Water districts work to reduce past-due accounts

With water rates increasing each year and a continuing economic recession, local water agencies report they are working more diligently than ever on past due accounts.

Dave Seymour, general manager of Rainbow Municipal Water District (RMWD), said this year his agency has sent over $200,000 in past due bills to the County of San Diego to have those amounts placed on owners’ property tax bills, compared to an average of $15,000 per year five years ago. However the amount sent to the county this year is far less than in 2011 and 2010.

“Placing an account onto the tax roles is our last-ditch attem...