Measuring the cost of Claremont’s water take over
“As the city begins its effort to acquire a water system from Golden State Water Company one question looms: at what cost?
For years, Claremont residents have lobbied to buy the water system but it wasn’t until this year that a majority of the City Council backed such a measure.
On Nov. 4, voters overwhelmingly backed a bond measure that allows the city to borrow up to $135 million to acquire the system, which serves more than 11,000 customers.
“We’ve to tried negotiate with them nicely and they were disingenuous over and over again. You get tired of that,” said Helaine Goldwater, with Claremont Friends of Locally Owned Water also known as FLOW.
But not all who try to take over their system find it is that easy, said Julie Hooper, a spokeswoman for the San Dimas-based Golden State Water Company.”
Marquez, Liset. Daily Bulletin 24 November 2014.