Serving People. Protecting the Environment.
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May 30, 2020 Update
Donner Summit Public Utility District is open for business! Our customer service counter will be open during normal business hours starting June 1, 2020. In compiling with COVID-19 guidelines, we will be limiting the number of customers in the office to 5. We ask for your understanding and patience should you need to wait for us to serve you. You may also call our office at (530) 426-3456 with any questions.
Reminder: If you are experiencing a hardship as a result of COVID-19 and have concerns about being able to pay your utility bill, please contact our office to discuss options. Please note that after the emergency, past due accounts will need to be paid in full.
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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| May 19, 2020 | May 19 2020 |
