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The Coachella Valley Water District is raising rates—a lot, in some cases. However, the board of directors says it has no choice thanks to California’s Proposition 218.

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Liquid Gold: Many Coachella Valley Water District Customers Will Face a State-Mandated Increase in Their Water Bills Come July 1

Dry Times: The Coachella Valley Is Not Currently in a Drought Emergency Like Most of California—but Local Water Agencies Say We Still Need to Conserve

Backup Needed: A State Grant Will Help the CVWD Install an Emergency Generator at an East Valley Well That Serves More Than 32,000 Residents and Businesses

Everyone (With COVID) Poops: Wastewater Testing Can Help Officials Detect COVID-19 Outbreaks and Variants—but Palm Springs Is the Only Valley City Using the Technology

Keeping the Water Flowing: Two of the Valley’s Largest Water Agencies Say a Statewide Moratorium on Shutoffs Has Not Caused Financial Problems—Yet

So Long, Ice Castle: Skaters and Hockey-Lovers Mourn the Closure of the Ice Rink—Which Was Financially Troubled Well Before the Pandemic

What’s in the Water: A Report by an Environmental-Watchdog Group Proves It’s Important to Read Beyond the Alarming Headlines

Flood Follow-Up: What Are Local Governments Doing to Shore Up Infrastructure Affected by the Valentine’s Day flood?

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