Nearly 200 households in the Diablo Grande community in western Stanislaus County have received water shutoff notices after the local water district raised monthly rates to more than $600.
Residents say they have continued to pay for water service, but are now being penalized because Western Hills Water District fell behind on its own payments to Kern County, which supplies the community’s water.
Verity Harding, who has lived in Diablo Grande since 2021, said her family’s bill used to be about $220 a month…