District Programs & Projects

The Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District No.1 will be cleaning water mains by flushing water from fire hydrants.  This will create high water velocities through the pipelines which will carry out sediment which has accumulated within the pipelines over the years.

The Water District is responsible for the pipelines or what is called "the street side" of the water meter, including the service connection lines, water mains and fire hydrant laterals in the street and continuing through the distribution system.  The District also provides and is responsible for the angle curb stop, water meter, meter box and customer valve.   If you notice a water leak in the street or in the area of your water meter, please call the Water District at (805) 688-6015 to report it as soon as possible.

Pursuant to regulations issued by the California Department of Health Services, the District has the responsibility to “protect the public water supply from contamination by implementation of a cross-connection control program”  (17 CCR, Section 7584).  Accordingly, the District has passed resolutions establishing such a program and ensuring its compliance with these state Health Department requirements. 

Over the past two years, the Water District staff has been converting old meters to new “Touch Read Meters” to better serve District customers and also provide a more efficient means for reading meters.