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News of the Arroyo
Title: | Water district serving Altadena considering monthly parcel tax |
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Date: | 2010-03-05 |
Author: | Dan Abendschein, Staff riter |
Publication: | Pasadena Star-News |
Content: | ALTADENA - Foothill Municipal Water District, which serves most of Altadena, is considering a $4-per-month parcel tax on customers. The parcel tax is necessary to ensure the area has enough water in the future, said Rich Atwater, a board member for the district, which serves 30,000 customers in Altadena and also has customers in La Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta. The district's board will take up the proposal at its meeting later this month. "We're just too dependent on imported water," said Atwater. "This tax will help us fund our water future." Most Popular Articles 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors Income inequality and economic growth in developing countries: an empirical analysis The last smoke: medical marijuana. (American Survey) Top of the line: some of the world's most well-respected doctors practice in South Florida. A guide to choosing the best physician specialists - Top Doctors in South Florida Getting the global view: Nestle, led by Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, climbs to the #1 spot in this year's Best Companies for Leaders Most Recent Articles While many neighboring cities, including Pasadena, have seen water rate increases in recent years, much of Altadena has been untouched by similar hikes. But like other county areas, Altadena faces increasingly expensive imported-water costs. The district imports about 60 percent of its water from non- local sources, with the rest coming from reservoirs in the foothills above Altadena, district spokesman Denis Wolcott said. The parcel tax would help the district increase local supplies and cut the amount of water it imports to 40 percent by 2014, he added. That would be accomplished by building three new water-recycling plants to reclaim and reuse waste water; projects to capture more rain water; and rebates to customers who install rain-water collection systems and other conservation devices. The reclamation plants would collect waste water, clean it, then send it back into local reservoirs to be further filtered before being reused, said Atwater. "Putting it back into the ground is often the best way to filter it," he said. |