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Administrative/Regulatory

Dec. 9, 2009

Residents Sue Over Water Rate Hikes

A small, rural San Joaquin Valley city has come under fire over what attorneys are rising water and wastewater rates, which are slated to soar 270 percent by 2013.

By Dhyana Levey

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A small, rural San Joaquin Valley city has recently come under fire over what attorneys are calling an exorbitant increase in water and wastewater rates, which are slated to soar 270 percent by 2013.

In an attempt to have the increase invalidated, seven low-income residents of Livingston have filed a lawsuit in Merced County Superior Court with help from San Francisco Latham & Watk...

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