Kern agency strikes 11th-hour deal to keep water flowing to Diablo Grande residents
The Kern County Water Agency will erase a $14 million debt and continue selling water at a lower rate to the Western Hills Water District as part of a deal struck just days before it said it would cut off the tap. The draft deal caps more than a year of start-and-stop threats from KCWA to cut off water to Western Hills, which is the exclusive purveyor to the 600-home Diablo Grande development in the foothills west of Patterson. The most recent cut-off date was May 31. … The details of the deal are still vague as the two sides have only signed a “letter of intent.” … However, some basics, including the erasure of the $14 million debt, were released in a public announcement sent to Diablo Grande residents.
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