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The FOGHORN
ROTARY CLUB OF HALF MOON BAY
January 19, 2023
Mary Rogren - General Manager of Coastside Water District
Article by Joe Brennan
General Manager Mary Rogren of the Coastside County Water District addressed her Club on the topic of the District’s Seventy Fifth Anniversary. The district serves a population of 19,000 in 7,700 households. They also serve Skylawn. They have some local water sources on Pilarcitos and Denniston Creeks, etc. The majority of water delivered, 70%, is purchased from the San Francisco Public Utilities Comission, SFPUC, as a member of Bay Area Water Conservation Agency Association, BAWCAA, comprised of 26 similar agencies. San Francisco consumes about 30% of the Hetch Hetchy water transported across the state.
The district was formed by vote of Half Moon Bay, Miramar and El Granada residents in July of 1947 to provide potable water to the residents, the canneries in Princeton and for more reliable fire protection. The district passed a $31 million bond issue in 1949 for a pipe from Pilarcitos reservoir to HMB. In 1950 the District sold 487 hook-ups to cover lots of expenses. In 1956 a dam was proposed to be built in Pescadero to supply HMB but was scrapped in 1971. In the 1960s the district got secondary water rights to Denniston Creek water, after the Farmers.
The district was formed by vote of Half Moon Bay, Miramar and El Granada residents in July of 1947 to provide potable water to the residents, the canneries in Princeton and for more reliable fire protection. The district passed a $31 million bond issue in 1949 for a pipe from Pilarcitos reservoir to HMB. In 1950 the District sold 487 hook-ups to cover lots of expenses. In 1956 a dam was proposed to be built in Pescadero to supply HMB but was scrapped in 1971. In the 1960s the district got secondary water rights to Denniston Creek water, after the Farmers.
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Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
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