加利福尼亚州是最进步的州之一 关于水的服务成本要求 费率。随着节水需求的增加， 以及水预算率的日益普及 结构，加利福尼亚州法律的最新变化 对水务管理人员感兴趣。 水费由州一级监管。这个 加利福尼亚州这些法规的演变创造了一个 公用事业经理不确定的情况 如果以保护为导向的利率结构 法庭支持。最近通过的议会法案 2882消除了这种不确定性，开创了先例 对于其他州。水的日益普及 预算费率结构可能会进一步加快 现在，他们已经得到了加州的认可 议员们。基于分配的倾斜块率 由于数据原因，直到最近都不可行 管理和缺乏政治意愿。涨潮了 随着经济的发展，利率也发生了变化 在新的信息管理工具中，公众 对持续水资源问题的认识，以及 议员们开了绿灯。包括3个参考文献、图表。

California is among the most progressive states regarding cost-of-service requirements for water rates. With the increasing need for water conservation, and increasing popularity of water budget rate structures, recent changes to California laws should be of interest to water utility managers. Water rates are regulated at the state level. The evolution of these regulations in California created a situation in which utility managers were not certain if conservation-oriented rate structures would be upheld in court. The recent passage of Assembly Bill 2882 has lifted this uncertainty and set a precedent for other states. The growing popularity of water budget rate structures may accelerate even more now that they have been validated by California lawmakers. Allocation-based inclining-block rates were until recently infeasible because of the data management and lack of political will. The tide has changed in favor of such rates with the development of new information management tools, the public awareness of on-going water resource issues, and the green light from lawmakers. Includes 3 references, figures.