Information about the
District
The District
The District includes all of Calaveras County in the Central
Sierra Nevada foothills in the northeastern portion of the State. The District
boundaries encompass approximately 640,000 acres of land ranging from the San
Joaquin Valley to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. San Andreas, the County seat, is
approximately 100 miles east of San Francisco and 60 miles southeast of
Sacramento. The city of Angels Camp is the only incorporated community in the
County. The population of the County as of January 1995 is estimated by the
California Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit, to be approximately
38,700, with most of the residents living within the various unincorporated
communities. The District currently provides water service to approximately
12,500 municipal
and residential / commercial customers in four improvement districts located
throughout the County. The District currently provides sewer service to
approximately 4,500 customers in six improvement districts located throughout
the County.
Government and
Management
The district is governed by a 5-member Board
of Directors who are elected by qualified voters in the District to 4-year
terms.
Day to day management of the
District is delegated to the General Manager and other staff of the District.District Powers
The District is a public non-profit agency. As
a special district, CCWD’s powers include provision of public water service,
water supply development and planning, wastewater treatment and disposal, and
recycling. The District has broad general powers over
the use of water within it's boundaries, including the right of eminent domain,
authority to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify,
reclaim, process and salvage any water for beneficial use, to provide sewer
service, to sell treated or untreated water, to acquire or construct
hydroelectric facilities and sell the power and energy produced to public
agencies or public utilities engaged in the distribution of power, to contract
with the United States, other political subdivisions, public subdivisions,
public utilities, or other persons, and, subject to Article XIIIA of the State
constitution, to levy taxes and improvements.
Employees
The District currently employs 69 persons, of whom 42
work in Operations and 27 in Accounting, Engineering, Finance, Customer-Service,
and Administration.
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Last Update: 2/14/2007
