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Public Works maintains and enhances the Encinitas way of life.
SAN DIEGUITO WATER DISTRICT San Dieguito Water District revised its Administrative Code, and in response to
WATER CONSERVATION
WASTEWATER
Efforts to help residents conserve water
Underneath Encinitas is over 126 miles of sewer
continued in 2020 with 33 free irrigation audits
pipes – 84 miles in Cardiff and 42 miles in
completed. These checkups provide residents
Encinitas – in addition to 66 miles of
with information about any potential leaks or
underground storm drains. To keep these
breaks in their irrigation system, which are a key
systems flowing properly, the City conducts
source of water waste. The district also co-hosted
regularly scheduled cleaning, CCTV video
a rain barrel distribution event with the Solana
inspections, debris removal and responds
Center and Olivenhain Municipal Water District
to emergency spills and blockages of
where customers could learn about rain barrels
city-maintained pipelines.
and purchase one at a discount. Lastly, the district
COVID-19, the district adopted many new policies to support customer and elevate customer service. Some of these new offerings
completed its annual valve maintenance program
In 2020, wastewater collection crews did an
to proactively address any issues.
excellent job preventing sewer spills from occurring during the huge storm on April 10,
include a pay-by-telephone feature to facilitate
TECHNOLOGY AT WORK
a new socially distant payment method, as well
2020, purchased new CCTV video inspection equipment that will improve the quantity and
as online forms to allow customers to start and
San Dieguito Water District installed new
stop services digitally. The district completed
technology to better monitor the district’s water
and submitted the following reports: Electronic
system, reservoir vaults and pump stations.
Annual Report and the 2020 Urban Water
A total of 99 recycled water meters were replaced
Management Plan both were submitted to the
with an Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI)
Department of Water Resources, completed the
smart meter, allowing the customer to manage
Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, the Risk
consumption, cost, and other decisions about
and Resilience Assessment Report, and the
service and usage. AMI also provides
Financial Plan, Cost of Service, and Water &
higher reliability and more accurate billing. State
Recycled Water Rate Study. San Dieguito Water
of the art leak detection equipment was
District’s Risk Control Grant submission has
purchased, allowing the district to identify leaks
been chosen as one of Joint Power Insurance
on water mains and services prior to the leaks
Authority 2020 recipients of $10,000. The grant
becoming an emergency resulting in flooding,
money was used towards the purchase of
property damage, loss of water service, and
Leak Detection equipment.
loss of fire protection during an outage.
amount
335 2,285
description
miles of sewer mains cleaned
Stormwater inlet boxes cleaned
am o u n t
d e s crip tio n
99
new smart recycled water meters
39
irrigation audits completed
a m o unt
42 25
des crip tio n
new water services installed
miles of sewer and stormwater mains CCTV’d
a m o unt
3, 12” 277
quality of pipe inspection reports, and they removed over 277 cubic yards of sand from the underground storm drain system. Wastewater from the City is treated at the San Elijo Water Reclamation Facility (SEWRF) in Cardiff and the Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) in Carlsbad. The SEWRF can recycle up to three million gallons per day of treated wastewater. Recycled water use within the City of Encinitas is primarily used for landscape irrigation and industrial uses such as street sweeping, construction dust control, soil compaction, and cooling tower makeup water.
des cripti on
water main relocations inspected and accepted
cubic yards of sand removed from the underground storm drain system
amou nt
3,320 1,879
de sc ri pti on
LF of new 4” to 12” water mains inspected and accepted
Valves exercised; total number of valves in the system is 5,301
