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Coachella council approves staff-recommended Prop 218 schedule to address Chromium-6 and fund water projects
Summary
Council voted to adopt staff’s Option 2 for the comprehensive water and wastewater cost-of-service study and Prop 218 schedule: immediate public outreach, adoption of study in August 2026, Prop 218 notice and hearing in October, and rates effective Jan. 1, 2027 (if adopted).
The Coachella City Council voted on April 8 to advance the city’s comprehensive water and wastewater cost-of-service study under the staff-recommended schedule (Option 2). Utility staff explained the primary driver is a state mandate to treat Chromium-6 in water, and the city has not updated water rates since 2015 nor completed a sewer cost-of-service study since 2017.
Under the approved timeline staff recommended beginning a four-month…
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