The Water Operations Branch of the Public Utilities Department is dedicated to providing customers with a safe and reliable water supply, and quality customer service in an environmentally sensitive manner. This Branch is responsible for:
- overseeing more than 3,300 miles of pipeline in our distribution system
- managing 9 reservoirs with a total capacity of 415,000 acre-feet: Barrett, El Capitan, Hodges, Miramar, Morena, Murray, Lower Otay, San Vicente, and Sutherland.
- managing 3 treatment plants - Miramar, Alvarado, and Otay
- operating 29 distribution reservoirs and standpipes throughout the San Diego region
- pumping water across about 130 different pressure zones with the assistance of 49 pump
- maintaining more than 276,000 metered service connections and more than 25,000 fire hydrants
- delivering more than 200 million gallons of water per day to customers
- serving over 1.3 million customers in the cities of San Diego, Del Mar, Coronado and Imperial Beach
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