Laguna Beach County WD

Laguna Beach County Water District (LBCWD) carefully safeguards its water supply and consistently meets quality standards set by federal and state regulatory agencies. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water (DDW) are responsible for establishing and enforcing water quality standards.

LBCWD often exceeds requirements by testing for unregulated chemicals with potential health risks but no established water standards. This unregulated substance monitoring helps USEPA and DDW identify where certain compounds occur and determine if new standards are needed to protect public health.

Through comprehensive testing programs, your water is continuously monitored from source to tap for both regulated and unregulated constituents. The State allows water agencies to monitor some substances less frequently when concentrations don't change often. Some data, while representative, may be more than one year old.

Historically, until the mid-1920s, Laguna Beach residents relied on a well located north on Laguna Canyon Road when local rainwater storage was depleted. Summer visitors would frequently stop to fill containers on their way into town. In 1925, pioneer residents, claiming to be duck hunters, purchased 120 acres in Huntington Beach to form a "Duck Hunting Club" - which would become the city's future water supply.

Today, the District purchases approximately 3,850 acre-feet of water annually (about 1.3 billion gallons). There are 21 water storage reservoirs with a total capacity of 33.5 million gallons, providing approximately ten days of emergency water supply. The distribution system includes 135 miles of pipelines ranging from 4 to 16 inches in diameter.

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