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About The Elk Grove Water District

The Elk Grove Water District (EGWD), previously known as Elk Grove Water Service (EGWS), which was previously known as Elk Grove Water Works, is a 100+ year-old water purveyor in the southern part of Sacramento County. It provides groundwater to approximately 12,125 connections and a customer base of approximately 36,000 within the City of Elk Grove, California. The EGWD's service area covers approximately thirteen (13) square miles bounded by Sheldon Road to the north, Highway 99 to the west, Grantline Road to the east and the Union Industrial Park to the south.

The district services its customers with pumped groundwater and the purchase of treated surface and groundwater from the County of Sacramento for customers in the eastern (Zone #2) part of the district.

The Elk Grove Water District is a department of the Florin Resource Conservation District (FRCD) governed by a five-member Board of Directors. Each board member serves a four year term elected by the citizens of the district of the FRCD. The Board receives no compensation for their services.

The FRCD purchased the Elk Grove Water Works (EGWW) in December 1999 in order to provide safe, clean water to its citizens as well as high water quality standards and to retain local control of the groundwater resources.

In 2002, the water service began a major construction project to improve it's water quality. The Railroad Water Treatment facility came online on 2005. Since then a series of projects to install key pipeline have been underway to connect all of the ratepayers in the service area to this high quality water source.

Additional programs are underway to begin replacing critical infrastructure around the district. In some older areas of town the pipes are over 80 years old. By taking a proactive approach, the district intends on addressing the aging pipelines before they become a problem.

In 2008, the Elk Grove Water District was a finalist in the Water Agency Award of Excellence presented by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA).