Unhappy residents team up against Palmdale Water District

From the Antelope Valley Press:

“Residents of one of the city’s newer housing tracts on the east side feel financially drained by the Palmdale Water District’s recent rate hike, which ranged from 65% to more than 140% for some customers.

Roughly 20 neighbors from the Discovery Trail housing development, a tract roughly 2 years old near Avenue R and 62nd Street East, gathered Monday night at the home of Mary Sanchez to discuss their concerns with the water district. “There’s no way to manage your water bill. That’s the biggest thing,” said Tracey Summerford, who moved into her home in October. “There’s no set structure for us to figure how many units (of water) we’re allotted. It’s too random. You have no control over what your water bill is going to be.”

Summerford and Sanchez attended their first PWD board meeting on Aug. 12, when they asked why their monthly bills jumped so high.

“My bill went from $12.80 to $185,” Summerford, a Neighborhood Watch captain, told the water board.

“My water bill went from $139 to $468,” Sanchez said at that meeting. Since then Sanchez received another monthly bill, one for $324. Together that meant she owed the water district $792, plus a prior balance that brought her total to $924. “That’s my two car payments,” said Sanchez, who moved into her home in November. …”

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