A water district 200 miles north of Kern County is fighting back against a local agency’s threat to terminate an agreement that has supplied a 600-home development for the past 24 years.
Residents of the development, called Diablo Grande just west of Patterson, approved a 200% increase to their water rates, agreeing to pay $600 a month, in order to make payments on what the Kern County Water Agency (KCWA) has said is a $13 million debt.
But that only bought them six months of supplies as KCWA vowed to end its agreement with Western Hills Water District, which exclusively serves Diablo Grande, on Dec. 31…