The Agency is one of 29 State Water Contractors. As a Contractor, the Agency is responsible for paying its share of the debt service on the State Water Project. While most of this construction occurred in the 1960’s and 1970’s, it is still going on today with both capital projects and major O&M (operation and maintenance) projects under construction at any given time. Each contractor is responsible for the importation of water from Lake Oroville and the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta through the State Water Project into its service area. The East Branch Extension, the pipeline that brings State Project Water into the Agency’s service area, was completed in 2003. The Agency sells this water to local water retailers to reduce local groundwater overdraft. Currently, the Agency is selling water to the Yucaipa Valley Water District (the Calimesa area), the Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District (Beaumont and Cherry Valley), and the City of Banning.
The San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency’s mission is to import supplemental water and to protect and enhance local water supplies for use by present and future water users and to sell imported water to local water districts within the service areas of the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency.


The San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency will partner with other local stakeholders to assure that growing regional water needs are met, optimizing the use of existing resources, without adverse impacts on local groundwater basins.

In order to bring this vision to fruition, we will:
• Play a leadership role in managing local water resources.
• Bring supplemental water to the region to meet short and long-term needs.
• Develop and work from a financial plan to ensure that funding to reach our goals is available.

 

Banning's Centennial
Earth Day Event

The San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency helped sponsor and also participated in Banning’s first Earth Day and Native Plant Show held at Gilman Ranch on April 13, 2013.

Director Mary Ann Melleby and General Manager Jeff Davis were on hand to educate 5th graders on April 12th, and the public on April 13th, on the importance of clean reliable water.  General Manager Davis demonstrated (with the use of a Sand and Gravel Aquifer Model) how the aquifer transmits groundwater.  Adults and children alike enjoyed the presentation.

EBX 2, or the East Branch Extension, Phase 2, is a planned $200 million pipeline/pumpstation/reservoir project that will enable the Agency to get its full allotment of water from the State of California. Currently our connection to the California Aqueduct has capacity for only about half of our 17,300 acre-feet per year. This means that we are paying debt service for water that we cannot take delivery of.

The project is a partnership between the Agency, the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, and the California Department of Water Resources. (who also benefits by improving its ability to deliver water to Yucaipa) and the California Department of Water Resources (who will build and own the project).

The facility is currently scheduled to go online in 2013. Click here for more information about this important project.


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