The 2021 WaterWise Garden Recognition Contest launched this spring to recognize beautiful, water-efficient residential gardens throughout Santa Barbara County. The Santa Barbara County Water Agency and participating water providers, including the City of Santa Barbara, Montecito Water District, Carpinteria Valley Water District, and Vandenberg Village Community Services District, encouraged residents to enter the running for […]
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The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, increased soil health and reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, improved or created wildlife habitat, and mitigation against drought and increasing […]
Governor Newson held a press conference yesterday focused on the state’s drought conditions. At the event, he extended his previous drought proclamation to include more counties including Inyo, Marin, Mono, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz. He also signed Executive Order N-10-21 which calls for “all Californians to voluntarily […]
Read our annual CCR with information on where your water comes from and water quality testing.
Throughout the past few weeks, California has moved into a drought crisis with the governor declaring drought emergencies in 41 of the state’s 58 counties. As of May 18, 16 percent of the state is in exceptional drought, 57 percent is in extreme drought, 21 percent is in severe drought, and 6 percent is in […]
The Board of Directors of the Carpinteria Valley Water District will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. to consider increases in its Rates and Charges. The public hearing will be a virtual Tele-meeting. Visit www.cvwd.net for meeting login information. To view the Prop. 218 Public Hearing Notice with the […]
Carpinteria Valley Water District offers Lifeline, a customer assistance program for qualifying low-income residential customers. Preview (opens in a new tab) For more information, click here or call 805-684-2816.
Despite being closed to the public for most of 2020, the District was busy with the Carpinteria Advanced Purification Project (CAPP), development of our Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), and modification of our water rates with more progress to come in 2021. Read more about what the District accomplished in 2020 and its plans for 2021.
Applications are now open for the 2021 High School Video Contest! 2021 marks the 22nd Annual WaterWise High School Video Contest where high school filmmakers throughout Santa Barbara County are challenged to produce creative and high-quality 30 second videos on the importance of water conservation and water efficiency in Santa Barbara County. The winning videos […]
Due to continued COVID-19 concerns, the District office will remain closed to the public for the months of February and March. District staff is available by phone at 805-684-2816, M-F from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for questions regarding your bill, water usage, conservation, etc. Visit the District’s Payment Option page for the different ways […]