Stu Summers and the organizers of “It’s the Same Water Coalition” are continuing a campaign for the Valparaiso Lakes Area Conservancy District (VLACD) Board to lower water rates while still collecting names for a “Plan B” petition to present to Mayor Jon Costas and the Valparaiso City Council, asking the city to take over water operations in their neighborhoods.

Conservancy district board members, though, said the pushback started with the first rate increase in more than a decade, one that was kept at a minimum to lessen the burden on residents, and any neighborhood that wants city water will have to be annexed and face higher property taxes as a result.

“This all started on Jan. 1 when our water rates were raised for this group of approximately 1,200 residents from the communities of B

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