Tom Kennedy has been chosen as the new Watermaster for the Santa Margarita River Watershed.During a December 5 hearing, U.S. District Court judge Gonzalo Curiel selected Kennedy as the Watermaster. “I’m honored to have been selected by the court to serve in this role,” Kennedy said.A state engineer looking for potential reservoir sites identified one in Fallbrook in 1924, shortly after the Fallbrook Public Utility District formed in 1922. After World War II the FPUD board decided to pursue building a dam on the Santa Margarita River. Camp Pendleton officials were concerned that the dam would cut off their water supply, and a joint agreement was reached in 1949, but elsewhere in the Federal government, the agreement was not acceptable. After several rounds of court cases, a me
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Tom Kennedy has been chosen as the new Watermaster for the Santa Margarita River Watershed.During a December 5 hearing, U.S. District Court judge Gonzalo Curiel selected Kennedy as the Watermaster. “I’m honored to have been selected by the court to serve in this role,” Kennedy said.A state engineer looking for potential reservoir sites identified one in Fallbrook in 1924, shortly after the Fallbrook Public Utility District formed in 1922. After World War II the FPUD board decided to pursue building a dam on the Santa Margarita River. Camp Pendleton officials were concerned that the dam would cut off their water supply, and a joint agreement was reached in 1949, but elsewhere in the Federal government, the agreement was not acceptable. After several rounds of court cases, a me
