But the three water agencies will have to continue payments to Ionics for five years.

The city is served by three water agencies and one sewage treatment agency.

Across the country, metropolitan water agencies are battling increasing pollution from the countryside.

In the 1980's a state water agency ordered the district to institute conservation measures.

Maybe it's time for the system to become free-standing, to be under the control of a state or regional water agency.

Fees are destined to the six water agencies at the basin level mentioned above.

New York's water agency had to raise yields on the $580 million in revenue to help attract buyers.

Neighboring Nevada was poised to lose 11 percent of its share of the river, even though the state's water agencies did nothing wrong.

The water agency itself is restudying the billing question.