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Porterville council directs staff to draft financial-assistance program for irrigation meters; nonprofits prioritized
Summary
Council gave staff direction to create a two-part program to help nonprofit organizations and commercial properties install separate irrigation meters to prevent sewer charges for irrigation water. Council directed staff to return draft resolutions and prioritized a $100,000 nonprofit grant pilot.
Porterville City Council directed staff on April 1 to develop a two-part financial assistance program to help separate irrigation meters for nonprofit and commercial customers — a measure intended to reduce sewer charges that arise from mixed metering.
Background: Council discussion followed a staff presentation explaining how landscape irrigation that flows through a property’s primary water meter can increase sewage billing. Staff proposed a program that would (1) fully fund nonprofit applicants as a grant (no repayment) using…
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