Marin Municipal Water District

Update: MMWD has posted its Friends of the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed business plan on its site.

Water is a finite resource.  We can no longer expect to import an ever-increasing supply from other watersheds or develop major new facilities, such as energy-intensive and costly desalination, to fill the gap between supply and demand.  Marin Conservation League continues to support conservation and efficient water use as the most environmentally responsive and least expensive means of securing water supply and managing demand.

Although MCL endorsed the Marin Municipal Water District's successful 2010 ballot initiative (Measure S) to require a public vote before construction of a desalination plant, MCL does not support desalination. The Board of Directors, at its 11/14/2010 meeting, adopted an updated water policy which states, in part: "Desalination should not be adopted as a source of supplemental water supply at
this time. Progressively stronger conservation programs and improvements to the existing supply infrastructure may well enable the existing water supply sources to meet future reduced demand reliably. Prior to making any irreversible decisions regarding desalination or putting desalination to a public vote, the MMWD needs sufficient time to implement the integrated conservation, waste reduction and efficiency programs recommended above and to gauge their success in order to determine the need for supplemental water supply." See the link below for the complete document.

2011 Documents and Correspondence

2010 Documents and Correspondence

2009 Documents and Correspondence

2008 Documents and Correspondence
 

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Advocacy in action

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New developments in Marin are closely monitored by the Land Use and Transportation Committee

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Committee members of the North Marin Unit review a map at their monthly meeting

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Pelicans in Point Reyes National Seashore - a park followed by the Parks and Open Space Committee
photo by Bob Grace