Notice of Adopted Rate Change

At the November 19, 2025 Protest Public Hearing the District considered and adopted the proposed water, wastewater, and recycled water rates for the next five years. The first-year rate change will take effect January 1, 2026, and every July 1 thereafter. The Resolution adopting the rates can be found below:

Resolution No. 2025-18 Adopting the 2025 Rate Study

We encourage you to review the Rate Change Notification which was mailed to all ratepayers and property owners within the District’s service area. It contains information on the District’s accomplishments since the previous rate study of 2020.

Rate Change Notification (Sep 2025)

The draft cost-of-service study can also be found here: 

Draft Water and Wastewater Rate Study (Sep 2025)

Under the new rates, the District plans on increasing its financial security and completing infrastructure improvements. Some of these include:

• Lining and repairing segments of the sewer collection system
• Installing permanent backup power solutions at critical water pumping stations
• Upgrading the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system
• Replacing redwood water tanks with noncombustible storage tanks
• Upgrading segments of the water distribution system

 

Schedule of Events

All events took place in the District Board Room at 19400 Hartmann Rd, Hidden Valley Lake, CA 95467.

• July 16, 2025: Adopt Proposition 218 Administrative Exhaustion Procedures via Resolution 2025-17 
• September 17, 2025: Approve the proposed rates
• November 10, 2025 (5:30 PM): Deadline to submit legal objection to the Proposition 218 proceeding
• November 12, 2025 (6:00 PM): Objection Public Hearing
• November 19, 2025 (prior to the close of the protest public hearing): Deadline to submit rate protest
• November 19, 2025 (6:00 PM): Rate protest public hearing and rate adoption.

 A copy of Resolution 2025-17 can be found here:

Resolution No. 2025-17 Adoption of Prop 218 Administrative Exhaustion Procedures