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05/16/2025
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors voted to adopt new water and sewer rates that will go into effect July 1, 2025. These increases will fund essential upgrades to aging water, sewer, and recycled water infrastructure.

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05/01/2025
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors is considering new water and sewer rates to support essential upgrades to aging infrastructure.

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04/28/2025
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District is moving forward with a wide range of capital improvement projects this summer aimed at minimizing long-term costs, protecting Lake Tahoe, and delivering high-quality, reliable water, wastewater, and recycled water services for the South Shore community.

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04/21/2025
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District (District) is launching free public tours at its wastewater treatment plant on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. The 45-minute tours will provide residents with a behind the scenes look at how the facility operates and the critical role it plays in cleaning wastewater.

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03/13/2025
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Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of San Francisco, making it harder for the Environmental Protection Agency to police sewage discharges like San Francisco's discharge of sewage into the Pacific Ocean during particularly heavy rains. Though it sets a precedent for cities and counties to make their own decisions regarding permit changes, the South Tahoe Public Utility District will be maintaining their rigorous water quality standards to protect the lake and those who live here.

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01/12/2025
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District works around the clock to provide our mountain community with safe, clean drinking water, water for firefighting and reliable wastewater services to protect Lake Tahoe.

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11/26/2024
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While the water delivered to those living in South Lake Tahoe is guaranteed to contain no lead in it, the lines bringing H2O to your home could be leaching lead into it anyway. South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District recently put out a notice for residents to find and check their lines to ensure they're not made of either lead or galvanized metal, which could put people at risk for lead consumption.

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11/14/2024
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As part of a nationwide effort to protect communities from lead exposure, South Tahoe Public Utility District is encouraging residents to help identify the material of their water service line. While no lead water service lines have been identified in South Lake Tahoe to date, residents with unknown service line materials are urged to follow five easy steps to determine the material their water line.

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10/28/2024
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The South Tahoe Public Utilities Department held a stakeholders advisory group and public information meeting regarding how they deal with recycled water. The plan is open for comment from October 24 to November 11.

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10/17/2024
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As temperatures begin to drop below freezing at night, protecting your home plumbing from the damage and expense caused by frozen pipes is essential. Remember these tips to prepare your home for chilly temps.Before freezing temperatures set in:

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10/08/2024
The South Tahoe Public Utilities District is holding a public meeting on October 24 for a discussion on a future recycled water plan.

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10/07/2024
Meet the candidates running for seats on the South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Direcotrs at a forum on October 23.

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09/03/2024
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Low-income South Lake Tahoe residents may be eligible to receive a discount on their monthly water and sewer bill through South Tahoe Public Utility District's expanded Customer Assistance Program.

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06/05/2024
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Two Board Member seats for South Tahoe Public Utility District are up for election on November 5, 2024.

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05/03/2024
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District will be building a solar power project at its Wastewater Treatment Plan following approval from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board during its April 24 meeting.

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04/06/2024
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District is hosting a Public Meeting on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the Board Room at 1275 Meadow Crest Drive to discuss proposed rate increases.

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02/15/2024
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Most of South Lake Tahoe’s water and sewer systems were built in the 1950s and 1960s. Additional investments are needed to avoid costly emergency projects.

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12/09/2023
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District has been awarded the Excellence in Information Technology award from the Municipal Information Systems Association of California—one of only 18 recipients in the state.

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10/16/2023
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The South Tahoe PUD was honored for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

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05/12/2023
The South Tahoe Public Utility District is developing a strategic plan for recycled water to analyze options and establish a roadmap for the future. The district will host a public meeting from 6-8 p.m. May 23.

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05/03/2023
Facing aging water and sewer systems, the South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors will consider raising rates for the 2024 fiscal year.

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03/16/2023
Rain on snow events bring unique challenges to wastewater operations at Lake Tahoe. As streets and meadows flood, stormwater seeps through manholes and into the sewer system.

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12/30/2022
South Tahoe Public Utility District works 24/7 to provide its mountain community with delicious Tahoe tap, water for fire suppression, and reliable wastewater services.

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11/17/2022
The South Tahoe Public Utility District has received two awards for excellence in financial reporting and technology practices.

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10/31/2022
The South Tahoe Public Utility District has rejoined the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association, which serves 57 executive, affiliate, and associate members across 12 of California’s counties.

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10/20/2022
The four candidates for three seats on the board for the South Tahoe Public Utility District all participated in a forum on Oct. 11. The district, formed in 1950 to provide water sanitation services to South Lake Tahoe, is governed by a five-person board.

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04/22/2022
As with much of Lake Tahoe, the South Tahoe Public Utility District’s infrastructure was built in the 1950s and 1960s. Replacement expenses and rising construction costs have the utility proposing water and sewer rate increases.