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Calleguas defers water rate increase

Posted by: Maven on June 4, 2009 at 6:07 am

From the Thousand Oaks Acorn:

The Calleguas Municipal Water District board of directors unanimously voted last month to delay a new rate increase, imposed by its supplier, until January 2010.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the primary provider of imported water to regional water districts in Southern California, recently announced that the rate it charges the districts would increase by nearly 20 percent beginning in September. “Metropolitan’s rate increase is most certainly a shock to the system and comes at a particularly difficult time given current economic conditions and persistent drought,” said Ted Grandsen, Calleguas board chair. The increase is largely due to the need to secure additional water as a result of pumping restrictions in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta.

At the request of some of the cities and other large water agencies within the Calleguas service area, the Calleguas board elected to delay applying new charges to give area water providers time to incorporate the rates into their own rate structures.

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June 4, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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