Metropolitan Water District Fast Facts

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

www.mwdh2o.com

700 N Alameda St

Los Angeles, CA 90012-2944

213-217-6000

This agency is a water distributor/reseller/wholesaler.  The Metropolitan Water District buys the water and distributes the water to 26 member angencies. The 26 member agencies sell the water to 300 subagencies (local water companies) or directly to consumers.  The FY 2007-08 budget was about $1.98 billion.

Service Area:  About 5200 square miles in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties.

Meetings:  Start at 8:00 or 8:30 AM.  Meetings are at Metropolitan Water District Headquarters, 700 North Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA.  

Meeting dates for 2009:  

• Tuesday July 28
• Tuesday August 25
• Tuesday September 22
• Monday October 12
• Tuesday October 13
• Tuesday October 27
• Monday November 9
• Tuesday November 10
• Tuesday November 24
• Monday December 7
• Tuesday December 8

Board of Directors - 37 Members & City or Authority Represented

Timothy F. Brick,  Chair	Pasadena
Marcie Edwared, Vice Chair	Anaheim
John W. Murray, Jr., Vice Chair	City of Los Angeles
Fern Steiner, Vice Chair	San Diego County Water Authority
Judy Abdo, Secretary	Santa Monica
Robert Wunderlich	Beverly Hills
Glenn A. Brown	Burbank
Yvonne Arceneaux	Compton
James H. Blake	Fullerton
Peter Kavounas	Glendale
Suja Lowenthal	Long Beach
David W. Fleming	City of Los Angeles
Aaron A. Grunfeld	City of Los Angeles
Jesus E. Quinonez	City of Los Angeles
Sylvia Ballin	San Fernando
John T. Morris	San Marino
Daniel E. Griset	Santa Ana
Bill D. Wright	Torrance
Ted Grandsen	Calleguas Municipal Water District
Robert Apodaca	Central Basin Municpal Water District
Phillip D. Hawkins	Central Basin Municipal WaterDistrict
Randy A. Record	Eastern Municipal Water District
James T. Edwards	Foothill Municipal Water District
Angel Santiago	Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Glen D. Peterson	Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
Linda Ackerman	Municipal Water District of Orange County
Ergun Bakall	Municipal Water District of Orange County
Larry D. Dick	Municipal Water District of Orange County
John V. Foley	Municipal Water District of Orange County
James M. Barrett	San Diego County Water Authority
Keith Lewinger	San Diego County Water Authority
W. D. "Bud" Pocklington	San Diego County Water Authority
David D. De Jesus	Three Valleys Municipal Water District
R. William "Bill" Robinson	Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Gloria D. Gray	West Basin Municipal Water District
Edward C. "Ed" Little	West Basin Municpal Water District
S. R. "Al" Lopez	Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County

Member Agencies & Areas Represented/Served

Anaheim - Anaheim

Beverly Hills - Beverly Hills

Burbank - Burbank

Compton - Compton

Fullerton - Fullerton

Glendale - Glendale

Long Beach - Long Beach

City of Los Angeles - City of Los Angeles

Pasadena - Pasadena

San Fernando - San Fernando

San Marino - San Marino

Santa Ana - Santa Ana

Santa Monica - Santa Monica

Torrance - Torrance

Calleguas Municipal Water District - Camarillo, Camarillo Heights, Fairview, Lake Sherwood Valley, Las Posas, Moorpark, Oak Park, Oxnard, NAWS Point Mugu, NCBC Port Hueneme, Simi Vallley, Santa Rosa Valley, Somis, Thousand Oaks

Central Basin Municipal Water District - Artesia, Bell, Bell Flower, Bell Gardens, Cerritos, Commerce, Cudahy, Downey, East Los Angeles, Florence, Hawaiian Gardens, Huntington Park, La Habra Heights, Lakewood, La Mirada, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Signal Hill, South Gate, South Whittier, Vernon, Whittier

Eastern Municipal Water District - Nuevo, Menifee, Good Hope, Hemet, Homeland, Juniper Flats, Lakeview, Mead Valley, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Murrieta Hot Springs, North Canyon Lake, Perris, Quail Valley, Romoland, San Jacinto, Sun City, Temecula, Valle Vista, Winchester

Foothill Municipal Water District - Altadena, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose

Inland Empire Utilities Agency - Chino, Chino Hills, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, 

Rancho Cucamonga, Upland

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District - Agoura, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Chatsworth, Lake Manor, Hidden Hills, Malibu Lake, Monte Nido, Westlake Village, West Hills

Municipal Water District of Orange County - Brea, Buena Park, Capistrano Beach, Corona Del Mar, Costa Mesa, Coto De Caza, Cypress, Dana Point, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, La Habra, Lake Forest, La Palma, Leisure World, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Monarch Beach, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, San  Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Tustin Foothills, Villa Park, Westminster, Yorba Linda

San Diego County Water Authority - Alpine, Bonita, Bonsail, Camp Pendleton, Carlsbad, Cas De Oro, Chula Vista, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Lakeside, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Mount Helix, National City, Oceanside, Pauma Valley, Poway, Rainbow, Ramona, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach, Spring Valley, Valley Center, Vista

Three Valleys Municipal Water District - Azusa, Charter Oak, Claremont, Covina, Covina Knolls, Diamond Bar, Glendora, Industry, La Verne, Pomona, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, South San Jose Hills, Walnut, West Covina

Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water  District  - Avocado Heights, Arcadia, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, Citrus, Covina, Duarte, El Monte, Glendora, Hacienda Heights, Industry, Irwindale, La Puente, Mayflower Village, Monrovia, Rosemead, San Gabriel, South El Monte, South Pasadena, South San Gabriel, Temple City, Valinda, West Covina, West Puente Valley

West Basin Municpal Water District - Alondra Park, Carson, Culver City, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawhtorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Ladera Heights, Lawndale, Lennox, Lomita, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Marina Del Rey, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Ross-Sexton, Topanga Canyon, Torrance, West Athens, West Hollywood 

Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County - Bedford Heights, Canyon Lakes, Corona, Eagle Valley, El Sobrante, Jurupa, Lake Elsinor, Lake Matthews, March Air Reserve Base, Murrieta, Norco, Riverside, Rubidoux, Temecula, Temescal Canyon, Woodcrest

Facilities Operated

Colorado River Aqueduct (Lake Havasu to Lake Matthews)

Pumping Plants:  Intake, Gene (in WA) , Iron Mountain , Eagle Mountain , Julian Hinds 

Water Treatment Plants:  Joseph Jensen in Granada Hills, F.E. Weymouth in LaVerne, Robert A. Skinner in Winchester, Robert B. Diemer in Yorba Linda, Henry J. Mills in Riverside

Reservoirs:  Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, Lake Matthews in Riverside, Lake Skinner in Winchester,m Copper Basin in Gene, WA, Live Oak in LaVerne, Garvey in Monterey Park, Palos Verdes in Rolling Hills, Orange County in Brea

• 63 miles of canals
• 92 miles of tunnels
• 55 miles of conduits
• 144 underground siphons totalling 28.7 miles 
• 775 miles of distribution pipelines with about 400 connections to member agencies
• 16 hydroelectric plants