

Please contact our Customer Care team by phone at (949) 459-6420 or email at with any questions. Santa Margarita Water District proudly provides drinking water, recycled water and wastewater services to over 200,000 residents. We appreciate your patience as we continue to invest in maintaining critical infrastructure. Santa Margarita Water District is committed to helping customers use water efficiently, and create and enjoy beautiful landscapes that accentuate their lifestyle and enrich our community. The reservoir is a seasonal storage reservoir designed to be filled in the cooler, winter months and drawn down in the hotter, dry months to help keep our communities green. It's a strong visual of the severe drought.

There is zero impact to the dam structure itself and there’s no safety issue with the dam.Īs a neighbor of the reservoir, you may have noticed its historically low levels. Physical Location Contact, CA3090006-SANTA MARGARITA WATER DISTRICT 26111 Antonio Pkwy RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA CA 92688, There is no phone, There is no email. Master developer Minto Communities USA, global lifestyle brand Margaritaville Holdings and The St. The work is focused on a landscape area of the dam designed to prevent erosion. There will be heavy equipment re-compacting the dam, then the dam will be fitted with straw waddle and planted with native plants to reduce the impact of erosion. Were committed to developing local, reliable, and sustainable water supplies to reduce our dependence on drinking water that comes from hundreds of miles away. The Upper Oso Reservoir is a large earthen dam constructed in 1979 which stores 1.2 billion gallons of recycled water for use in common areas in Mission Viejo and nearby communities.

SMWD is conducting maintenance on the dam at Upper Reservoir from Monday, October 24 through Monday, November 7 from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
