FPUD increases rates - Brady expands on viability of FPUD, RMWD consolidation

The Fallbrook Public Utility (FPUD) board of directors approved a fee increase for the next fiscal year, which will begin on July 1. According to general manager Brian Brady, the average customer will spend another $8.43 a month, which amounts to approximately 28 cents a day.

“That is an increase of approximately 8.1 percent in their monthly bill,” he said. “The majority of the increase is just for the cost of water.”

The cost of treated water that FPUD purchases from the San Diego Water Authority is increasing, said Brady, who said the cost will go from $1,148 per acre-foot to $1,259 per acre...