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Owner of small private water system urges new statewide standards for rates, insurance and oversight
Summary
Mary Wood, a member of a privately owned, unincorporated water system, told the State Water Resources Control Board that informal contracts and long-standing rate clauses are leaving small-system customers with high assessments and little oversight, and asked the board to establish standardized governance, rate and complaint-resolution rules.
Mary Wood, who said she owns property served by a privately owned, unincorporated public water system, told the State Water Resources Control Board on Sept. 16 that she and other customers face persistent governance and affordability problems because contracts signed at purchase can bind buyers to uneven cost-sharing arrangements.
Wood said she purchased her property in February 2010 and that the system’s contract requires a 50/50 rate structure between her…
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