Aquafornia » Water Agency News http://aquafornia.com The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Friday’s top of the scroll: Leaders mull how to sell higher water prices; Officials say public generally amenable to tiered rate structure http://aquafornia.com/archives/61677 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61677#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:51 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61677 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61677/feed 0 Decoupling gets mixed reviews in CA four years on http://aquafornia.com/archives/61416 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61416#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:54:28 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61416 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61416/feed 0 Will climbing water rates cause public outcry? California water leaders to meet in Palm Springs to tackle tough water issues http://aquafornia.com/archives/61411 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61411#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:17:15 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61411 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61411/feed 1 Water systems need fixes, badly; customers don’t want to fund them http://aquafornia.com/archives/61064 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61064#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:51:31 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61064 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61064/feed 1 Cal Am rates not highest, says commentary http://aquafornia.com/archives/60718 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60718#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:24:55 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60718 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60718/feed 0 Department of Water & Power job could land Pickel in ‘pickle’ http://aquafornia.com/archives/60679 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60679#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:25:03 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60679 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60679/feed 0 LA Department of Power Ratepayers Advocate: Now the work begins http://aquafornia.com/archives/60528 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60528#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:38:24 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60528 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60528/feed 0 Metropolitan Water District sets hearing for proposed rate increase; The water district is considering a hike of 7.5% in 2013 and 5% in 2014 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60027 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60027#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:38:15 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60027 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60027/feed 0 San Diego County Water Authority press release: Court grants discovery in Water Authority’s rate case against MWD http://aquafornia.com/archives/59890 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59890#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:15:01 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59890 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59890/feed 0 Thursday’s top of the scroll: Split decision in Metropolitan water rate case http://aquafornia.com/archives/59757 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59757#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:05:53 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59757 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59757/feed 0 San Diego County Water Authority press release: Court ruling allows new claims to remain in Water Authority’s case against MWD http://aquafornia.com/archives/59755 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59755#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:02:08 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59755 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59755/feed 0 Metropolitan Water District press release: Superior Court makes series of rulings in lawsuit challenging Metropolitan rate structure http://aquafornia.com/archives/59753 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59753#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59753 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59753/feed 0 San Diego County Water Authority Water Authority – Metropolitan Water District lawsuit hearing to take place Wednesday http://aquafornia.com/archives/59679 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59679#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:29:54 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59679 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59679/feed 0 San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency to further study funding agreement http://aquafornia.com/archives/59647 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59647#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:44:01 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59647 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59647/feed 1 San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency’s funding agreement for Bay-Delta Conservation Plan up for approval http://aquafornia.com/archives/59600 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59600#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:18:02 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59600 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59600/feed 0 Otay water contracts tied to board chairman: General manager awards them, without bids, up to $50,000, a practice he calls standard http://aquafornia.com/archives/59481 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59481#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:23:54 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59481 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59481/feed 0 Santa Clara Valley Water District to save $7.7 million through new contracts http://aquafornia.com/archives/59445 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59445#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:33:37 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59445 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59445/feed 0 Beaumont: Resolution to reduce directors divides water board http://aquafornia.com/archives/59106 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59106#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:35:50 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59106 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59106/feed 0 Redlands: Water meter calibration program brings more revenue http://aquafornia.com/archives/58994 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58994#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:15:15 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58994 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58994/feed 1 Clarity Blog: Are water agencies about to drown in positive polling? http://aquafornia.com/archives/58901 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58901#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:39:04 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58901 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58901/feed 0 On the Water Front blog: Since we’re neighbors let’s be friends (EBMUD and CCWD) http://aquafornia.com/archives/58837 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58837#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:32:35 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58837 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58837/feed 0 Brown Act amendments for 2012: Changes affect agenda noticing and simultaneous or serial meetings http://aquafornia.com/archives/58828 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58828#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:15:20 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58828 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58828/feed 0 SDCWA-MWD lawsuit undermines regional approach, says Kightlinger http://aquafornia.com/archives/58587 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58587#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:13:21 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58587 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58587/feed 1 Column: It’s Politics: Santa Fe Springs asks for audit of Central Basin Municipal Water District http://aquafornia.com/archives/57906 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57906#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:53:05 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57906 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57906/feed 0 Press release: Mesa Consolidated Water District receives several prestigious awards in 2011 for business and industry excellence http://aquafornia.com/archives/57770 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57770#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:29:35 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57770 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57770/feed 1 Metropolitan Water District, not San Diego, on side of ‘fairness’, says MWD’s Randy Record http://aquafornia.com/archives/57701 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57701#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:20:41 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57701 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57701/feed 0 DWP thanks KABC for on-air correction of water rate increase story http://aquafornia.com/archives/57643 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57643#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:23:42 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57643 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57643/feed 1 Is $6 billion ‘mother water company’ … under water? http://aquafornia.com/archives/57516 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57516#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:20:37 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57516 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57516/feed 0 Fair flow? “The water transportation rates charged the San Diego County Water Authority [by Metropolitan] sure have the appearance of being punitive in nature … ” says the North County Times http://aquafornia.com/archives/57385 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57385#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:39:20 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57385 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57385/feed 0 For the record: Central Basin Municipal Water District responds to yesterday’s LA Times article http://aquafornia.com/archives/57219 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57219#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:40:51 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57219 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57219/feed 0 Kern County Water Agency hosts Vision 2061 statewide water summit http://aquafornia.com/archives/56331 http://aquafornia.com/archives/56331#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:58:35 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=56331 http://aquafornia.com/archives/56331/feed 0 After just a few years of water service, Pass water agency celebrates 50 years of anticipation http://aquafornia.com/archives/55553 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55553#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:03:56 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=55553 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55553/feed 0 Woodland-Davis water agency hires new general manager http://aquafornia.com/archives/55287 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55287#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:11:52 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=55287 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55287/feed 0 This just in … Los Angeles Times publishes corrections regarding Central Basin Municipal Water District story http://aquafornia.com/archives/55266 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55266#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:25:45 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=55266 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55266/feed 1 Friday’s top of the scroll: San Diego County Water Authority says Metropolitan created ‘secret cabal’ on rates http://aquafornia.com/archives/54946 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54946#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:10:41 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=54946 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54946/feed 0 California Court of Appeal reverses judgment finding that Water District’s tiered rate structure complied with Proposition 218 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54790 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54790#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:19:03 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=54790 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54790/feed 1 This just in … Central Basin Municpal Water District demands LA Times print retraction of recent stories http://aquafornia.com/archives/54586 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54586#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:50:26 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=54586 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54586/feed 0 Google News cuts link to news website financed by water district http://aquafornia.com/archives/54529 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54529#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:46:48 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=54529 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54529/feed 1 Private water facility tours by city council members violate Brown Act http://aquafornia.com/archives/53927 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53927#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:34:32 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=53927 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53927/feed 0 Temecula: Five seek three seats on water board http://aquafornia.com/archives/53534 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53534#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:40:09 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=53534 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53534/feed 0