Water flows over the spillway from Bon Tempe Lake towards Alpine Lake in the Mount Tamalpais watershed on Friday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)
A majority of Marin residents’ water bills will see significant increases beginning in July as the Marin Municipal Water District looks to make historic investments in new water supplies and recover from the recent drought.
The agency’s board of directors voted 4-1, with Director Larry Russell dissenting, on Tuesday to approve a plan to hike water rates and fees for the next four years.
The rate increases will be the largest the district has passed in recent memory. A typical single-family home should expect to see about a 20% increase in water bill costs beginning July 1. Bimonthly water bill amounts for these customers are estimated to increase from about $139 to about $171 in…
