Diamond Valley Lake near Hemet serves as a water reservoir for the Metropolitan Water District. Valley News/mwd.com photo
The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District will take advantage of lower rates to pre-purchase Metropolitan Water District of Southern California imported water.
The EVMWD board voted 5-0 February 13 to execute a purchase agreement with the Western Municipal Water District for 3,835 acre-feet (one acre-foot is approximately 325,850 gallons) of MWD supply. EVMWD is not a direct MWD member but purchases MWD imported water from Western.
The recent wet water years (a water year is from July 1 through June 30) have allowed for higher MWD storage levels, but the decreased demand for water has reduced MWD revenue. Limited capacity of MWD customers to refill surface and groundwater reservoirs has kept water demand low even during the 2024-25 water year.
In February 2022 the MWD board authorize
