Facts

As of December 2005

• RCSD has over 6,800 metered connections, including 6,400 residential and 400 commercial/industrial.
• RCSD’s water supply is obtained 100% from groundwater.
• The average day water use for retail customers is approximately 10.8 acre-feet or 3.5 million gallons. An acre-foot of water is 325,851 gallons or the amount of water that could cover an acre or a football field one foot deep.
• RCSD has approximately 50 miles of pipeline, 11 active production wells (6 potable water and 5 non-potable water) 4 storage reservoirs and 2 booster stations.
• RCSD’s basic operating budget for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $19.7 million with an additional $13.5 million for capital improvements.
• During the past several years, several major capital improvement projects were initiated, including the expansion of our Manganese Treatment facility. To learn more about other capital improvement projects, click here.
• RCSD is the recipient of $2.1 million in grant monies from the California Department of Water Resources for the Central Rubidoux Improvement Area Water Main Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project. The funding was allocated from the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection Act or Proposition 13, approved by voters in March 2000.