The Joshua Basin Water District Board meets tonight. Reporter Mike Lipsitz says a deal that was too good to be true, was…
It seemed like a deal too good to be true. Joshua Basin Water District entered into an agreement where the Hi-Desert Medical Center was to pay for planning and construction of a packaged wastewater treatment plant on Medical Center property. Then the Medical Center would turn over ownership of the plant to the Water District. Well, now the Medical Center’s auditors say “no good,” that the transfer from one public agency to another is not going to fly. So at tonight’s 7 p.m. meeting of the Joshua Basin Water District, Directors will consider a revised agreement where the Hospital will retain ownership of the plant and contract with the Water District to operate it. It all happens at District offices on Chollita Road in Joshua Tree.
