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Diablo Water District directors discussed advancing manganese treatment for its wells, estimated at $3–$3.5 million per well, and sought financing and payback analysis for January 2027. Glen Park is producing about 500,000 gallons daily; dissolved solids also limit well use. The board authorized the general manager to execute Brownstone’s 50-lot facilities agreement, with an oversized main and $183,992 remaining reimbursable after a $31,149 fee offset.
Carpinteria Valley Water District voted 5-0 to bill previously approved CAP capital charges monthly from January 2027 ($47.92 for a typical agricultural meter; $8.98 for a typical residential meter). It reviewed a $7 million Smiley well estimate and deferred a $67,252.50 design amendment requiring $25,000 in added authorization. It also adopted turf-watering restrictions, retaining prior water-waste rules; single-family homes are exempt.
A late 3% agricultural allocation increase adds roughly 1,000 acre-feet of blue-valve water, with no corresponding M&I increase. West Hills ADRoP work is substantially complete; the pipeline and well phase targets substantial completion at the end of June 2027, with district injection and extraction testing afterward. A pending Bay-Delta water-quality decision could reduce future CVP supplies.
ACWD staff outlined plans for up to $250 in rebates for eligible landscape drip-irrigation components and wider weather-based controller rebate eligibility for commercial, industrial and institutional sites. New rebates are anticipated March 1, 2027. Staff reported Chinook salmon and Pacific lamprey using Alameda Creek fish passages during immigration, juvenile O. mykiss during emigration, and 27 PIT-tag detections in spring 2026.
The board voted 5-0 to accept the Jenny Lind A-B pipeline, which improves pumping and moves an older line to lower-pressure distribution use. Staff target January 2027 for monthly billing and hope to launch a no-fee bank-draft option in December. A county-led proposal would use about $200,000 in grant funds for fuel maintenance at the Arnold wastewater plant, pending a grant extension, environmental review and later board action.
