For voters in Fallbrook and Rainbow, this is the last chance they have to leave the Water Authority without triggering a countywide vote.
A map of Fallbrook, Rainbow water districts pipes that already connect to Eastern Municipal Water District, June 5, 2023.detaching from the San Diego County Water Authority for cheaper water in Riverside County in early voting results Tuesday night.
After nearly three years of battling the Water Authority over what they say is increasingly high water rates, voters appear to have had enough.for Rainbow Municipal Water District and Fallbrook Public Utility District to leave the Water Authority for Riverside's Eastern Municipal Water District. Detachment is a two-step process. After LAFCO's decision, voters in both Rainbow and Fallbrook would also need to approve the detachment.
According to a LAFCO independent analysis, Fallbrook and Rainbow residents could save an estimated $7.7 a year by switching water wholesalers. The Water Authority said by leaving, the two rural water districts would stick the rest of the county with a $140 million bill over a decade.to make San Diego more drought-resistant. Both Rainbow and Fallbrook said those investments had not benefited their ratepayers.
And Fallbrook and Rainbow will still need to pay an exit fee of roughly $25 million over the next five years, or about $4.8 million annually. Those costs will undoubtedly be passed down to ratepayers.As a North County multimedia producer, Alexander Nguyen creates content for all of KPBS' platforms, including the web and social media.
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