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Address:   5 Harris Court, Bldg G, Monterey, CA 93940

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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...

02/28/2024
Image for display with article titled Cal Am Files Legal Response in Public Buyout Case

The company is asking a judge to dismiss the water district's eminent domain takeover, arguing that "the district is not legally authorized to provide retail potable water service."

Monterey County Weekly logo From Monterey County Weekly...

12/21/2023
Image for display with article titled Drip Continues in MPWMD’s Efforts to Buy Out Cal Am

It’s been an eventful few months for the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District in its yearslong effort to potentially buy out California American Water, an investor-owned utility.

Monterey County Weekly logo From Monterey County Weekly...

11/08/2023
Image for display with article titled This was a Good Year, but Steelhead on the Carmel River Remain in Decline

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.


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