About Us

The Sacramento County Water Agency is dedicated to providing safe and reliable drinking water to over 55,000 homes and businesses in the Laguna-Vineyard area of the South County, Mather-Sunrise, Arden Park-Sierra Oaks, Hood, Northgate, and Southwest Track. Check to see who is your water purvey by providing your address or parcel number.

Our History

The State of California created the Sacramento County Water Agency in 1952 with the passage of the Sacramento County Water Agency Act. The Water Agency was created "for the purpose of controlling and conserving storm, flood and other surface waters for any beneficial use and for the protection of life and property in said district, for the purpose of co-operating and contracting with the United States, the State of California, municipalities and certain districts for the storage, diversion, the transportation and delivery, and the sale or other disposition of such water; for the obtaining of ground or other water or a water supply and the production, storage, transmission, distribution sale, or other dispositon of such water; to provide for the powers of such district necessary to carry out its purposes". The Water Agency Act has since been amended several times. 

The boundaries of the Water Agency are by definition identical to the boundaries of the County of Sacramento, and by definition its governing Board of Directors is ex officio the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Among its powers, the Board has the authority to create "zones" within the Agency "in order to finance, construct, acquire, reconstruct, maintain, operate, extend, repair, or otherwise improve any work or improvement of common benefit to such zone". There are currently eight zones of the Water Agency and they are described below.

• Zones 11A, 11B, 11C were created to provide funds for the construction of major drainage facilities. Funding for Zone 11A, 11B, 11C activities is provided from fees collected at the time of development.
• The Sacramento County Stormwater Utility (SWU/Zone12) - The Sacramento County Stormwater Utility (SWU) provides drainage operation and maintenance services within the geographic area defined by Zone 12 of the Sacramento County Water Agency. The Sacramento County SWU was created to fund the operation and maintenance of storm drainage facilities, the construction of remedial storm drainage improvement projects, the preparation of storm drainage master plans, and the implementation of stomwater quality programs. The SWU is funded through the standard collection of bimonthly fees
• Zone 13 was created by the Water Agency Board of Directors on May 5, 1987 to fund comprehensive long-range planning and engineering studies of flood control, water resources development, water supply management and water conservation beneficial to the Zone. Zone 13 includes all of Sacramento County excepting the cities of Sacramento, Folsom, Galt and Isleton, and its activities are funded by an annual per-parcel assessment on all real property within the Zone.
• Zone 40 was created by the Water Agency Board of Directors on May 14, 1985 pursuant to Resolution No. 663 to fund the planning, design, and construction of major water supply facilities that benefit the Zone. Zone 40 revenue is provided from water development fees collected at the time of development and from Special User Fees included in bi-monthly water customer utility charges.
• Zone 41 was created by the Water Agency Board of Directors on June 13, 2000 pursuant to Resolution WA-2397, and constituted a reorganization of the Sacramento County Water Maintenance District. Zone 41 funds the operation and maintenance of a public drinking water system that includes water production, treatment, storage and distribution facilities, pursuant to permits issued by the California Department of Health Services. Revenue to fund Zone 41 activities is provided by utility charges, connection permit fees, construction water permits, and grants-all of which fund Water Supply Capital Facilities Design and Water Supply Facilities Operations and Administration.
  Zone 41 also provides wholesale water supply to the Elk Grove Water Service pursuant to the First Amended And Restated Master Water Agreement Between Sacramento County Water Agency And Florin Resources Conservation District/Elk Grove Water Service, June 28, 2002.
• Zone 50 was created by the Water Agency Board of Directors on June 1, 2004 pursuant to Resolution WA-2542. Zone 50 encompasses the Metro Air Park Special Planning Area, a commercial and industrial development adjacent to the Sacramento International Airport. Zone 50 funds certain capital facilities required to provide water supply to the Zone, as described in the Zone 50 Water Supply Master Plan adopted on October 25, 2005; Zone 50 revenue is provided from water development fees. Water for the Zone is purchased from the City of Sacramento pursuant to an October 12, 2004 Wholesale And/Or Wheeling Water Service Agreement.

Each zone encompasses a unique geographic area of benefit to achieve the desired objectives. Funding derived from a zone can only be used to benefit that zone.