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The
Westborough Water District (W.W.D.), formerly known as the Callan Park
County Water District was incorporated as a county water district in 1961.
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The W.W.D. is
a Special District. What is a Special District? A Special
District is a form of local government created by the Westborough
community to meet a specific need. Special Districts have four basic
characteristics:
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A form of government
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Governed by a board
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Provides services and facilities
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Has defined boundaries.
The
W.W.D has approximately 4,000 residential, commercial and irrigation
service connections. Since the first operation, the W.W.D has purchased
100 percent of its water supply from the City and County of San Francisco
Water Department. The W.W.D service area covers approximately 1 square
mile and serves approximately 12,000 customers. The W.W.D has inter-ties
connections with the North Coast County Water District (Pacifica) and the
City of Daly City for emergency water service. The W.W.D is governed by
an elected 5 member board. Board members are required to be residents of
the W.W.D and registered voters. The W.W.D has over 24 miles of water
lines, uses an average daily consumption of 1 million gallons a day and
has 3 steel water storage tanks. The W.W.D has a total of 6.3 million
gallons of water storage. All of the W.W.D.'s water comes from the Hetch
Hetchy and local reservoirs. Also, the W.W.D owns the sanitary sewer
system. Under an agreement, the sewer system is maintained by the North
San Mateo County Sanitation District (City of Daly City). The W.W.D has an emergency stockpile of pipe, fittings and materials
to perform repairs to the water system. In addition, the W.W.D is able to
perform most emergency repairs using W.W.D staff without the delay of
using outside contractors. The W.W.D is located at
2263 Westborough Boulevard,
South San Francisco,
California 94080.
Click here for
Directions to W.W.D. Office.
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