The Lafayette Reservoir in Lafayette, Calif., on May 7, 2021, part of East Bay Municipal Utility District water system, serving approximately 1.4 million people in a 332-square-mile area of Contra Costa and Alameda counties in California. Currently, 41 of the state's 58 counties are in a drought state of emergency.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District is holding a public hearing Tuesday on a proposed 8 percent rate increase for tap water and wastewater over the next two years.
The EBMUD board meeting starts at 1:15 p.m. and will be livestreamed at http://www.ebmud.com/board-meetings.
The agency is proposing a 4 percent rate hike for both water and wastewater starting on the fiscal year that begins July 1 of this year and another 4 percent increase for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2022.
More information about the proposal is available at ebmud.com/rates.
EBMUD provides drinking water to 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties and wastewater treatment for 740,000 customers.
Last modified June 7, 2021 3:50 pm
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