ANTIOCH — In an effort to support its new brackish desalination plant and other improvements, water rates in Antioch are set to rise after the city council on Tuesday approved a new five-year plan. Starting May 1, the cost of water will increase as much as 7% annually for a single-family home and then potentially rise... read full story
"Operating costs have continued to incrementally, and at times substantially, increase each year for personnel, utilities, water purchase costs from Contra Costa Water District when the city cannot pump from the river, and other maintenance costs of the city's water treatment plant,"