As a public water system, Senior Canyon is regulated under the United States EPA Safe Drinking Water Act and reports to the California State Water Resources Control Board. Senior Canyon’s treatment system is in full compliance with the drinking water regulations and our water quality routinely exceeds water quality standards.Senior Canyon’s potable water supplies are collected from our spring-fed streams and groundwater tunnel in the upper reaches of a protected and pristine mountain watershed. There are no homes, no farms or farm animals, no gardens or orchards, and except for the Senior Canyon water system itself, no development of any kind. This high-quality source water is then disinfected and treated through an in-line filtration process before being sent through our distribution system and on to our customers.
Senior Canyon uses a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system to daily and automatically monitor water quality, including the disinfection process, turbidity, pH, temperature, and water flow. Our staff reads the data on their cell phones and manually records the results. Alerts sound whenever values fall outside normal parameters. Each month these daily values are electronically sent to the State Division of Drinking Water in Carpinteria. The SCADA system also reports tank levels and whether or not pumps are engaged. At least once a day, our two high-pressure filters are backwashed to maintain optimal function.
Throughout the year, Senior Canyon purchases treated water from the Casitas Municipal Water District. To view CMWD’s Consumer Confidence Reports, click here.