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Prop 218 Sewer Rate hearing notice: letter sent to property owners Date: Thursday, July 5, 2007 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Boardroom |
| A recent California Supreme Court ruling changes the way water rates are set, requiring Prop 218 notices for any changes. MWSD is complying by estimating future needs, notifying our ratepayers, and providing opportunity for community feedback. This notice from our District Manager George Irving lays out the details and some background on the effects of the court's ruling. |
| More information and background regarding the proposed water rate increases. |
| FY 2006-2007 Budget |
| Draft EIR: Public Works Plan Phase I |
| County LCP Update Report. |
| The board's Solid Waste ad hoc committee is reviewing high tipping fees paid by Midcoast solid waste disposal companies. The County's agreement with BFI aka Allied Waste)" reduces fees substantially for Allied Waste. |
| Learn more about the hydrogeology of our area. Poster suitable for classroom use! |
| Seal Cove geologic report, August 2006, 15 pages. |
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Stage 5 Water Warning Cancelled On June 22, 2006 we posted a Stage 5 Water Alert and asked you to restrict the use of water while the District renovated one of its principal wells (Wagner Well). The renovation has now been successfully completed and is restored to full service. It is now producing about 80 gallons per minute which is almost twice what is was before the renovation. Thanks for the terrific job everyone did to conserve water during this time!
Water Conservation
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Learn about the Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program. The District is happy to be participating in this exciting project to help learn about how ocean currents move water along the coastline. An example of such a monitoring site. |
| Spring 2005 Community Water Workshop |
| Keith Mangold's presentation to the board about the Pilarcitos Creek watershed. |
June 2006 Annual water consumer confidence report (for calendar 2005) download.
The slides from the presentation of our Draft Water Plan are available for download.
As we begin the process of improving the water system, a big thanks to all who joined us for the November 8th community meeting. The slides are available for download.
Balance Hydrologics is helping us with our efforts to locate more water. Want to learn more about the hydrology of our area? Here's a PDF report covering a lot of their research.
Cal-Am's 2002 water quality report (PDFs: background, data). The California Department of Health Services notes that our water meets all state standards for safe drinking water.
Water Conservation
Our community excels at water conservation. There's never enough to waste.
As of August 1, 2003, Montara Water & Sanitary District now operates the former Cal-Am Montara water district. We reached agreement to acquire the system in May.
A bit of history...
The District sold $17.5M in bonds to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of the water system.
MSD's board placed a bond measure on the November 2001 ballot. With more than an 80% vote, the voters of Montara Moss Beach authorized the issue of bonds (up to $19M) to purchase and rehabilitate the water system. You can read more about the bond measure at the League of Women Voters site.
American Water Works completed purchase of the water system from Citizen's Utilities in January 2002, and then turned around and sold to German conglomerate RWE. The PUC approved their application, with the condition that they divest to a public agency like MSD.
Water Rates Were Going Up
Citizen's Utilities proposed a Master Plan update to increase water rates by 83%. After extensive work by MSD, the PUC approved a markedly cheaper plan, with rates to go up "only" 42%. The short story is right here: Proposed water rate schedule (14KB)
1997 Economic analysis -- Bartle Wells, Independent Public Finance Advisors, prepared a connection charge review when the District was preparing to lift the sewer moratorium some years back. The board was concerned that expansion costs be apportioned appropriately to those receiving the benefits.
