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Needles adopts five-year water and wastewater rate plan, effective Feb. 1, 2026
Summary
After a public hearing, the Board of Public Utilities and City Council adopted a five-year plan that raises water rates 3% annually and wastewater rates 6% annually to fund infrastructure needs and restore reserves; written protests totaled 15 and did not constitute a majority under Prop 218.
The Board of Public Utilities and the Needles City Council on Nov. 12 approved a five-year rate plan that raises water service by 3% annually and wastewater service by 6% annually, with new rates to take effect Feb. 1, 2026.
Utility Manager Randy Torrance presented the rate study, saying the adjustments are intended to fund $6.9 million in water projects and roughly $1.44 million in wastewater projects over five years, stabilize reserves and address aging infrastructure. “If we do not make…
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