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Pasadena citizens group wants city to buy more imported water in lieu of “enacting a tough water enforcement ordinance together with an unpopular water rate hike”

Posted by: Maven on June 23, 2009 at 6:36 am

Wayne Lusvardi with the group, Citizens for Responsible Government delivered a “citizen resolution on water rates and enforcement” to the Pasadena City Council last night. The first half of the resolution deals with the finances of the water department; this is the second half:

And, Whereas, the costs to administrate the City’s proposed ordinance for water enforcement personnel and a water court are reported to be about $1 million; and

Whereas, the cost to buy imported water to meet 10% of the City’s water demand may be roughly the same as the administrative costs of water enforcement, as possibly indicated by a recent purchase of raw water from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from Folsom Dam by the San Diego County Water Authority; and

Whereas the Chief Financial Officer of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has ironically called the current state drought as “California’s Wettest Drought” due to the environmental endangerment of fish species beyond the control of the water ratepayers of the City of Pasadena;

THEREFORE, we respectfully recommend that the Council and Mayor investigate the possibility of just buying imported water in lieu of enacting a tough water enforcement ordinance together with an unpopular water rate hike.

(Note that this resolution was submitted to the City Council, not necessarily passed by the council.) Read the full text of the resolution at the Pasadena SubRosa blog by clicking here.

June 23, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation, Southern California

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