OVERVIEW

San Juan Watershed Project has the capacity to provide 5.6 billion gallons of local, reliable water to South Orange County residents. This is enough water for 50,000 families each year.

The project enhances local water supply, water quality, ecological balance, and the region’s capacity to store water.

While California’s historic drought conditions have subsided temporarily in parts of the state, Southern California will continue to face water supply challenges given that the region depends on imported water from Northern California and the Colorado River to meet about half of its total demand. Here, in South Orange County, that demand is even higher, with imported water providing for close to 80 percent of our local water demand.

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