Claiming that its residents are charged “double and in some cases triple” the rates for water in surrounding communities, Marysville Mayor Chris Branscum raised the specter of “severing our relationship” with the water company that has served the city since 1929. At a special meeting called three days after the city learned of a proposal by the California Water Service Co. to increase revenue 33 percent over the next three years across its system of 24 communities, the city council gave City Manager Jim Schaad direction to investigate the financial data  of the water company, and to let the California Public Utilities Commission know about its objection to the proposed increase. Two members of the Yuba County Board of Supervisors encouraged the city to discuss with the Linda County Water District and the Olivehurst Public Utility District the possibility of a regional water supply system, and to approach the Yuba Water Agency for a grant to help build the system.