A water rate increase has left many around Lafayette Parish wondering why the uptick. Lauren Joubert is resident of Carencro, she says that her water bill has doubled within the past year.
Santa Cruz County officials told the Sentinel Monday the county was stepping in with short-term funding to ensure the system stays up and running and shared the same in a message to Big Basin customers on Friday using its emergency communications platform, Cruz Aware.
"I don't take this appointment lightly," said Judge Timothy Volkmann to a courthouse crowd of roughly 30, many of whom were Big Basin customers. "There's ample evidence to appoint a receiver."
For many customers of the Big Basin Water Company there only source of fresh water is a temporary fill station set up in downtown Boulder Creek, courtesy of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District.
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