San Bernadino Valley

Helping Nature Store Our Water

Groundwater Reports

Annual engineering investigation and report on groundwater conditions.

Wash Plan

A Habitat Conservation Plan covering local infrastructure, expanded water conservation and mining, and trails in the Santa Ana River Wash.

What Happened

Review or download last year’s report on what we accomplished.

Transparency

Open access to information about our operations and finances.

Board Agendas & Minutes

Our meetings and decisions are open to the public.

Latest News

President Henriques-McDonald elected to fill vacant position as president of ACWA-JPIA

The Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority Board of Directors Executive Committee has elected San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District President Melody Henriques-McDonald to serve out the term of former ACWA-JPIA President Jerry Gladbach, who passed away in July. She is the first woman to serve as President of ACWA-JPIA.

Helping Nature Store Our Water

For more than a century, we have cultivated our relationship to the community, to one another, and to the land itself. We are stewards of the San Bernardino Valley water basin and the native species of the wash above it.

Water that would otherwise flow to the ocean is diverted and recharged by us for use in the long hot summers and during droughts. We also help manage the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin with the Cities, Districts, and Agencies in the upper-watershed: in partnership we store and bring ample high-quality water for all uses.

We take a fiscally prudent, pragmatic approach towards fulfilling our mission so that the water supply and the environment it depends upon will be forever protected and available for the community’s use.


Manual Colunga, SBVWCD Field Supervisor and winner of CALPERs Spotlight on Excellence Award

Featured Projects

The wash is a complex system with sometimes competing needs. And with water demands increasing every day, successful projects require an ethos of collaboration, perseverance, and practical problem solving.

Groundwater Council

Groundwater Council

There’s a new wave of collaboration spilling into the shared management of water in the San Bernardino Valley.

Enhanced Recharge

Enhanced Recharge Project: Phase 1

This project marks the start of a larger plan to provide a resilient and reliable water supply.

Plunge Creek

Plunge Creek Conservation Project

Plunge Creek Project recharges groundwater and creates a new home for the kangaroo rat and other native species.

By The Numbers

billion gallons of water conserved

acres in Wash Plan

million per year in local mining payroll

Mill Creek Percolation Basins

acres in preserve

staff members