The Board of DIrectors of Rainbow Munucipal Water District adopted a new water rate structure on December 6, 2016. These new rates go into effect for all water consumption that occurs on a bill dated after January 6, 2017. This means that your bill that has consumption that spans from December into January will not be affected by this rate change, but the bill that contains consumption starting after January 6, 2017 will include these new rates.
The rate increase consists mainly of pass through costs from the District's water wholesaler, the San Diego County Water Authority, as well a pass through of increased costs from San Diego Gas and Electric. Cost increases for the District's internal costs were limited to a CPI increase of just over 2%. Overall, for most classes of customers the net effect of the rate increase on bills is just over 3%. Examples are included on the attached notice.
Rainbow Municipal Water District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Rainbow Municipal Water District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Rainbow Municipal Water District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Rainbow Municipal Water District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
