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Water Authority Board Adopts Two-Year Budget and Approves 2014 Rates

The San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved wholesale water rates for calendar year 2014 and adopted a $1.5 billion budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

The new two-year budget is 5.2 percent larger than the current budget, mostly to cover higher costs for the purchase and treatment of imported water. Wholesale rates that the Water Authority charges its 24 member agencies next year will increase by 2.6 percent for untreated supplies and 3.5 percent for treated supplies.

Water Authority Recommends $1.5 Billion Budget for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

The San Diego County Water Authority’s General Manager on Thursday recommended a $1.5 billion budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, up 5.2 percent from the current two-year budget mostly because of higher costs for the purchase and treatment of imported water.

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Water Authority Proposes Smallest Rate Increase Since 2004

The San Diego County Water Authority on Wednesday announced that it will propose increasing rates charged to its member agencies by 2.6 percent for untreated water and 3.5 percent for treated water in calendar year 2014, mainly to cover higher costs for imported water. If adopted by the Board of Directors in June, the increases would be the smallest since 2004.

Water Authority Approves Bond Sale of up to $686 Million for Early 2010

The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors approved issuing up to $686 million in debt, Water Revenue Bonds Series, 2010A and 2010B, to provide continued funding of its Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The bond sale, scheduled for early 2010, may also be used to refund approximately $51 million of outstanding callable Water Revenue Certificates of Participation, Series 1998A

Public Records Reveal Shadow Government Controlling the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Documents obtained under the California Public Records Act from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and a majority of its member public water agencies and cities have revealed that those agencies joined together in a secret shadow government to control water rates and other decisions at California’s largest public water agency and to discriminate against the San Diego County Water Authority and its ratepayers.  The members of the group have made their objectives explicit, referring to themselves as the “Secret Society” and the “Anti-San Die

Water Authority Expands its Lawsuit Against MWD

Today San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer granted a motion by the San Diego County Water Authority to amend the lawsuit it filed last year challenging the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s 2011 and 2012 water rates. Over MWD’s objections, Judge Kramer granted the Water Authority’s motion to add five additional causes of action to its case challenging MWD’s systematic discrimination against the Water Authority and its ratepayers. 

Water Authority Seeks Review of MWD Wheeling Rates by State Supreme Court

The San Diego County Water Authority on Monday petitioned California’s highest court to review an issue of statewide significance – whether the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California may charge its transportation-only customers costs associated with a service those customers do not purchase.  Specifically, the petition asks the Supreme Court to review whether MWD may include in the transportation rates it charges the Water Authority to wheel its conserved Colorado River water, MWD’s unrelated State Water Project supply costs. Central to the case are two pillars of public policy in California: the efficient allocation and conservation of the state’s water […]

Water Authority Using Solar Panels to Power Up Savings for Ratepayers

Solar electric systems capable of producing approximately 2.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity combined per year are now in operation at three San Diego County Water Authority facilities.  Based on current rates, the systems are projected to save the region’s ratepayers $1.7 million in energy costs over the next 20 years and will enable the agency to meet a significant portion of its power needs with renewable energy.

Water Authority board approves $1.338 billion budget for fiscal years 2006 and 2007

The San Diego County Water Authority board of directors today approved a $1.338 billion budget for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 that funds the agency’s operations and capital improvements. The Water Authority moved to a multiyear budgeting process for the 2004 and 2005 fiscal years to provide enhanced fiscal management of its many multiyear projects and long-range planning.