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Now that Pilgrim’s Pride has officially announced that it will scale back its operations, the El Dorado Water and Sewer Commission is considering rescinding a discount in water rates it offered the company.

The commission agreed in April to temporarily reduce water rates for Pilgrim’s Pride by 30 cents per 1,000 gallons to keep the El Dorado Water Utilities’ (EWU) largest customer and to help prevent the poultry producer from shutting its doors in El Dorado and eliminating more than 1,200 jobs.

Pilgrim’s announced last week that it will chuck its back-end o...