Ratepayers for Water Choice

“If everything wasn’t expensive enough, the County Water Authority Board is looking to raise our water rates by 14%.”

K**I: S.D. County Water Authority Proposes 14% Water Rate Hike Rainbow Municipal Water District General Manager Tom Kennedy discusses his district's plan to switch wholesale water suppliers along with their neighbor, the...

"It's certainly no secret: water bills have been rising substantially across the San Diego region.

And our two districts, the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District, which serve much of our county’s important agricultural industry, continue to pay some of the highest water costs in the region."

Our Water Districts Want a Better Deal for Customers. We Shouldn’t Be Punished for Seeking a New Supplier. The inequitable way in which the San Diego County Water Authority cost structure impacts our agencies, as well as the costs of maintaining large rural infrastructure systems, is why we want to part ways with SDCWA.

"This spring the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is expected to approve or deny applications by our two water districts – the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District – to part ways with the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and instead begin purchasing water from the Eastern Municipal Water District.

If our applications are approved and we’re allowed to buy water from Eastern, ratepayers in the Fallbrook and Rainbow service areas will realize a collective savings of approximately $7.6 million annually, according to an independent analysis conducted by LAFCO."

2023 will be a big year for Fallbrook and Rainbow Water customers Jack Bebee and Tom Kennedy Special to the Village News Few topics in San Diego County garnered more headlines in 2022 than the worsening drought and the soaring cost of water. For the residents of Fallbrook and Rainbow, both the drought and the cost of water have become major areas of concern, but e...