Sponser a Spud FAQ
UCAN, the not-for-profit Utility Consumers’ Action Network,
is protesting unfair water rate hikes from S.P.U.D., the
San Diego Public Utilities Department.
FREE! Fight high water rates with a protest your elected officials can't ignore!
Fed up with high water rates? SHOW CITY HALL that something is rotten at SPUD! Join us at City Hall on Monday, January 24 to express your outrage over our ridiculous water and sewer rates and a proposal to raise YOUR rates again! We are asking victims of SPUD, (the San Diego Public Utilities Department) to bring a signed potato to the hearings. And if you can't make it, we'll bring one for you! Just click on the rotten spud to "Sponsor a Spud" with your brief personal message.
What you can do to fight high water rates.
Fight unfair water rates. In May of 2010 UCAN launched its Water Project. Get an overview of eight critical projects in PDF format here, or get the latest water news here.
Do survey results just say happy water customers are happy?
Is your troublesome experience with the water department's customer service line excluding you from participating in their survey?
You Can Stop the Next Water Rate Increase!
Okay San Diego water customers! The time has come! Have you had it with the never ending water rate increases? Do you want your voice to make a difference? Well then pay close attention to every piece of mail you receive in early December. The City has decided to deliver an early holiday “gift.”
John Mattes is an embedded reporter for the New Media Rights Community Journalism Project investigating UCAN issues.
Why water reform is necessary: SPUD water shut-off policy harming San Diego's seniors
This WATER story by Joe Little of ABC 10NEWS San Diego exposes how the Water Department's shut-off policies and lack of low-income assistance is harming many San Diego seniors. MORE.
Sewer Refund Settlement
After more than two years of litigation, the City and UCAN's Executive Director agreed to a settlement that would return about $40 million to overcharged residential customers and, perhaps more importantly, allow for the creation of independent oversight of City water and sewer operations.
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