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Elsinore Valley Water board outlines drivers of proposed Proposition 218 rate increases; public hearing set June 26
Summary
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District officials told the Lake Elsinore City Council that rising imported water and new drinking-water regulations are the primary drivers behind proposed Proposition 218 rate adjustments and that a public hearing is set for June 26 at 4 p.m.
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District board member Harvey Ryan told the Lake Elsinore City Council that proposed rate adjustments under Proposition 218 respond to sharply higher supply and treatment costs and that the district will hold a Proposition 218 hearing on June 26 at 4 p.m.
“We don’t take raising rates lightly,” Ryan said. He told the council the district imports roughly 75% of its water from the Metropolitan Water District, which has announced multi-year increases that will push local costs higher. He also flagged electricity cost projections — “Edison is projecting double digit 17% increases in the next 6 months” — and the district’s continuing need to treat regulated contaminants.
The presentation described the most immediate technical and regulatory drivers: state limits on PFAS and related compounds forced…
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