Water authority sets hearing for rate increases

The San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) board set a June 23 hearing date to approve increased rates and charges for the upcoming year.

The May 26 SDCWA board vote sets rates and amounts for the various components of CWA charges but does not break down each member agency’s share of pro-rata assessments. The member agency allocations of those charges will be determined at the June 23 meeting, which will also see the approval of the CWA’s two-year budget for fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13. The CWA obtains most of its supply from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, whose a...