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Our mission is to provide safe drinking water to our customers at the lowest possible cost while adhering to the strictest guidelines for water quality, safety, conservation and environmental protection.
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2017 Validated Water Loss Audit Report
2020 Urban Water Management Plan
2015 Urban Water Management Plan
2015 Errata Sheet minor corrections - UWMP
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The City’s two water supplies come from ground water and the State Water Project.
Its construction authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937, the massive Central Valley Project (CVP) encompasses 20 reservoirs with a combined storage capacity of 11 million acre-feet, eight power plants, two pumping-generating plants and some 500 miles of major canals and aqueducts. In a normal year, the CVP delivers 7 million acre-feet of water to about 3 million acres of farmland in the Central Valley.
In 1960, California voters approved financing for construction of the initial features of the State Water Project (SWP). The project includes some 22 dams and reservoirs, a Delta pumping plant, a 444-mile-long aqueduct that carries water from the Delta through the San Joaquin Valley to southern California. The project begins at Oroville Dam on the Feather River and ends at Lake Perris near Riverside. At the Tehachapi Mountains, giant pumps lift the water from the California Aqueduct some 2,000 feet over the mountains and into southern California.
The 1,440-mile-long Colorado River passes through parts of seven states, several Indian reservations and the Republic of Mexico. California is entitled to 4.4 million acre-feet of water annually from river. Most of that water irrigates crops in the Palo Verde, Imperial and Coachella valleys, located in the southeastern corner of the state, but the Colorado also is a vital source of water for urban southern California. Urban supplies are distributed by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California through its Colorado River Aqueduct.
Many cities rely on local water projects for all or a portion of their supplies. These projects typically were built and are operated by local public water districts, county water departments, city water departments or other special districts. Nearly 600 special purpose local agencies in California provide water to their areas through local development projects and imported supplies. A number of local agencies may also operate flood control and wastewater treatment facilities in addition to providing drinking water.
About 30 percent of California’s total annual water supply comes from groundwater in normal years, and up to 60 percent in drought years. Local communities’ usage may be different; many areas rely exclusively on groundwater while others use only surface water supplies. Contrary to popular opinion, groundwater does not exist in underground lakes. Groundwater fills pores (spaces) between sand, gravel, silt and clay in water-bearing formations known as aquifers.
A number of large population centers in California have developed their own extensive water projects. The Hetch Hetchy Project transports Tuolumne River water 156 miles from the Central Sierra to San Francisco and peninsula cities.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District supplies cities on the east side of San Francisco Bay with Mokelumne River water.
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City of California City
Utility Department
21000 Hacienda Blvd
California City, CA 93505
Public Works Department 7800 Moss Ave California City, CA 93505
Phone: 760-373-8661 Fax: 760-373-7809 waterdept@californiacity-ca.gov
Business Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM - 5:45 PM Every other Friday 8:30 AM - 4:45 PM
Closed on Alternative Fridays, Weekends, & Holidays
Water EMERGENCIES ONLY during business hours please call:
- City Hall at (760) 373-8661 or Public Works at (760) 373-7199
Water EMERGENCIES AFTER HOURS please call:
- Water Standby at (760) 559-5713