(Posted August 26, 2025) The Lagunitas Creek Bridge Pipe Replacement Project will begin in late September 2025. This project involves installation of new valves on both sides of the Lagunitas Creek Bridge in anticipation of the replacement project led by Caltrans as well as installation of a permanent pipeline once the new Caltrans bridge is constructed. Project benefits include increased flexibility of the District’s water system to accommodate the temporary water line and future permanent water line on the new bridge. The project is estimated to be complete in November 2026.
For more information on this project click HERE.
(Updated August 26, 2025) You’re Invited! District Open House – New Administration Building & Laboratory
Join us as we celebrate our new Administration Building and Laboratory on Friday, September 19, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at 999 Rush Creek Place, Novato.
The event will include:
– Dedication ceremony with plaque unveiling
– Guided tours of the new buildings, laboratory, and our low water use demonstration garden
– Visual displays
– Refreshments, promotional giveaways, and water conservation fixtures
Click here for the formal invitation: Open House Invite
(Posted July 29, 2025) The Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project (PVP), currently owned and operated by PG&E, is planned for decommissioning, assuming approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). On July 25, PG&E released their final application for decommissioning and surrender of their operating license for consideration by FERC. The original construction of the PVP dates back to early the 1900s and has involved diverting flows in the upper Eel River over to the Russian River for hydroelectric power generation since 1922. Although these diversions have significantly decreased in total volume since 2007, they are an important part of the overall water supply balance in the Russian River. The North Marin Water District relies on Russian River water purchased from Sonoma Water for approximately 80 percent of its water supply needs.
To learn more about the PVP as well as what is being planned by regional water providers in the Russian River watershed, visit the Eel-Russian Project Authority’s website HERE or fact sheets HERE.
For more information on PG&E’s process to decommission and surrender the PVP, click HERE.
(Posted July 15, 2025) The North Marin Water District will be initiating the San Mateo Tank Transmission Project starting in August 2025 with an expected completion sometime in October 2025. This project involves installation of a new, large-diameter transmission main that will extend from the San Mateo Tank and connect to the existing distribution system along San Mateo Way. Project benefits include increased fire flows for the San Marin area and decreased pumping costs.
Find out more by emailing SMTTransmissionmain@NMWD.com or visiting https://nmwd.com/business/current-projects/
(Posted June 25. 2025) The District would like to invite you to visit our brand new low water use Demonstration Garden located at our remodeled administration building at 999 Rush Creek Place in Novato, recently re-opened. Created to provide examples of beautiful low water use plants that thrive in our Novato climate, we hope it inspires you to choose plants for your own landscape that flourish with less water. The Demonstration Garden is drip irrigated using recycled water and rainwater, and a weather-based controller automatically adjusts the irrigation schedule based on the current conditions. Having a garden that is water-smart and beautiful is easy and the plants found in the garden are only a small sample of the possibilities for your water-wise garden. Bear with us as the plants are still a bit young, but you are welcome to come by and visit the front portion anytime.
Find the perfect plants for your garden and more information about the plants in this Demonstration Garden, including a self-guided garden map with a detailed plant list here.
(Posted June 11, 2025) North Marin Water District recently increased the incentive for replacing regularly maintained, irrigated lawns with District-approved low water use plantings on drip irrigation. The incentive is now $1.50 per square foot of lawn area if you replace it with qualified low water use planting (up to $1,500 per single-family dwelling) and an additional per square foot rebate if the project meets the additional Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program’s criteria for delayed stormwater runoff.
Pre-qualification virtual inspection and re-landscaping plan approval are required for participation. To learn more about the program and the qualifications for the different rebate levels and to see if your project qualifies, click here or call 415-761-8944.