The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has finalized its schedule for the annual maintenance shutdown for the Coastal Branch of the State Water Project. This shutdown will require approximately 2½ to 3 weeks, depending on the location of your Turnout. Both DWR and Central Coast Water Authority (CCWA) will complete required maintenance work. To accommodate this work, CCWA will shut down Turnouts as follows:

• All Turnouts will be shut down between 7:00 AM and 12:00 noon on Monday October 28, 2024.

The shutdown maintenance work is expected to last 2½ to 3 weeks. Once complete, CCWA will activate Turnouts and resume water deliveries as follows:

• Water deliveries for the Golden State Water Company, City of Santa Maria, City of Guadalupe, Lopez, Chorro Valley and Shandon Turnouts will be targeted to resume between 8:00 AM and 12:00 noon on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
• Water deliveries for Vandenberg Air Force Base, City of Buellton, City of Solvang and Santa Ynez RWCD ID#1 Turnouts will be targeted to resume on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

Please be advised that to prepare the pipeline for the duration of the shutdown, the target chlorine residual will be in the 3.3 to 3.5 milligrams/liter range in water delivered during the week prior to the shutdown. This will ensure that water within the pipeline will remain potable throughout the outage. CCWA will also purge a portion of the pipeline by resuming lake delivery operations prior to activating Turnouts on the pipeline.

During the outage, CCWA will have the Water Treatment Plant Clearwell, Tank 2, Tank 5 and Tank 7 available as a limited source of emergency supply. Weekly bacteriologic water quality samples will be collected and analyzed throughout the shutdown period. If your system requires an emergency source of supply during the shutdown, please contact us to coordinate.