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August 2020 – A Note to Our Customers
Donner Summit Public Utility District will be supplying recycled water to be used for dust control measures for the Donner Pass Road Improvement Project. DSPUD anticipates supplying up to 40,000 gallons of water per day for the Donner Pass Road Improvement Project during peak construction times when dust mitigation will be in full effect. The use of recycled water instead of potable water will help conserve potable water supplies, which is important given the previously drier than normal winter. The use of recycled water will be in full compliance with safety precautions as permitted under Order # R5-2018-0085 issued by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. Please contact the office with any questions.
Reminder! In response to COVID-19, and following guidelines from state and local health officials, the Donner Summit Public Utility District Administrative Office is CLOSED to the public until further notice. Customers may contact office staff by phone at (530) 426-3456, by email at info@DSPUD.com.
The Donner Summit Public Utility District is located in Soda Springs, California, and provides sewer collection and treatment and water treatment and distribution to its customers.
Road Construction Alert
A road widening project is underway on Donner Pass Road, starting at the Soda Springs Exit and continuing towards Truckee for 6.5 miles. Read more about the project.
What’s New
Donner Summit Public Utility District is responsible for maintaining the dam at Lake Angela and must comply with federal and state safety measures. In 2019, the District commissioned an inundation study to show how a failure in the dam could impact the area and developed proper mitigation measures to protect the community in the event of an unlikely failure.
Big Bend Construction
After several years of planning, Donner Summit Public Utility District (DSPUD) received a long-anticipated low-interest loan from USDA Rural Development to fund the building a new water treatment plant in Big Bend.
Water
Donner Summit Public Utility District’s water treatment plant is located in the mountains on Donner Summit. Upgraded in 2018, the plant has the capacity to treat and deliver up to 1 millions of gallons (mgd) of water daily. The District also provides water to the Big Bend community.
Wastewater
Donner Summit Public Utility District implements the most stringent methods for treating wastewater. A state-of-the-art Ultraviolet system disinfects wastewater to the highest level, allowing the District to be the first wastewater treatment plant in California to recycle water for snowmaking.
Latest Board Agenda
| Meeting Date | Download |
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| Oct 20, 2020 | Agenda 10-20-2020 |
