(Adel) Hagekhalil had pushed the CFO to assume a complex water deal would soon infuse it with cash and allow it to pass along lower water rate increases to its agencies – agencies including the San Diego County Water Authority. San Diego representatives had insisted on this and Hagekhalil was listening. Water rates are soaring with no end in sight and this decision kept them from soaring even more. This week, the board of the MWD decided to push him out officially after months of suspension. … Word is that the LA-San Diego-Imperial Valley water transfer deal may still go through, it just could take a while.