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Californian urges state action to regulate small private water systems after disputed rates and infrastructure costs
Summary
A private water system member told the state water board her membership agreement imposes perpetual split rates and special assessments, calling for statewide standards for governance, affordability and complaint resolution for small systems.
Mary Wood, a member of a small, privately owned public water system, told the State Water Resources Control Board on Sept. 16 that existing regulatory gaps leave residents exposed to inequitable rate arrangements and financial risk. Wood said she purchased her property in February 2010 and joined a mixed‑use small system that serves a commercial property, a cabin and seven residential properties. She said a written water utility agreement requires a 50/50 split of dues and special assessments and that an arbitrator ruled the contract remains enforceable "in perpetuity." Wood said the system has levied special assessments six of the last eight years and…
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