[W.]

Just last month, the city saw a 17 percent cut in water use.

Next, falling revenue will be blamed for the oncoming water department rate hike.

You know they'll do it. This stuff writes itself.

[Beagle8U]

Mid July in Michigan and you can’t get the lawn mowed for all the rain, it never dries out. Deer graze in my lawn.

[IYAS9YAS]

Next, falling revenue will be blamed for the oncoming water department rate hike.

Ayup. While this story isn't from Californicatia, it is from another liberal stronghold, Albuquerque, NM.

http://www.abqjournal.com/388697/news/utility-seeks-to-raise-water-rates-as-use-drops-2.html

[Axenolith]

Just like power, they use the conservation levels as the new “baseline” and since revenue dropped from lower volume, they raise the rates.