Residents could be signing away their ability to sue a nearby landfill in a neighborhood that grappled with an asphalt factory.
Category: Water, Power & Waste
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana to Shut Off Supply to Households That Don’t Pay Water Bills
After four years of not taking enforcement actions on residents behind on their water bills, Santa Ana officials are gearing up to shut off water for delinquent households.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Huntington Beach Approves Smaller Water Rate Hike After Resident Outcry
While residents will still see an increase on their bill over the next five years, city leaders cut about a quarter of the projects they originally planned to lower costs on residents.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Huntington Beach to Consider Water Rate Hikes
City council members have received over 400 protest letters from residents as city staff say they need to raise rates or see critical infrastructure fail.
Posted inTransportation
Transportation Officials Discuss Future of OC’s Collapsing Coastal Railway
After five collapses in the last three years, city and county leaders are looking to shore up an embattled coastline and study potentially shifting the rail away from the coast.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Are Seal Beach Residents the Next in OC To Pay Higher Water Bills?
City leaders will allow residents and businesses until May to submit written complaints despite city staff urging to increase rates for improved infrastructure to offset increased costs.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Surf City Looks to Join Other OC Cities Hiking Water Rates
The push to increase water rates across Orange County comes amidst inflation and crumbling infrastructure that agencies say needs to be repaired.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
2023: The Year of Orange County Water Woes
Across OC, water agencies have grappled with bad finances, neglected infrastructure and coastlines of sewage. Residents are the ones being forced to pay.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Tustin Water Rates to Spike After City Shuts Down Contaminated Wells
Resident’s water rates are set to go up 54% over the next five years after city council members closed wells that had a concerning number of chemicals in them.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Laguna Beach Spills More Sewage Into Ocean Than Anywhere Else in OC
The city has spilled more than 2.7 million gallons of sewage since 2007. The city recently made a series of investments to overhaul its sewage system, raising residents’ rates along with it.
