The Kern County Water Agency is poised to cut off the only water source for a 600-home development in Stanislaus County as of June 30 unless residents there agree to a 200% increase in water rates, jacking up their bills to $600 a month.
Even then, the increase will only buy a bare minimum of water through Dec. 31, according to a letter from KCWA to the Western Hills Water District. The Western Hills board president Mark Korvich declined to comment, directing SJV Water to documents on the district’s website
Western Hills serves the Diablo Grande development, once planned as a sprawling 5,000-home luxury golf community in the foothills west of Patterson…