Agency Details:

Marin Municipal Water District

It is the purpose of the Marin Municipal Water District to sensitively manage the natural resources with which it is entrusted, to provide customers with reliable, high-quality water at an equitable price, and to ensure the fiscal and environmental vitality of the district for future generations.

Description:
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) provides drinking water to nearly 60,000 residents and businesses in southern Marin County. MMWD operates 7 reservoirs and manages 21,250 acres of watershed lands including over 18,000 acres of Mt. Tamalpais. These lands support over 900 plant species and significant breeding populations of northern spotted owls, foothill yellow-legged frogs, and northern pond turtles. The District is also responsible for numerous coho salmon improvement projects in Lagunitas Creek and elsewhere in the county.

History:
The Marin Municipal Water District received its charter in 1912.

Contact people:

Suzanne Whelan, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Janet Klein, Program Manager, (phone), (email)

Main office number: (415) 945-1128
Office fax number: (415) 945-1171

Address:

Sky Oaks Headquarters 49 Sky Oaks Road Fairfax, CA 94930 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.marinwater.org/controller?action=menuclick&id=171

Directions:

From San Francisco: Take Highway 101 North to the Central San Rafael Exit. Make a left turn on Third Street. Stay on Third. It will turn into Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Stay on Sir Francis Drake until you get to Fairfax town limits. You will go over a small hill and as you head down look for a “Valero” gas station on your left. Make a left immediately after the gas station at the wooden “Fairfax” sign (unfortunately there is a well hidden street sign that many motorist do not see, but the cross-street is Pacheco). At the stop sign make a right onto Broadway. At the next stop sign make a left onto Bolinas Rd. Go up Bolinas road approximately 1.5 miles (you will pass the Deer Park Villa restaurant). At 700 Bolinas Road there is a wooden sign on your left saying “Lake Lagunitas”. Make that left turn onto Sky Oaks Road; go up approximately 1/4 mile and Sky Oaks Watershed Headquarters is on the left at the crest of the hill. You are also at the entrance to Lagunitas and Bon Tempe Lakes. (If you miss the Sky Oaks Road turn-off and you get to the Meadow Club golf course you have gone too far). A $7.00 Vehicle Entrance Fee is required daily. The Lagunitas picnic area is about 1½ miles beyond the entrance Kiosk/Pay Station. After you have paid your entrance fee, stay on the paved road and within a mile or so you will come to a long straightaway and then a T-intersection. Go right at the intersection; within 100 yards you will be at the Lake Lagunitas parking area. From the East Bay: Go across the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge. Head north on 101. Take the Central San Rafael exit. Follow instructions from above. From Sonoma: Take 101 south. Take the Central San Rafael exit. Make a right onto Third Street. Follow the directions from above.

Last updated on February 19, 2010