By joining Riverside district, Fallbrook and Rainbow could save on water, but cost other San Diego ratepayers
That will impact ratepayers in San Diego County, and it could alter the balance of power in water decisions far beyond.
SDCWA officials appear to be as concerned, perhaps even more so, about what this change would mean to long-term relations with the powerful Metropolitan Water District of Southern California based in Los Angeles — and how it might affect San Diego residents. By the narrowest of margins, the board in 2021 hired Adel Hagekhalil as general manager and chief executive officer and in January of this year installed Adán Ortega Jr. as chair.
“Voting power makes a difference,” said Jim Madaffer, vice chair of both the county water authority board and the Colorado River Board of California, which represents the state in negotiations over management of the river that serves 40 million people. “This is an important issue for ratepayers in San Diego.”
The process of the Fallbrook and Rainbow “divorce,” as it is often called, was filled with suspicion and maneuvering.
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