SLO's Sewer Charges to Be Determined By Water Use
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By Sally Connell, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 16--Now is the time to save water for San Luis Obispo residents who want to get a break on city sewer fees come summer.
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By Rick Armon, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jun. 7--SILVER LAKE -- Faced with a dwindling water fund that will soon run out of money, village officials will begin debating today whether to raise water rates by as much as 17.2 percent.  "We need to address rates soon.
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By Mike Monson, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Feb. 8--URBANA -- The city councils in Urbana and Champaign have agreed  to spend as much as $121,000 to hire a consultant on water issues a move that  an Illinois American Water official strongly criticized this week.
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By Paul Sisson, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Mar. 8--OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The city official estimated Wednesday that  it will cost Oceanside an additional $1 million to comply with new state water  rules passed Jan. 24.
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By Virginia Hennessey, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 18--The spiraling costs of the Salinas Valley Water Project do not include the millions of dollars the county has paid out for related litigation.
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By Antonio Velarde, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jun. 22--After committing for the last three years to no rate increases, the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority on Thursday assured customers next year will have higher water and sewer bills.
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The NIO considers large rates increases to cushion the impact of water charges on households, the BBC learns.
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Fitch assigns a rating of 'AA+' to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's (Metropolitan) approximately $45 million water revenue refunding bonds, 2006 series B. The 2006 series B bonds are scheduled to sell via negotiated sale on Oct. 5, 2006.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 17--PALMETTO -- Property owners will pay double what they pay now for the city to keep their neighborhood from flooding, if the city commission adopts a new fee schedule at a meeting Monday.
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By Lawrence Sussman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  May 31--The state Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed a lower-court decision ordering Synergy Health St. Joseph's Hospital to pay the Village of Jackson a $1.08 million connection fee for municipal sewer and water service.
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Los Angeles residents were urged on Wednesday to take shorter showers, reduce lawn sprinklers and stop throwing trash in toilets in a bid to cut water usage by 10 percent in the driest year on record.
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By Sammy Fretwell, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Dec. 10--Charleston utility owner Reece Williams IV is fighting efforts to make him reimburse taxpayers for fixing substandard water and sewer systems he once operated in the Columbia area.
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By By Mariecar Mendoza, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep.
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Mar. 5--Planning ahead for regional growth and potential drought, a High  Desert agency expects to spend $3million this year to buy water from the  California Aqueduct for its thirsty customers.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 24--TRACY -- Officials plan to squirrel away some of the city's liquid assets.
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By David McGrath Schwartz  By DAVID McGRATH SCHWARTZ  REVIEW-JOURNAL  Higher fees to connect new buildings and homes to sewer systems are in the works to pay for a $750 million pipeline that will pump wastewater into the middle of Lake Mead starting next decade.
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By Donna Littlejohn, Rick Orlov  and Kerry Cavanaugh STAFF WRITERS  A $117 million cleanup of Machado Lake and the Wilmington Drain in the Harbor Area was approved Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council as part of a sweeping package of citywide water quality improvement projects.