regularly, are in the hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars.
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Padre Dam Board Tells CWA It Can’t Accept Any Water Rate Increase

/in , /by /East County Magazineby Mike Allen Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Padre Dam Water District’s board is fed up with having to pay higher rates for the water it purchases from the San Diego County Water Authority, and voted unanimously not to go along with any rate hike unless the CWA gets serious about its long-range planning.

The five-member board took the vote after listening to a presentation by CEO Kyle Swanson (photo, right)about CWA raising the wholesale rate charged to member water agencies next year by a range between 8.2 to 12.7 percent. At one point, CWA was considering increasing to about 13 percent, but the range is ever-changing and unknowable at the current time, Swanson said.

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Marin Municipal Water District Defends Plan for Huge Rate Hike

/in , , /by /Marin Independent Journalby Will Houston

The Marin Municipal Water District is poised to adopt one of its largest rate hikes in decades on Tuesday — a move that will increase water costs for customers by about 20% — but staff costs are not the driver, utility officials said.

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