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Aug. 8th,
2008
Del Oro Water Company
Quick to ask for money,
loath to make repairs?
Del Oro currently has a request in front of the PUC for a 170% or more
increase of rates in Johnson Park. The citizens have appealed that
increase, slowing any action for a few months.
In the meantime, needed repairs, like this year-old replacement of a
meter box on Oregon Street sits idle on the sidelines.
Del Oro is a business, like any other business and its costs increase.
Additionally, it bought the Johnson Park system apparently without any
understanding or how run down or inadequate it was.
I understand all that. I also understand that it takes a lot of money
to make repairs, make needed improvements, pay overhead and deliver the
water it is charged to deliver.
However I have a hard time understanding why anyone in their right mind
would grant a company a 170+% increase when that company fails to do
routine maintenance and repairs in a timely fashion.
As an example if this meter box is not properly installed, how long
will it be before something falls in the hole and damages the meter
forcing its replacement or a kid falls in the hole and breaks a leg or
an arm causing an insurance claim?
Should Del Oro then go back to the Public Utilities Commission and ask
for an additional increase because there are new costs?
I have no idea how many other small jobs are stalled in Johnson Park. I
do know that this one doesn’t appear to be terribly complex.
The hole is dug - of course now the leaves, trash and dirt that has
fallen in might complicate matters.
The concrete box to the left is obviously new and ready to go in the
hole. It’s been sitting there for several months.
The two orange traffic cones have fallen in the hole.
Those cones magically reappear upright marking the hole when the meters
are read.
Is the mammoth increase in rates really because of the increased cost
of doing business and upgrading the system or is it simply a way to
raise money while they let the existing system deteriorate?
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