The Sacramento Suburban Water District and the Carmichael Water District are moving along with their talks about a possible merger. On January 24th, and again on January 31st, they will be holding public workshops to update people on the status of their discussions and to provide results of a "Further Analysis Report" - a detailed assessment of combination opportunities and responses to questions…

The Sacramento Suburban Water District and the Carmichael Water District are engaged in a discussion and study about the potential combination of the two districts. They are looking at how combining the two districts might improve operating efficiencies, reduce costs, enhance customer service and increase the reliability of the water supply. A consultant study about the possibile consolidation has…

The two districts have just released a draft third-party analysis that suggests some kind of combination of the two districts would be feasible. The report is chock-full of down-in-the-weeds details about how to run a public water supply agency. Those details paint a very clear picture of how these two public entities function and what they do with taxpayers' and ratepayers' money. The districts…