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- Fire Protection and Resiliency Montecito Water District remains ready and prepared to provide water for fighting fires across Montecito and Summerland, and ongoing projects…
- MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN and WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2026, 9:30 A.M.* Montecito Water District (District) is currently preparing updates to its Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan…
- Bella Vista Highline Repair Project: Mitigated Negative Declaration NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT 583 San Ysidro Road Santa Barbara, California 93108…
- Water Main Replacement on Freehaven Drive Montecito Water District is more than one hundred years old-and so are some of its pipelines! As part of its…
- Montecito Water District Collects “Rain Check” with Hart’s Help The extreme winter storm that hit locally on January 9, 2023 was a federally declared disaster. While significant impacts made…
- Improving Reliability and Resilience with Reservoir Retrofits and Replacements Set to begin this fall is the first in a series of reservoir retrofits to address seismic resilience. This important…
- Annual Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (2024) Now Available Online
- Introducing Water Budgets
- Water Supply and Fire Protection Montecito Water District's local storage reservoirs supply community water daily. Water Supply and Fire Protection Our thoughts are with all…
- District Receives TRANSPARENCY CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Montecito Water District was presented the District Transparency Certificate of Excellence in December 2024 by the Special District Leadership…
- “Smart Meter” Customer Portal Now Open!
- Project Update: Seismic Upgrades On Track for First Reservoir Construction is underway on the first of eight of the District's existing water storage reservoirs which are slated for seismic…
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- Project Update: Seismic Upgrades On Track for First Reservoir - Construction is underway on the first of eight of the District’s existing water storage reservoirs which are slated for seismic retrofit and/or replacement to reduce vulnerability to potential future disasters such as earthquakes. Updates began December 2025 on Terminal Reservoir, originally completed in 1952. Terminal’s needed improvements include extensive reinforcement and replacement of concrete footings […]
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