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Since its formation in 1950, Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) has changed from a small, primarily agricultural-serving agency, to one whose major demands come from domestic customers. Authorized under the Municipal Water District Act of 1911, EMWD's duties and responsibilities are further delineated in the California Water Code .
In 2019 the Metropolitan Water District played a crucial role in the development of the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan (DCP). The Drought Contingency Plan aims to implement legislation to reduce the risk of declining levels in the Colorado River reservoirs, particularly by incentivizing agencies to store additional water in Lake Powell and Lake Mead. [7]
In 1923, EBMUD was founded due to the rapid population growth and severe drought in the area. The district constructed Pardee Dam (finished in 1929) on the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada, and a large steel pipe Mokelumne Aqueduct to transport the water from Pardee Reservoir across the Central Valley to the San Pablo Reservoir located in the hills of the East Bay region.
California American Water; California Department of Water Resources; California Water Service; Castaic Water Agency; Del Oro Water Company; East Bay Municipal Utility District
The Municipal Water District of Orange County, commonly known by the acronym MWDOC, is a wholesale water provider, water resource development and planning agency., [1] water-centric information, education, emergency planning, and conservation resource hub for nearly 3.2 million [2] [3] Orange County, California residents, and businesses.
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is the government agency that provides drinking water to southern and central Marin County, California.Chartered in 1912, it became California's first municipal water district. [1]
The Orange County Water District is a special district that manages the groundwater basin beneath central and northern Orange County, California.The groundwater basin provides a water supply to 19 municipal water agencies and special districts that serve 2.5 million Orange County residents.
1922 map showing the pipelines of the SVWC and the Sunol Water Temple. From the mid-19th Century, much of the Alameda County watershed was owned by the Spring Valley Water Company (SVWC), a private enterprise which held a monopoly on water service to San Francisco.