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Purissima Hills Water District

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Updated: July 20, 2022

26375 Fremont Road
Los Altos Hills, California  94022-2699

Phone: (650) 948-1217                               Fax: (650) 948-0961

 

Service Area

 

The Purissima Hills Water District provides service to two-thirds of the Town of Los Altos Hills, a rural community adjacent to the City of Palo Alto, and unincorporated county land on the southern boundary. The District serves predominantly single-family homes on minimum one-acre lots. The largest customer is Foothill College.

 

System

 

Profile

 

Area Size

4,600 acres

Service Population

 6,822

Number of Accounts

2,201

Number of SF RWS Connections

2

Connections To SF RWS Mains

BDPL 3 and 4

Avg. Day Demand (mgd)

1.90

Avg. Day Purchases From SF RWS (mgd)

1.90

%  Demand Met With SF RWS Supplies

100.0%

Maximum Local Water Production (mgd)

0

Alternative Supply Sources

None

Interties With Other Agencies

CWS - Los Altos, City of Palo Alto

Local Storage (mg)

9.88

Days of Storage

All 4 distribution zones can meet the 8 hr criteria either separately or by pumping from zones with excess capacity

 

Summary

 

Purissima Hills Water District receives 100% of its water supply from two San Francisco/Hetch Hetchy turnouts located along the Foothill Expressway on the northern edge of the District. The SF RWS supply is gravity-fed through 18" transmission mains to the Deer Creek Pump Station and McCann Tanks at 250 feet above sea level.

 

All services within the District are gravity fed from tanks in the respective zones. The distribution system consists of 4 pressure zones, 11 tanks, 5 pumping stations, 15 pumps, and 80 miles of pipe.

 

Water Supply and Demand

 

Supply by Source

Actual
FY 17-18
(ccf)

Actual
FY 18-19
(ccf)

Actual
FY 19-20
(ccf)

Actual
FY 20-21
(ccf)

San Francisco Water

814,270

770,703

851,999

925,721

Recycled Water

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

Total

814,270

770,703

851,999

925,721

Mgd equivalent

1.67

1.58

1.75

1.90

 

 

 

 

 

Demand by Sector

 

 

 

 

Residential

715,387

672,238

746,898

823,222

Commercial/Industrial

0

0

0

2

Other

43,425

54,239

42,089

45,488

Dedicated Irrigation

4,888

4,508

4,814

5,089

Non-Revenue Water

50,570

39,718

58,198

51,920

Total

814,270

770,703

851,999

925,721

Mgd equivalent

1.67

1.58

1.75

1.90

 

 

 

 

 

Per Capita Use

Actual
FY 17-18
(gpcpd)

Actual
FY 18-19
(gpcpd)

Actual
FY 19-20
(gpcpd)

Actual
FY 20-21
(gpcpd)

Residential

283

224

249

274

Gross

271

240

284

308

 

Facilities and Distribution

 

Storage Reservoirs

 

Designation

Type

Capacity
(gallons)

 

Designation

Type

Capacity
(gallons)

MC Tank 1

Steel

130,000

 

A Tank 1

Redwood

200,000

MC Tank 2

Steel

1,000,000

 

A Tank 2

Cor-ten Steel

250,000

LC Tank 1

Steel

100,000

 

N Tank 1

Cor-ten Steel

200,000

LC Tank 2

Cor-ten Steel

900,000

 

N Tank 2

Cor-ten Steel

3,000,000

HH Tank

Concrete

3,100,000

 

PM Tank

Cor-ten Steel

500,000

E Tank

Steel

500,000

 

Total

 

9,880,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interties

 

Name

No.

Diameter
(in.)

CWS - Los Altos

2

8, 12

City of Palo Alto

2

12, 12

Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency

155 Bovet Road, Suite 650
San Mateo, California 94402
(650) 349-3000 telephone
(650) 349-8395 fax
bawsca@bawsca.org

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