Grover Beach residents’ water and sewer rates will rise over the next five years after an effort to protest a rate structure adjustment failed at a contentious City Council meeting Monday night. At Monday’s meeting, the Grover Beach City Council voted 3-2 to approve a new rate structure with council members Robert Robert and Clint Weirick voting against the adjustment. The adjustment in question — an as much as 91.8% increase to water and sewer bills over the next five years — was introduced to pay for the Central Coast Blue sustainable water project and other capital improvements to the city’s infrastructure.

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