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Wholesale Water Rates to Rise, But Less Sharply, After Water Authority Board Vote

/in , /by /Times of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Federal grant funds, a water transfer and budget cuts helped minimize wholesale water-rate increases for 2025 despite inflation and climate impacts that are pushing prices higher.

The San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved a total increase of 14% in wholesale water rates for next year, while directing a one-year delay on a $7 million capital project and $2 million in additional cuts to the agency’s operating budget.

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Rainbow MWD Board Approves Rate, Capacity Fee Increases

/in , /by /Fallbrook Village Newsby Joe Naiman,

Two separate 5-0 Rainbow Municipal Water District board votes June 25 approved an increase for water and wastewater rates and an increase in capacity fees. Water rates will increase by approximately 4.5% while wastewater rates will be increased by 13%. The first capacity fee increase in seven years will be 26.4%.

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San Diego Water Rates to Increase Monday

/in , /by /ABC 10 News by Myra Wu Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego water rates will go up by 5.2%. This increase, approved by the City Council last September, includes a 1.8% charge from the San Diego County Water Authority to cover higher costs of imported water and other services.

The rate hike will help fund essential upgrades to the city’s water infrastructure, such as replacing old pipelines and supporting projects like Pure Water San Diego, which aims to ensure a reliable water supply.

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Water Authority Approves 4% Rise in Wholesale Rates – Maybe More to Come in July

/in , /by /Times of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved an
increase of approximately 4% in wholesale rates for 2025. But that might not be all. The panel plans to assess the need for additional increases after a public hearing in July, according to an agency news release. The approved increase was designed to cover pass-through costs from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California that start accruing on July 1.

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Morning Report: San Diego’s Water Gets (a Little) More Expensive

/in , /by /Voice of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

After hours of debate, San Diego’s water importer (because the region has to buy most of its water from outside the county) decided to raise rates just a smidgen – and put off the doom-iest part of its proposed water price spike until next month.

Why? Well, a lot of local water district representatives (there are 33) weren’t comfortable with how the city of San Diego (the region’s biggest and most powerful water buyer) wanted to try and stave off bigger rate increases. And the city, which has the power to ram through anything it wants, hit the pause button instead.

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Water Systems Warn Americans Could Soon See Major Rate Hikes Due to ‘Forever Chemicals’

/in , /by /Fox 5 San Diegoby Rachel Frazin

In exchange for cleaner water, Americans around the nation may soon have to pay hefty prices.

Water systems are starting to warn residents of massive rate hikes as they prepare to install technology to filter out toxic chemicals in a family known as PFAS.

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San Diego Mayor Pushes Back on Huge Countywide Water Rate Hike

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

It’s been a rainy couple of years – and that means the region’s water importer and seller is hurting for cash. To help cover that gap, among other growing costs of its massive water infrastructure system, the San Diego County Water Authority proposed increasing water rates by up to 39 percent in the next two years.

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San Diego County is on Track for Much Higher Water Rates. Expect Your Bill to Go Up — but by How Much?

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David Garrick Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Local water agencies are bracing for much higher wholesale water costs, after the County Water Authority board voted unanimously Thursday to move a rate hike proposal forward to a June 27 final vote.

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Sebastopol City Council Planning Water Rate Increase as Some City Workers Seethe

/in , /by /The Press Democratby Amie Windsor

Sebastopol residents could pay an average of $43 more per month for water and sewer services beginning July 1. The proposed increase, to be discussed by city leaders on Tuesday and be voted on by the Sebastopol City Council in June, is meant to cover the cost of much needed maintenance and replacements on the city’s aging system.

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Opinion: Even With the Coming Tax and Rate Hikes, Water in SoCal is Pretty Cheap

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Times

It’s the most frustrating part of conservation. To save water, you rip out your lawn, shorten your shower time, collect rainwater for the flowers and stop washing the car. Your water use plummets.

And for all that trouble, your water supplier raises your rates. Why? Because everyone is using so much less that the agency is losing money.

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