Conejo Post

Charley Caspary, Chair of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD), and a nice person, has a Guest Opinion in The  10-29 Acorn, titled, “Water Rates Reflect Higher Wholesale Costs.”   All local water agencies receiving water from the Sacramento Delta, via Metropolitan Water District are in the same boat of reduced supply and higher costs.  A link to the article is:  http://www.theacorn.com/news/2009-10-29/Editorials/Guest_opinion.html

A letter in The Acorn today by Monica Varah, titled “High Water Rates:  Get Used To It,” is also of interest.  To quote Monica, “The days of the lawn and endless showers are over.”  Here is a link to her letter:  http://www.theacorn.com/news/2009-10-29/Letters/High_water_rates_Get_used_to_it.html  Another letter of interest is one from Ginger Pollack, titled, “Anger Over Water Rates Represents Misplaced Frustration,” where Ginger answers a letter of criticism directed at Triunfo Sanitation District.  As Ginger says, “TSD doesn’t pump water out of the ground.  TSD’s supplier, Metropolitan,” “raised its rates.  TSD had no choice but to pass the increase on.”  Here is a link to this letter:  http://www.theacorn.com/news/2009-10-29/Letters/Anger_over_water_rates_represents_misplaced_frustr.html

Posted by Janna Orkney, and for full disclosure, Chair of Triunfo Sanitation District, and Chair of the Joint Powers Authority of Triunfo/Las Virgenes