Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District is excited to start sharing some photos of the work we do to restore steelhead in the Carmel River.

When the river subsides during the dry season steelhead can get trapped, the Water District’s team traverses the river saving thousands of steelhead of various sizes, then raising them in the naturalized channel of our Carmel Valley rearing facility.

MPWMD is looking forward to launching a newsletter in 2021. Please sign up here to keep up-to-date on our conservation, stewardship, and water supply efforts. https://www.mpwmd.net/resour/newsletters/newsletter-signup/

MPWMD is accepting letters of interest and statements of qualification for a Division 3 director. Please see press release for details.

Excellent video by James Marsh.

After a long hot summer, the Carmel River is slowly moving down the dry river bed and has made it to Via Mallorca Bridge...next stop the Carmel River lagoon.

The District's new marketing/outreach folks are hard at work documenting the release of the steelhead from the Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility. Today, we released the larger fish near the Carmel River lagoon.

Pure Water Monterey is online! The future of water is here!

Firefighters have been using water and shelter at Monterey Peninsula Water Management District's Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility on the NW front of the Carmel Fire. The facility remains fully functional. #CarmelFire #ThankYouFirefighters

Sleepy Hollow Fish Rearing Facility is still operating!

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Just a few short hours until the official launch of the Summer Splash Water Challenge Giveaway!!

MPWMD's offices are currently closed in response to the County's COVID-19 Shelter at Home Order. We will be continuing essential operations, however. Check back for updates. There will be an update about Water Permit processing posted by tomorrow afternoon.

Water inspections are currently on hold through the end of March due to Covid-19. Our office is open and we are available by phone at 831-658-5601 or by email at [email protected] .

At our recent Board of Directors meeting, Chair Alvin Edwards of Division 2 presented previous Chair Molly Evans of Division 3 with a ceremonial gavel for her service in leading the board. Director Evans said, I’m most proud of leading the Board and the community in discussing relevant topics and doing so in a respectful and productive manner. #wearewater #waterwisemonterey #cawater

The year is 2003. The Governator @schwarzenegger was elected and music on the go ITunes launched. A fish swam into our hearts in Finding Nemo and @50cent let us know where to find him In the Club Back on the Peninsula, we saved 55k Steelhead Trout and initiated rebates on low flow toilets and drought tolerant landscaping. #flashbackfriday #wearewater #cawater #everydropcounts #waterwisemonterey

And we are underway with our first Board of Directors meeting of the new year! Follow us for updates on all things water in our region! #wearewater #waterwisemonterey #cawater @cadepartmentofwaterresources @canvawwa @saveourwater

It’s not a Thursday with out a social media meme challenge and a January Board of Directors meeting! #dollypartonchallenge #wearewater #everydropcounts #waterwisemonterey @cadepartmentofwaterresources @canvawwa @saveourwater @neorsd @dollyparton