Water rates increasing, image from City of Los Alamitos
Seven hundred people showed up to a series of meetings hosted by Golden State Water Company to explain their proposed 29.83 percent increase in water rates.
News of the water rate increase has left many in the High Desert angry, and Barstow residents in particular are even more upset because their rates will be the highest in all the desert.
Neil Derry, the San Bernardino County Supervisor in charge of Barstow, showed up at one of the meetings and announced that he has requested the California Public Utilities Commission to deny the increase in water rates. Similarly, the entire Barstow City Council also rejected the increased rates.
Golden State Water maintains in a notice to its customers that, “These increases are necessary to keep up with increased purchased water and pumping costs which are out of GSWC’s control.”
In addition, Golden State Water says the rates will also cover other fees, including taxes, supplies, operating and maintenance, administrative, and recovery for the depreciation of their equipment. Golden State also plans on replacing five miles of pipelines in the area, constructing new reservoirs, and maintaining a number of water tanks in the area.
Check the links above for more information about water rates in the High Desert.
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