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Formed in 1978, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District serves about 112,000 people within the cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Seaside, Sand City, Monterey Peninsula Airport District and portions of unincorporated Monterey County, including Pebble Beach, Carmel Highlands and Carmel Valley. 

Its areas of responsibility include augmenting the water supply through integrated management of ground and surface water, promoting water conservation and the reclamation of storm and wastewater, protecting native vegetation and wildlife, and promoting scenic and recreational assets on the Monterey Peninsula and in the Carmel River Basin.

The district’s sources of revenue include property tax, user fees, water connection charges, investments, grants, permit fees and project reimbursements. Among its goals is to assist California American Water in developing a legal water supply and protect the quality of surface and groundwater resources and continue the restoration of the Carmel River environment.

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Monterey County Weekly logo From Monterey County Weekly...

11/08/2023
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Just past 9am, a small team of employees from the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District begin staging equipment along a stretch of the Carmel River, just upstream from the Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility.

Monterey County Weekly logo From Monterey County Weekly...

04/07/2023
Image for display with article titled After months of delay, Cal Am signs water purchase agreement for Pure Water Monterey expansion.

The expansion of the recycled water project Pure Monterey, which will provide an additional 2,250 acre-feet of water to the Monterey Peninsula, can finally move forward as Cal Am has signed an agreement to purchase its water.

Monterey County Weekly logo From Monterey County Weekly...

03/08/2023
Image for display with article titled Judge Rules Against Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

In the coming months, or coming years, Cal Am ratepayers could see a surcharge on their water bills disappear. Or, maybe not.