WHAT IS THE OTAY WATER DISTRICT?
Otay is a publicly-owned water and sewer service agency, more specifically, a
California special district, authorized in 1956 by the State Legislature under
the provisions of the Municipal Water District Act of 1911. Its ordinances,
policies, taxes and rates for service are set by five Directors,
elected by voters in their respective divisions to serve staggered, four-year
terms on its Governing Board. The Board meets on the first Wednesday
of each month at 3:30 p.m. and the public is invited.
Otay is
a "revenue neutral" public agency, meaning each end user
pays his or her fair share of the District's costs of
water acquisition and the operation and maintenance of the
public water facilities.
The District's service
area encompasses 129 square miles of southeastern San Diego County,
California. Otay facilities serve the water and/or sewer service needs of
the people living in the communities of southern El Cajon, La
Mesa, Rancho San Diego, Jamul, Spring Valley, Bonita, eastern Chula Vista, EastLake and Otay Mesa along the international border with Mexico. All of the
potable water delivered by Otay is purchased from the San
Diego County Water Authority, which in turn, purchases it from the region's
water importer, the
Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California.
Otay also owns and operates a wastewater collection and reclamation system,
providing public sewer service to approximately 5,000 homes and businesses
within the Jamacha drainage basin. At the heart of this system is the Ralph W.
Chapman Water Recycling Facility. Every day, the Chapman facility produces up to
1.3 million gallons of high-quality reclaimed water. Through a dedicated
pipeline system, the reclaimed water is transported into the eastern Chula Vista
area where it is used to irrigate a golf course, elementary and high school
playing fields, public parks, roadway landscapes and various other approved
uses.
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