The San Diego City Council is poised to decide on significant and needed water rate increases. The City Council – and ratepayers deserve the truth, not a blame game.

City staff have been quick to point the finger at the San Diego County Water Authority, while portraying the City’s multibillion-dollar Pure Water project as a cost-saving alternative. That narrative may make for convenient headlines, but it misrepresents the facts and risks misleading ratepayers about the true drivers of their bills.

The reality is Pure Water San Diego is first and foremost a wastewater compliance project. The city is legally required under the federal Clean Water Act to reduce discharges at the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant. Absent Pure Water, San Diego would have had to spend billions upgrading Po

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