Water Authority sets 2017 rates near low end of projections

Strong financial management avoids rate spikes, maintains strong credit ratings

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors adopted on June 23 rate increases of 6.4 percent for untreated water and 5.9 percent for treated water in 2017, near the low end of projections and similar to the increases adopted by the Board of Directors for 2016.

Rates adopted today by the Board are primarily driven by higher costs from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, though they also incorporate higher costs for drought-proof water supplies from the Claude “Bud” Lewis C...