Finding F1
The five-year rate increase is disproportionately spread by meter size and usage, which has caused the 5/8” and 3/4" meter customers to bear a greater percentage of the overall rate increase.
Jury report: Calaveras County Water District: Still Waters Run Deep · PDF page 12
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Calaveras County Water District Board of Directors
The District disagrees and explains cost allocation by meter capacity, customer class, and consumption.
Read official response · PDF page 2Pages 2–3 identify the 2023 cost-of-service study and Proposition 218 as the basis for different percentage increases. This is concrete reasoning with checkable support, without deciding whether the rates are correct.
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