A Superior Court judge on Tuesday granted the San Diego County Water Authority’s motion to amend a lawsuit against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
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Water Authority Rate Challenge For more information about the Water Authority’s lawsuit against unfair rates and charges levied by MWD, go to www.sdcwa.org/mwdrate-challenge Two Water Authority Rate Cases Against Metropolitan Water District to be CoordinatedThe San Diego County Water Authority’s ongoing quest for fair water rates gained more pre-trial momentum on Friday after a Superior Court judge said he would coordinate the agency’s two challenges to wholesale water rates set by the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water Authority issues urgent call for decreased water usage through next week
The San Diego County Water Authority has issued an urgent call for home-owners and businesses throughout San Diego County to curtail all unnecessary water use through the end of next week. This includes reducing landscape irrigation through the end of next week. Where landscape irrigation is necessary, the Water Authority advises watering between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. to help reduce demands during the day. Judge Orders LADWP to Produce Public RecordsA Superior Court judge on Tuesday ordered the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power to produce documents responsive to a Public Records Act request made 18 months ago by the San Diego County Water Authority. Judge James Chalfant ruled that LADWP “…did not produce the responsive documents on its own initiative, whether before or during the lawsuit.” LADWP has 30 days to turn over the documents based upon a set of search terms provided by the Water Authority. Water Authority warns of summer strain on treated water supplies
In early February, the county experienced what could be a recurring situation this summer when treated water deliveries were halted for several days. With a potentially hot, dry summer ahead, the need for treated water during the hottest days could easily exceed the capacity for water treatment facilities to provide for those needs. In preparation for this summer’s demands, the San Diego County Water Authority is calling for heightened awareness and increased conservation efforts, especially outdoors. ‘Save-A-Buck Commercial Conservation Rebate Funding ExhaustedFunding for commercial water conservation rebates offered through the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s Commercial, Industrial, & Institutional Save-A-Buck Rebate Program (www.mwdsaveabuck.com) has been exhausted for the current fiscal year. The CII Save-a-Buck program provides rebates for the replacement of older, inefficient devices used by businesses. Water Authority resumes deliveries of treated water
The San Diego County Water Authority resumed delivery of treated water to its member agencies in San Diego County. Deliveries had been stopped since February 5, so the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California could complete expansion construction work on the Skinner Water Treatment Plant in Temecula. During the shutdown, which was three years in planning, the Water Authority conducted inspections and repairs on sections of its treated water pipelines. Water Authority calls for increased water conservation over next 10 days
In response to the ongoing unseasonably warm temperatures and windy conditions, The San Diego County Water Authority has issued an urgent request for increased water conservation throughout the county over the next 10 days. The call for conservation is particularly important for water users in the North County that get water from the Fallbrook Public Utility District, Rainbow Municipal Water District, Vallecitos Water District and Valley Center Municipal Water District. Public Records Reveal Shadow Government Controlling the Metropolitan Water District of Southern CaliforniaDocuments 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 Judge decides not to send preferential rights case to trial
San Francisco Superior Court Judge James J. McBride sustained a demurrer filed by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California against a lawsuit filed by the San Diego County Water Authority regarding the formula Metropolitan uses to determine its member agencies' rights to water. Today's action by the court means the Authority's lawsuit is ended unless the Authority appeals to the Court of Appeal. |