News Release: 40,000 Riverside County residents gain access to state water supply via new partnership
A new partnership between five water agencies gives Rubidoux Community Services District (RCSD) access to high-quality, imported drinking water to meet growing demand. Over the past 50 years, the population in RCSD, a Western Municipal Water District (Western Water) wholesale customer, has increased from 4,000 to 40,000. RCSD previously relied on only local groundwater and needed a new way to bolster water supplies to serve its growing community. Now, four water agencies have joined forces with RCSD to ensure they have enough safe, reliable drinking water for every customer. Through a new agreement with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan), San Bernardino Valley Water District (San Bernardino Valley), West Valley Water District (WVWD), and Western Water, up to 2,000 acre-feet of water imported through the State Water Project will soon flow to RCSD customers’ taps every year.