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Tiered Water Rates Coming to Poway, California, to Incentivize Water Conservation: 10% of Water Customers Use 40% of the Water (SanDiegoTribune)

(March 20, 2009, The San Diego Tribune)
The top 10 percent of residential water customers in Poway account for roughly 40 percent of all water used by the city, and the top 5 percent use about 25 percent.
They would be most affected by a proposal the City Council is considering to institute tiered water rates that [...]

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RED ALERT: (Southern) California Drought: 44% TIER TWO BLOCK RATE INCREASE Due to 15% Fall in Los Angeles Water Use by June 1; Feb-March Storms Allow Water Agencies to Deliver 5% More Water Than Expected, Says Lester Snow; Sierra Snowpack IMPROVES to 86%!; Reservoir Storage 75%; Statewide Precipitation @ Normal (LosAngelesTimes)

(March 19, 2009, The Los Angeles Times)
State officials announced Wednesday they will deliver more water to Southern California this year than previously predicted but cautioned that shipments will remain well below normal.
State water resources director Lester Snow said “a series of very beneficial storms in February and early March” prompted his department to increase allocations [...]

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