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INTRODUCTION

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Welcome to the Santa Clarita Valley Water
Agency’s (SCV Water’s) 5-year Strategic
Plan. The purpose of SCV Water is to unify
and modernize water resource management
within the Santa Clarita Valley through the
efficient, sustainable, and affordable
provision, sale, management and delivery of
surface water, groundwater, and recycled
water for all uses, and to do so in a manner
that promotes the sustainable stewardship of
natural resources in the Santa Clarita Valley.

SCV Water was created January 1, 2018 by
an act of the State Legislature (SB 634)
through the merger of the four water entities
in the Santa Clarita Valley. SCV Water
serves a population of approximately
273,000 through 72,000 water service connections over 195 square miles. The merger included
Castaic Lake Water Agency and its Santa Clarita Water Division, Newhall County Water District
and the Valencia Water Company. The Castaic Lake Water Agency was formed as a wholesale
water agency to acquire, treat, and deliver State Water Project water supply throughout the
Santa Clarita Valley. The Santa Clarita Water Division, Newhall County Water District and the
Valencia Water Company were the retail water purveyors. Population at build-out is estimated to
be 420,000. SCV Water also provides wholesale water to Los Angeles County Waterworks
District #36.

This Strategic Plan is the blueprint for how SCV Water will respond to current challenges and
make the best of future opportunities for the benefit of our customers. It reaffirms SCV Water’s
vision and mission and succinctly defines six Goals related to: Customer and Community,
Infrastructure Reliability, Water Supply and Resource Sustainability, Water Quality and
Environmental Compliance, Financial Resiliency and High-Performance Team. It also outlines
the specific strategies that we will pursue to achieve this plan.

SCV Water and the region face a number of challenges
in the coming years. These include:

• Implementing the new water agency. The new
agency presents significant opportunities to
better serve the region. Seamlessly integrating
the water provision functions and systems of
these organizations into a single new agency will
be a significant strategic challenge for the Board
and staff in the coming years.

• Ensuring sustainable water supplies. The
Santa Clarita Valley’s water supply portfolio faces challenges. Primarily, the SCV

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