Environment Report: While San Diego Leaders Balk at High Rates, City Debates Less-Ambitious Sewage Recycling Plan

As seen in the Voice of San Diego: Dr. Daniel Enemark, Chief Economist at the Policy and Innovation Center, addresses water affordability “Expensive water is annoying to me because I make enough money to be able to afford it,” “For others, it’s crushing.”

In September, the San Diego City Council gave the mayor a month to find ratepayers savings on water rates. Tuesday’s the councilmembers’ second attempt to pass a 63 percent water and 31 percent wastewater increase over four years.