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Recycled water is used to irrigate city parks, median strips, shopping areas and housing association common areas. The Carlsbad Metropolitan Water District's recycling facility diverts treated wastewater from the ocean outfall and treats it to a higher standard for local reuse.
Learn moreThe rates customers pay help cover the costs to provide water, recycled water and wastewater services, and fund critical infrastructure improvements.
Learn moreThe City of Carlsbad provides sewer (wastewater) collection services through 288 miles of sewer pipes. Carlsbad's wastewater is delivered to the Encina Wastewater Authority, where it is treated and either released into the ocean or treated further and used as recycled water.
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About the Utilities Department
Carlsbad Municipal Water District provides reliable water and wastewater services for pennies a day, while protecting the natural environment and meeting or exceeding strict water quality requirements.
Carlsbad Municipal Water District provides water service to most of the City of Carlsbad, but some parts of the city are served by other districts for water and for wastewater. View the maps below to find your provider. For properties in the southern portion of the city, contact the Olivenhain Municipal Water District, Leucadia Wastewater District or Vallecitos Water District (water and sewer) for utility service sign-ups, disconnects, installations and payment arrangements.
Maintaining water supply
Being brilliant at the basics is a key element of the City Council’s 5-Year Strategic Plan. It’s hard to think of something more basic than making sure when you turn on the faucet, water comes out, just like you expect.
Everyone knows about faucets and pipes, but there is another key piece of infrastructure that makes all this possible.
- Throughout the city we have 70 pressure reducing stations.
- This equipment makes sure water doesn’t enter your home at too high a pressure, which would be hard on your pipes and give you quite a surprise when you turn on the tap.
- These stations and their connected pipes are mostly underground.
- Keeping them in good condition is crucial for a reliable and efficient drinking water system.
Our latest project focuses on four of these stations, including two on El Fuerte Street where a new station is now being built and another one is being improved. Next, construction is expected to start in April at our Melrose Drive and Poinsettia Lane station and in May at our station on Palomar Airport Road, east of College Boulevard.
This type of work is noisy and can affect traffic, so please be patient and use caution when driving, biking or walking near the construction zones.