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El Dorado Irrigation District board approves lower rate increases

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 5, 2010 at 7:42 am

From the Sacramento Bee:

“Customer protests fell short of the number required to prevent hikes in El Dorado Irrigation District water and sewer rates, but the increases will be less than first proposed.

There needed to be a 50 percent plus one percentage protest from ratepayers to prevent the hikes. Instead the percentage protest was 18 percent for water and 21 percent for sewer.

Board members said concerns voiced at community workshops over the past month gave rise to “Plan B.”

Following a rate hearing Thursday evening, board members approved an 18 percent increase for 2010 instead of the 35 percent originally proposed. They also approved a 15 percent increase for 2011 and 5 percent increases for each of the following three years. … “

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February 5, 2010 · Filed Under Sacramento

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