Cal Water Secures $83 Million in Additional State Funding to Relieve Customers of Past-Due Balances Accumulated During Pandemic
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With financial impacts of COVID-19 felt by California Water Service (Cal Water) customers well past the height of the pandemic, Cal Water applied for and has received more than $83.0 million through the California Extended Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (Extended Program) to relieve residential and commercial customers of past-due balances incurred during the pandemic.
- SAN JOSE, Calif., April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With financial impacts of COVID-19 felt by California Water Service (Cal Water) customers well past the height of the pandemic, Cal Water applied for and has received more than $83.0 million through the California Extended Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (Extended Program) to relieve residential and commercial customers of past-due balances incurred during the pandemic.
- The Extended Program, administered by the State Water Resources Control Board, enables water suppliers to apply for financial support on behalf of customers.
- Cal Water first secured more than $20.8 million about two years ago through the original Water & Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (Original Program) for past-due balances incurred by residential and commercial customers between March 4, 2020, and June 15, 2021.
- “We wanted to apply for these funds to help customers impacted by the pandemic,” said Martin A. Kropelnicki, Cal Water Chairman & CEO.