Water to cost more

Los Angeles could be facing a 21 percent increase in the cost of its imported water as the continuing drought potentially leads to a tougher rationing plan that limits residents to outdoor watering only three days a week. Daily News

The staff of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which supplies the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power with 60 percent of its supplies, warned of dramatically higher costs at a recent meeting, drawing anger from its board representing agencies in six counties.

"We objected to it strenuously," DWP General Manager David Nahai said. "We believe insufficient studies have been conducted to see if costs can be reduced before deciding upon this level of water increase. We succeeded in getting management to agree to the study."