The Rancho California Water District approved the district’s 2022-2023 rates.A 7-0 RCWD board vote Thursday, June 9, approved the rates. All RCWD customers are either in the Rancho Division or in the Santa Rosa Division, and the average rate increase will be 3.9% for Rancho Division customers and 5.6% for Santa Rosa Division accounts. The Santa Rosa Division has less access to the local supply, so rates in that division are higher. The RCWD rate increase is on a fiscal year basis and will take effect Friday, July 1.Customers are given a water budget based on factors including number of people in the household, landscaped area and weather conditions. Water within that budget is billed at Tier 1 rates, usage between 100% and 150% of that budget is billed at Tier 2, usage between 15
