The Department of Water & Power's mission is to protect public health by providing the highest quality water, reclaimed water, electric service and efficient water reclamation.
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In 1886, developer Robert Taylor persuaded his partners, Rimpau, Joy, Garretson and Merrill to form the South Riverside Land and Water Company. With his partners, Taylor raised approximately $110,000 to purchase roughly 12,000 acres of good agricultural land. Taylor, realizing the importance of water for the developing community, raised additional funds which were used to secure future water rights for the area.
On July 13, 1896, residents voted to incorporate the community and to change the name from South Riverside to Corona. Corona is the Spanish word for crown, in honor of the City's circular Grand Boulevard. In 1897, the Corona City Water Company was incorporated for domestic water distribution.
In 1964, the City of Corona purchased the assets of the Corona City Water Company, creating a municipally owned utility. The department grew from a division of the Public Works Department to the City of Corona Water Utilities Department: a state-of-the-art department that maximizes the City and State's natural resources.
On April 4, 2001, Corona's City Council passed Resolution No. 2001-25, which established a municipally owned utility. The council's action authorized the City Manager to take all necessary steps to create and establish a municipally owned utility to provide these services. In December 2002, the department changed its name to the City of Corona Department of Water & Power to incorporate the increased services to the community.
Today, our mission is to protect public health by providing the highest quality water and electric service, as well as efficient water reclamation. We take great pride in being able to serve the community and always strive to provide our customers with the highest quality service. As such, we are constantly looking for new and more efficient ways to increase the quality and quantity of our water supply.
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Corona's water supply is comprised of 56% ground water, 34% Colorado River water and 10% water supplied from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. These three sources are blended to bring high-quality drinking water to your home and business. Today, three treatment facilities serve more than 150,000 Corona residents. Our capital improvement projects include developing local water wells, building numerous storage reservoirs, providing reclaimed water for landscape use and establishing miles of new water distribution lines to better serve the community.
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Corona's electric utility was established on April 4, 2001. All new residents and developments are prospective customers of the City's electric utility. New residents and developments will only become customers of the new electric utility when it is cost effective to have an interconnection with Southern California Edison ("SCE") facilities.
Click here to view a map of the areas serviced by the Corona Department of Water & Power.
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Water Division
- Founded in 1964
- Serves approximately 150,000 customers
- Service Area: Approximately 45 square miles
- Maintains 593 miles of water mains
- Operates and maintains:
- 21 active wells
- 2 surface water treatment plants
- 1 ground water reverse osmosis facility
- 6 blending facilities
- Average daily water use per capita: 259 gallons per day
- 14.22 billion gallons per year produced and supplied to customers
- 1.5 to 2.5 parts per million of chloramine added for disinfection
Water Reclamation Division
- Water Reclamation Facility #1 built in 1968
- Serves approximately 144,000 customers
- Maintains 441 miles of wastewater mains
- Operates 3 water reclamation treatment facilities
- Treats 13 million gallons per day on average
- 4.7 billion gallons treated per year
Electric Division
- Municipal owned electric utility established April 4, 2001
- Serves approximately 1,400 customers
- Current load is approximately 25 MW of peak demand
- Provides bundled services to eight areas in the City, and provides energy to Direct Access customers
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