COUNTY ORDERS WATER-RATE HIKES.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County supervisors approved water-rate Noun 1. water-rate - rate per quarter for water from a public supply Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England hikes for Los Angeles County Waterworks waterworks: see water supply. District customers in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . Water rates will go up 31 percent to 33 percent in March and 8 percent to 9 percent in July for more than 50,600 homes and businesses that the Los Angeles County Waterworks District supplies in west Palmdale and Lancaster. Rates will go up 19 percent to 37 percent in March and an additional 1 percent to 5 percent in July for the Waterworks District's 7,200 east valley customers. Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday in Los Angeles to adopt the rate increase. County officials said the average monthly residential bill will increase between $10.70 and $24.74 per month, with 70 percent of bills increasing less than $15 per month. Officials are also proposing to institute three levels of rates - conservation, normal and excessive - in which water gets costlier as a homeowner uses more each month. Lancaster and west Palmdale customers now pay $9.34 to $14.01 a month for the first 500 cubic feet of water - about 3,700 gallons - and 54 cents to 95 cents plus a 5-cent surcharge An overcharge or additional cost. A surcharge is an added liability imposed on something that is already due, such as a tax on tax. It also refers to the penalty a court can impose on a fiduciary for breaching a duty. for each additional 100 cubic feet. Most Lake Los Angeles residents pay $11.46 a month and 60 cents plus the 5-cent surcharge for each additional 100 cubic feet. Other rural east valley areas pay as much as $17.88 a month plus $1.22 and the 5-cent surcharge. The ``excessive'' rate kicks in when customers exceed 6,500 cubic feet a month in the summer and fall and 3,000 cubic feet in the winter and spring. The price will double for water used beyond the 6,500 cubic feet in summer and 3,000 cubic feet in winter. In addition, the price will go down 10 percent for people who use less than 2,000 cubic feet in summer or 1,500 cubic feet in winter. |
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