PCWA Facts
Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) was created in 1957 under its own state legislative Act entitled the “Placer County Water Agency Act.”. The Agency is self-governed with policy and regulatory decisions determined by an independently elected five member Board of Directors. Highly experienced men and women working together as a team under administrative direction of a General Manager provide Agency services and activities. Since its inception the Agency has been actively involved in Placer County’s 1,500 square miles on a wide variety of water and energy issues.
Water Division (As of December 31, 2010) - supplies irrigation and treated drinking water in four service zones in central and western Placer County, generally located along the Interstate 80 corridor between Roseville and Alta; and one service zone in the Martis Valley, south of Truckee, in eastern Placer County.
Miles of mainline pipes - treated: 549
Miles of irrigation canals: 165
Number of water treatment plants: 8
Total plant capacity ( in million gallons per day): 80
Number of Storage Tanks: 37
Population Served: Over 200,000
Total Water Accounts: Over 38,000
Water Sales: $ 30,871,328
Net Capital Assets: $432,586,696
Retail Treated Water service includes the areas of Alta, Applegate, City of Auburn, City of Colfax, City of Rocklin, Dutch Flat, Penryn, Town of Loomis, and Weimar and portions of County of Placer
Wholesale/Resale Treated Water service includes the City of Lincoln, Cal American, San Juan Water District and Sacramento Suburban Water District.
Irrigation Canal Water service stretches from Alta to portions of Rocklin and Loomis.
Power Division - operates the Middle Fork American River Project, which was completed in 1967, and includes an integrated facilities structure as well as public recreational facilities.
Number of Major Reserviors: 2
Number of hydroelectric power plants: 5
Number of dams: 7
Miles of tunnels: 24
Power and Energy Production:
Total Rated Capacity: 227,914 Kilowatts
Total Dependable Capacity: 190,700 Kilowatts
Average Annual Energy Production: 1,030,000,000 Kilowatt hours (Based on 32 years operation: 1967-1998)
Water Storage and Regulation:
Total Gross Storage: 342,583 Acre Feet
French Meadows Reservoir: 134,993 Acre Feet
Hell Hole Reservoir: 207,590 Acre Feet
Total Tributary Watershed: 429 Square Miles
Ultimate Annual Yield: 237,000 Acre Feet
