The 420 square mile service area uses about 250,000
acre-feet of groundwater per year taken from the
aquifers of the Central Coast and West Coast Basins.
This equates to nearly 40% of the total demand for water.
WRD is involved in groundwater monitoring, safe drinking
water programs, combating seawater intrusion and
groundwater replenishment operations throughout
Southern Los Angeles County.
Service Area Map
WRD's 2012 Engineering and Survey Report documents the past, current, and ensuing year groundwater conditions in the Central Basin and West Coast Basin ("CBWCB").
WRD Garners Top North America Government Finance Officers Association Award
The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) has received notification by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) that it was awarded GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its fiscal year 2011-12 budget.
This award is the highest recognition in governmental budgeting from the GFOA and represents a significant new award for WRD.
In order to receive this prestigious budget award, WRD satisfied nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These stringent guidelines are designed to assess how well an organization’s budget serves as:
Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four categories, and the 14 mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.
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WRD Director Katherman: SoCal Water Supply Crisis Necessitates Conservation & Reuse
We can't wait for the State to fix the Sacramento Delta. Our water supply from the Sacramento Delta faces potential catastrophe from even a moderate earthquake. The unreinforced earthen levees built more than 100 years ago to prevent the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers from flooding farms in the Delta would give way to the shaking caused by an earthquake.
Many of the "islands" in the southern portion of the Delta, which consist of spongy peat moss material, have subsided from farming use over a century and are now 20-30 feet below the level of the rivers. A breach in these levees would cause seawater to intrude and contaminate our drinking water supply from the Delta for several years.
We need to take advantage of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to finance the co-equal goals of restoring the Delta ecosystem and providing a conveyance facility under or around the Delta.
However, a new Delta conveyance fix will require a vote in the November General election to approve an $11 Billion Bond measure to be paid back over 30 years by the State's General fund which is facing a $9 Billion deficit next fiscal year. The political challenges for such a bond measure are great in light of Governor's proposed tax increase and anticipated political opposition to the bond measure from environmentalists and Delta landowners. Moreover, completion of a conveyance facility would still be at least a decade away.
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The Water Independence Now (WIN) program is a series of projects that will fully utilize stormwater and recycled water sources to restore and protect the groundwater resources of the Central and West Coast Basins. In the past, a large percentage of replenishment water came from sources in Northern California and the Colorado River.
WIN seeks to completely eliminate this dependence on imported water to ensure the future security of our region by developing local resources to create a locally sustainable groundwater supply.. >>
The Water Replenishment District has been awarded the prestigious Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for outstanding budget presentation and process for six years in a row.
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GRIP is a component of the WIN program that will replenish the groundwater of the Central and San Gabriel Basins. GRIP is a partnership between WRD and the Sanitation District of Los Angeles County.
Standard and Poor's and Fitch Rating: AA+
"Along with WRD's longstanding mission of preserving and protecting the local Basins with high quality groundwater, the District strives to maintain high financial standards which have resulted in achieving AA+ ratings from both Standards & Poor' s and Fitch."
- Albert Robles
WRD Board Treasurer
"This AA+ rating recognizes the outstanding efforts that the District undertakes in the management of public resources. This rating is a testament to the District's continuing efforts to fiscal responsibility and public transparency."
- Sergio Calderon
WRD Board President
WRD's Safe Drinking water Program offers assistance to pumpers for treating contaminated groundwater. This allows affected wells to meet public drinking water standards and lessens the probability of contaminated water affecting other wells.
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March 31st - Drought Tolerant Plants May 5th - Drip & Sprinkler System Care June 9th - Sustainable Garden Care |
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Workshop 1 - Understanding the CA Water Efficient Model Landscape Ordnance (AB 1881) Workshop 2 - Irrigation Systems Workshop 3 - Irrigation Valve Troubleshooting Workshop 4 - Landscape Watering Schedules Workshop 5 - SustainableLandscape Management |
Thanks to all who attended WRD's 2012 Groundwater Festival!
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