Did you know all of the District’s drinking water comes from groundwater?

The District provides drinking water to over 14,000 homes. Water is pumped from 11 wells around the South Lake Tahoe area, disinfected and then immediately delivered to houses and stored in water tanks. Our groundwater originates right here in the Lake Tahoe watershed where we live. Snow falls in winter, melts in spring, and travels through a vast network of groundwater aquifers to Lake Tahoe. By pumping water from these aquifers, the South Lake Tahoe area has some of the tastiest and purest water in California.