New Group Wants Public Purchase of Cal-Am

“In 2008 residents in the Santa Cruz Mountain town of Felton won a near eight year battle to purchase their water system from California American Water. Today a newly formed group of Monterey Peninsula residents is hoping to do the same thing.

The Monterey Peninsula has always had a private water provider, with California American Water taking over ownership in the late sixties. But if the group Public Water Now has its way, that will change. “I believe there are a number of reasons why a public utility would be far superior. But the most important one, I think personally as a business man, is that the costs can be reduced,” said Ron Cohen, Public Water Now’s Managing Director. Cohen is the former owner of a software consulting company and a Pebble Beach resident.”

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Almanzan, Krista. KAZU 13 June 2013.