The Press Enterprise – The Metropolitan Water District board postponed a decision on rate increases Tuesday.  The Los Angeles-based wholesaler could raise prices by as much as 7.5 percent next year and 5 percent the following year. The increase would be passed on to Southern California agencies that contract with Metropolitan, including Eastern Municipal Water [...]

LA Weekly News – The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power already has a pretty awful reputation among its own constituents.  Hand-in-hand with City Hall politicians, DWP officials have more than once tried to dupe ratepayers into unwarranted bill hikes — despite a fat surplus at the department, and despite the fact that its [...]

Fox 5 San Diego  - The Metropolitan Water District delayed their decision regarding San Diego’s proposed water rate hike Tuesday.  San Diego city leaders and water officials tried to put a stop to it by protesting a hearing in Los Angeles Monday, where the issue was being debated.  “Since 2006, Metropolitan has raised our water rates [...]

Orange County Register  – Has Water World skullduggery reached new and alarming lows?  San Diego officials are accusing their brethren in Orange and Los Angeles counties of forming a “Secret Society” and running a “shadow government” that aims to hike water rates ever higher and control machinations of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California – the [...]

U-T San Diego, Editorial - The San Diego County Water Authority’s release Monday of volumes of emails and other documents show what appears to be a behind-the-scenes attempt involving many water agency officials to manipulate policy decisions of the giant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. To protect the interests of the 19 million customers in [...]

KGTV-Channel 10 San Diego —  San Diego County Water Authority Says Secret Society Includes Members From Metropolitan Water District, Other Water Agencies. The SDCWA gave 10News a binder it says contains documents, emails and handwritten notes outlining a shadow government that manipulated the system to artificially inflate the cost of water for county ratepayers…

KUSI San Diego – Local community leaders were in Los Angeles Monday to protest a rate hike proposed by the Metropolitan Water District. The San Diego Water Authority says MWD has illegally added extra charges to the delivery cost of water..

North County Times - LOS ANGELES —- Skyrocketing water rates imposed by the Metropolitan Water District are hurting San Diego County residents, especially the elderly and those with low incomes, officials from local cities and water agencies said Monday at a public hearing.…  

U-T San Diego, Editorial – The San Diego County Water Authority has launched an unusual public-relations campaign against its largest supplier, the giant Metropolitan Water District. One goal is to prevent MWD, which sells water to agencies serving 19 million customers in six counties, from implementing rate hikes of 7.5 percent for 2013 and 5 [...]