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REPORT - SONOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY 2023/24 WATER TRANSMISSION BUDGET AND RATE INCREASE
BACKGROUND: The City of Santa Rosa purchases approximately 95% of the water supplied to our customers from the Sonoma Water, the region’s water wholesaler. Sonoma Water is proposing to raise the wholesale rate of water by 10.56% from $1,061.04 per acre-foot to $1173.09 per acre foot.
There is a Water Advisory Committee (WAC) made up of elected officials of each of the eight prime contractors, including Santa Rosa, that purchase water from Sonoma Water. The WAC is an advisory committee to the Sonoma Water Board of Directors. The City’s WAC Representative is Mayor Natalie Rogers. On April 3, 2023, the WAC is scheduled to vote on whether or not to recommend approval of the Sonoma Water proposed 2023/24 budget and rate increase to the Sonoma Water Board of Directors.
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is made of technical staff of each of the eight prime contractors that purchase water from Sono...
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