Buried Treasure

As an entity that relies on local water sources — not imports — the Mesa Water District takes extra pains to teach about the importance of the resource.

Jul 11, 2013 | by Linda Edmondson |

California

Buried Treasure — Justin Finch, conservation specialist with Mesa Water, addresses a Water Issues Study Group class, demonstrating the water-wise landscaping at the district’s headquarters. U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher (third from left in the audience) was a guest speaker at the event.

Unlike many water districts in Southern California, the Mesa Water District doesn’t rely on water from the California Delta or the Colorado River. Mesa Water is “off the import grid,” drawing solely from an aquifer and a second unique source deep underground. Accordingly, the district has invested not just in technology, but in education to help assure the community of a safe water supply for hundreds of years to come. Mesa Water is an AAA-rated independent special district serving more than 110,000 customers in an 18-square-mile area that includes most of Costa Mesa, parts of Newport Beach, and some unincorporated areas in

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