Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (Upper District) - (626) 443-2297

The Upper District provides wholesale water service to 17 cities and 22 retail water utilities within Los Angeles County's San Gabriel Valley.

Nearly one million people live and work in the Upper District's 144 square mile service area. Annually, demand for treated, untreated and recycled water in the Upper District service area averages more than 78 billion gallons. The Upper District partners with many public and private entities to provide a sustainable, high quality water supply to residents and businesses within the greater San Gabriel Valley.

Consistent with its motto of “Where Solutions Flow,” the Upper District is widely recognized for its customer service orientation, community involvement, and creativity in promoting water quality, water recycling, and water conservation.

The Upper District is governed by an elected five member Board of Directors. Each Director serves a 4-year term and represents one of five specific geographic divisions within the Upper District's service area boundaries.

The Upper District's current 2014 Board of Directors is lead by:
- Director Anthony R. Fellow, Ph.D., Division 1
- Director Charles M. Treviño, Division 2
- Director Ed Chavez, Division 3
- Director Michael Touhey, Division 4
- Director Bryan Urias, Division 5

As one of the 26 member agencies of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), the Upper District appoints one representative to sit on the MWD Board of Directors. Through MWD’s facilities, supplemental water is brought into the San Gabriel Valley; first from the Colorado River, and also from the State Water Project. Today, the Upper District also provides recycled water and facilitates efforts in water stewardship, including conservation and stormwater capture.

The Upper District also has representation on the Boards of the San Gabriel Water Quality Authority and the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster.

The Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (Upper District) was formed by voters of 22 cities and Los Angeles County unincorporated areas on December 8, 1959, as local groundwater was fast depleting. In 1963, residents of the Upper District voted to join the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), to import water from the Colorado River, and later from the State Water Project into the San Gabriel Valley. Yet, importing water to recharge the local aquifers has proven to be an increasingly unreliable and expensive first step. Over the past decade, statewide drought and regulation to protect the environment are reducing the amount of imported water available for local storage and use. Now, solutions flow from the Upper District towards a future less reliant on imported water aimed at increasing water conservation, capturing more local storm water, and water recycling. All mean taking greater care of the San Gabriel Valley's portion of the watershed.

Today, the Upper District is managed on a day-to-day basis by a professional management team with expertise in operations, engineering, finance, legal affairs, government & community affairs, and water conservation. The Upper District has a $31.9 million budget for fiscal year 2014-2015 and twelve highly dedicated employees. Upper District's future is very bright, filled with complex challenges and exciting opportunities.

Visit our website and youtube channel to learn more about us:
www.upperdistrict.org
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4UGkTbGqtPRGXzlmgXq2IA

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