Oceanside is a full-service City providing water and wastewater services through its Water Utilities Department. Water Utilities staff are at work 24 hours per day, 365 days per year ensuring a safe and reliable water supply and treating and disposing of wastewater. The department employs 137 people at five different locations. The Water Utilities Department has three divisions: Water, Wastewater and Administration.

The Water Division operates and maintains the City's water distribution system. Approximately 93 percent of Oceanside's water is purchased from the San Diego County Water Authority that in turn delivers imported water from the Metropolitan Water District. This raw water supply is treated at the Robert A. Weese Filtration Plant. Almost 7 percent of Oceanside's water comes from the Mission Basin. This brackish groundwater is extracted and becomes potable water through a desalting process at the Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility. The department also reclaims wastewater at the San Luis Rey Wastewater Treatment Plant and uses it to irrigate the Oceanside Municipal Golf Course. The Water Division operates and maintains over 500 miles of waterlines that distribute water throughout the City, and 12 reservoirs with a capacity of 50.5 million gallons.

The Department's Wastewater Division collects, treats and disposes of all of the City's sewage at the San Luis Rey Wastewater Treatment Plant and the La Salina Wastewater Treatment Plant. All sewage is treated to levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency. The San Luis Rey plant serves areas east of I-5 and the La Salina plant treats sewage from areas west of I-5, downtown and along the coast. Staff is responsible for operating and maintaining over 450 miles of pipelines and 30 lift stations.

Administration Division staff develops and administers the department's policies and procedures, assures compliance with all state and federal regulations, coordinates planning, design and construction of all capital improvement projects, and provides operational support for the Water and Waste Water Divisions.

Listed below are the Water Utilities Department's programs, locations, and telephone numbers:

Administration
Water Utilities Director, Cari Dale	300 North Coast Highway Oceanside, CA  92054 Phone:  (760) 435-5800 Fax:  (760) 435-5814
Regulatory Compliance
Geographic Information Systems
Capital Improvement Projects
Water Division Programs
Mission Basin Desalting Facility	(760) 435-5800
Robert A. Weese Filtration Plant	(760) 435-5800
Distribution	City Operations Center 4927 Oceanside Blvd. Oceanside, CA  92056 (760) 435-5800
Meter Services	City Operations Center 4927 Oceanside Blvd. Oceanside, CA  92056 (760) 435-5800
Field Maintenance	City Operations Center 4927 Oceanside Blvd. Oceanside, CA  92056 (760) 435-5800
Wastewater Division Programs
Plant Maintenance	(760) 435-5800
Collections	City Operations Center 4927 Oceanside Blvd. Oceanside, CA  92056 (760) 435-5800
San Luis Rey Wastewater Treatment Plant	(760) 435-5800
La Salina Wastewater Treatment Plant	(760) 435-5800
Shared Programs
Laboratory	(760) 435-5800
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)	(760) 435-5800