FALLBROOK PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT

FPUD became a charter member of the SD County Water Authority when it was formed in 1944, making it eligible to receive a portion of the Colorado River diverted by The Metropolitan Water District of Southern CA. Significant expansions of FPUDs service area took place in 1950 when it annexed the last remaining portion of the Fallbrook Irrigation District and in 1958 with the annexation of the area to the north of town. In 1968 an agreement was signed with the Federal Government to develop a two dam and reservoir project for the benefit of FPUD and the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The federally sponsored project was known as the Santa Margarita Project. In 1978, FPUD began getting water from the CA State Water Project. To meet growing demand, Metropolitan began delivering water to SD County from the State Water Project as well as the Colorado River. In 1990, the registered voters in the DeLuz Heights Municipal Water District dissolved their district and its entire service ar...