Welcome To North Marin Water District's Website
North Marin Water District carries out its Mission with a highly-motivated and competent staff empowered to conduct the District’s business by placing customer needs and welfare first. Each day, District employees strive to carry out their work mindful of these basic principles: Good Water, Good Service, Good Value, and A Safe Place to Work. For more information, see our Annual Report that updates customers on Fiscal Year 2008 and provides a snapshot of our current efforts and financial performance.
NOVATO WATER RATES RISE 9%
On May 25, the North Marin Water District Board of Directors unanimously adopted a 9% increase in residential water rates and charges effective June 1, 2010. Non-residential customers will see a seasonal rate structure incorporating a 12% commodity rate increase from June 1 through October 31 and a 4% commodity rate increase for water use from November 1 through May 31 (an equivalent 9% increase). The Board tempered the original 11% rate increase proposal in response to the difficult economy and impacts on customers with fixed incomes.
The State legislature has mandated further water efficiency for all California urban water retailers including NMWD by requiring a 20% reduction in per capita water use by the year 2020. Current Novato per capita water use is 144 gallons per person per day (gpcd) and the target to reach the State mandate is 130 gpcd. Novato customers are encouraged to participate in North Marin Water District water conservation programs and use water efficiently. To view your personal water use, click here.
9% WATER RATE INCREASE FOR WEST MARIN SERVICE AREA
West Marin water rates and charges increased 9% effective August 1, 2010. Tthe NMWD Board of Directors approved the rate increase at the July 6th Board meeting held at the Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station.
LYNWOOD PUMP STATION UPGRADE PROJECT
North Marin Water District staff has been working with a local architectural firm on a conceptual design to modify the above-street appearance of the Lynwood Pump Station and relocate the electrical equipment at ground level. NMWD’s Lynwood Pump Station is located in the Sunset Parkway median just east of South Novato Blvd. Existing electrical equipment is now housed below ground in the pump station and is at risk of flooding. As part of the planned replacement of the aging pump motor controls, it was decided that the risk was too high. The architects have provided initial designs intended to reduce the risk to electrical equipment and provide flood protection in the underground pump station. These designs include the relocation of the PG&E service, pump motor control center, computer controls and the emergency generator connection into a proposed above-ground electrical room.
STAFFORD LAKE SEDIMENT SURVEY
Folks travelling to Stafford Lake Park or Indian Valley Golf Course may observe a small boat on Stafford Lake beginning July 8, 2010. The North Marin Water District has contracted with the firm of Cinquini and Passarino, licensed land surveyors, to conduct a topographical survey of Stafford Lake to determine the sediment build up in the lake. The information collected will be used to design a plan to determine how much storage has been lost and how to recover capacity of the lake. Most of the survey will be done from instruments in a boat. The boat motor will use only MTBE-free gasoline, and the boat will be inspected prior to launch to insure contaminants or invasive species will not be introduced into the lake.
The two part survey will include a hydrographic survey in July and an aerial survey in late summer or early fall. Please contact Carmela Chandrasekera at cchandra@nmwd.com with any questions.