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. . . (more)

Last updated on January 26, 2010