FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Montecito, California, January 30, 2019) Montecito Water District’s (MWD) mission is at its essence to provide its community with a reliable supply of high quality water at a reasonable cost. Desalination and Recycled Water projects have jumped to the MWD’s front burner as a variety of factors–most notably an historic 8-year drought […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Montecito, California, January 17, 2019) While residents have had to brave evacuations and rainy weather on the heels of the anniversary of last year’s January 9, 2018 Thomas Fire Debris Flow incident, this week’s storms carried needed rain for the community of Montecito. Thursday’s storm brought precipitation over the Santa Ynez River […]
December 14, 2018 The Draft annex is available for public review here on the District’s website: www.montecitowater.com. It is also available at the Montecito Water District Office, 583 San Ysidro Road, Montecito, California 93108 during normal business hours, 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. Comments and / or questions can be directed to Adam Kanold by […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Floyd Wicks, President of the Board of Directors, Montecito Water District. (Montecito, California, December 11, 2018) Last week Montecito Water District’s (MWD) Strategic Planning Committee met to review the current status of a potential long-term Water Supply Agreement with the City of Santa Barbara (City). Phase 2 negotiations resumed in late March […]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Montecito Water District (MWD), as lead agency, has completed an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and invites public comments on the adequacy and completeness of the environmental analysis described in the IS/MND. The Draft IS/MND will be available for public review and comment for a 21-day public review period from […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The 2017-2018 water year presented nearly every challenge a Water District might face: ongoing historic drought conditions, unprecedented climatic events, high-demand for fire protection, infrastructure devastation, disaster response, and community restoration. Amidst all of this, delivering a reliable supply of water at a reasonable cost to our customers continues to be MWD’s […]
Montecito Water District to begin implementation of Automated Meter Infrastructure (AMI), commonly referred to as “Smart Meters” in 2019. (Montecito, California, October 3, 2018) In August the District’s Board of Directors voted unanimously in support of moving forward with the implementation of a Smart Metering Program, and closed the deal last week by approving a […]
(Montecito, California, September 21, 2018) Montecito Water District’s Strategic Planning Committee met September 20th to review the eagerly awaited draft Recycled Water Feasibility Study (Study) and discuss feasible projects. Woodard & Curran was hired to conduct the Study, half of which was funded by a grant awarded to the District by the State Water Resources […]
(Montecito, California, August 16, 2018) Public Hearings were conducted and the Board of Directors took action on two important items in July: Continuation of the Water Availability Charge (WAC) Collected annually since 1996, the Water Availability Charge is assessed on the county tax roll and funds are used exclusively for water system improvement projects such […]
Montecito Water District is pleased to provide you with this new bill format. The new bill format is one piece of an integrated effort to improve processes and provide added efficiency, benefits, and value for our customers. Please take a moment to review the important changes noted below. Beginning in early August, 2018: 1) All […]
