This note is to let readers know that the El Dorado Hills Citizens Alliance has set up a Web page collecting information related to the El Dorado Irrigation District water and wastewater rate setting issue.

It includes links to the most relevant documents, most collected from the EID Web site but isolated into the smaller set of content for the rate-setting issue. The Web page also contains a section of graphic metrics, including all charts and graphs from EID’s 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

This Web page has been updated daily over the past two weeks to add content, and is likely to have additional updates. The easiest way to reach it on the Web is to go to edhca.net and click on the conspicuous “Hot Issue” image or text.

The El Dorado Hills Citizens Alliance recognizes that the circumstances involved with the currently proposed water and wastewater rate increases are more complex and limiting than is easily evident.

We recognize that our area’s current economic circumstances are challenging for both the El Dorado Irrigation District itself and its customers as well. A large portion of those customers are El Dorado Hills citizens, and they have legitimate needs and desires to minimize costs. Therefore, the Citizens Alliance urges the El Dorado Irrigation District to diligently seek courses of action to limit rate increases to the lowest legally feasible levels.

Paul Raveling, president, El Dorado Hills Citizens Alliance