Six water mains break in L.A. on day DWP's chief seeks rate hikes

A 5% water rate hike and a 10.5% power rate hike are sought to address maintenance and environmental issues. The pipe breaks are blamed on work at a reservoir north of Beverly Hills.

As utility crews raced Tuesday to repair six water main breaks that stretched from the Hollywood Freeway on the east to La Cienega Boulevard on the west, the general manager of the Department of Water and Power stood before the agency's Board of Commissioners and requested a series of steep rate increases over the next two years.

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