Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

The San Diego County Water Authority has filed multiple rate lawsuits against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and has been awarded legal damages and interest payments. The SDCWA refunds the lawsuit awards to its member agencies for those agencies’ share of the settlement. Each CWA member agency can choose how to use the money, and the Fallbrook Public Utility District board voted Jan. 24 to use the refund to reduce FPUD’s loan amount for the Santa Margarita Conjunctive Use Project.

FPUD’s board voted 5-0 to select the option to...