SCWD Update

On July 6, 2006 the former Santiago County Water District consolidated with IRWD. At that time, an “acquisition balance” was established which set a schedule for the former Santiago service area to be transitioned into financial and operational parity with the remaining IRWD service area.

Upon consolidation, IRWD immediately reduced water rates by 20% below the Santiago County Water District water rates, but the reduced rates were still higher than those paid by other customers in the IRWD service area and the difference in rates was applied to pay down the acquisition balance.  

We are pleased to announce that the transition of the Santiago Service area to the IRWD service area budget based rate structure took place on July 1, 2010, almost two years ahead of schedule.  

If you have questions or want to find out more information on what this means to you please explore the general questions below. You can also download the IRWD Santiago Service Area Information Sheet.

If you need further information, please contact teh IRWD Customer Service Department at (949) 453-5300 or customerservice@irwd.com.