Perseverance pays off in rate case ruling

Mark Muir, Board Chair San Diego County Water Authority

When the San Diego County Water Authority filed its initial rate case lawsuit in 2010 against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we knew it would be a marathon.

Seven years later, we passed another important marker in the long-running litigation when a June 21 ruling by the state Court of Appeal sided with the Water Authority and the San Diego region on several significant issues.

The decision includes a few key takeaways: - The Water Authority has a right to significantly more water from MWD than MW...