The following message is from the Contra Costa Water District:
We want to assure our customers that we are focused on continuing to provide reliable, high-quality water. Our dedicated employees are working 24/7 and taking extra safety precautions to deliver safe and reliable water to the families and businesses that we serve.
Please continue to use and drink water from your tap as usual.
Here is some important information about your water service:
Customer Service
- To protect employees and the public, we are practicing social distancing by closing access to our District Center lobby in Concord. Go to Bill Payment Options for alternatives to in-person payment.
- We have suspended water shutoffs during the emergency.
- As you see our crews in the street, please adhere to all health guidance and practice social distancing. While it might be tempting to ask about your water service, please protect your health and theirs by calling us at 925-688-8000. Not sure it’s a CCWD employee? Learn how to identify our employees.
Temporary Closures and Cancellations
- The Los Vaqueros Reservoir and Watershed is currently closed to the public until further notice.
- Water Education Programs for schoolchildren are on hold.
- Water Wise House Calls and other water efficiency programs are postponed or modified.
You can always visit the Contra Costa Water District online at www.ccwater.com.
5 comments
Do they say it’s safe?
I just signed up for bottled water delivery.
Yes it’s safe.
Our water is continuously monitored and tested.
Where do you think bottled water comes from?
No doubt it’s safe. The problem is it taste horrible. We switched to bottled water a few months after moving here in 1980. I take a sip now and again to see if it’s improved and IMO, it hasn’t. We use it for everything except drinking water.
If you think CCWD water currently tastes “horrible”, you haven’t traveled around the country very much. Although the water comes out of a slough near Oakley it is now pretty decent when mixed with Los Vaqueros water. Back in the 50’s the summer sodium levels exceeded Gov’t limits (250 PPM) in late summer was barely drinkable (and the only bottled water was Perrier). I DO use Diamond Pure water for coffee, tea, and salty canned soups.
Oh, I’ve traveled over the US. It’s just that when I get to the hotel I drink the bottled water in the minibar, not water from the tap. The last tap I remember drinking was in Iowa City, and yes, it was worse than CCWD. When I was a teen my friend’s parents had a cabin at Lake Arrowhead and that water was amazing. The best I ever had. As long as they keep pumping water to Central Valley farmers, CCWD water quality will suffer.
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