Water District To Reconsider Rate Hike

The Carmichael Water District board of directors will reconsider a proposed 18 percent rate increase after hearing from customers who were mostly opposed to the idea, The Sacramento Bee is reporting.

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Directors have decided to rethink the plan, General Manager Steve Nugent told The Bee.

"The people were not happy with the rate increase," Nugent said. "They wanted the district to go back and cut costs and to consider the financial state of people on fixed income. They weren't going to put up with that (increase), and I think the board clearly got that."

The board will spend time over the next month to "look at alternatives and (consider) what the public has asked," the general manager told The Bee. A decision is expected Jan. 23.

The district serves 39,000 through 11,500 connections, The Bee reported.

Nugent could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

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