Press Releases

DePasquale to Take Oath of Office at District’s September 14 Board Meeting

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®), a top-performing public water agency, welcomes Marice H. DePasquale to its Board of Directors (Board) representing Division III of the District’s service area. Division III encompasses North Costa Mesa, including the Halecrest neighborhood, with landmarks such as South Coast Plaza, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and Orange Coast College.

“The fine candidates who applied to be Director of Division III all presented compelling qualifications for the Board’s consideration,” said Mesa Water Board President Jim Atkinson. “As a 20-year resident of Costa Mesa, Ms. DePasquale possesses incredible business savvy, land and water outreach consulting experience, and public affairs expertise that will add a fresh perspective to the Mesa Water Board,” said Atkinson.

Free Festival Features Live Entertainment, Games, Prizes, and Local Nonprofits

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®), a top-performing public water agency that supplies water to 110,000 residents throughout Costa Mesa and parts of Newport Beach, invites its community to a free family-friendly festival at its headquarters in Costa Mesa. The “I ♥ Mesa Water” festival, to be held on Saturday, September 23 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., will celebrate health, happiness, and community.

The festival will kick off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially launch Mesa Water’s new water vending machine. After the ceremony, festival attendees will receive a reuseable water bottle (while supplies last) for a free fill-up of fresh drinking water from Mesa Water’s new water vending machine.

Mesa Water Well Prepared to Perform Emergency Pipeline Repairs

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®) quickly shut off pipeline leaks in parts of its service area on August 29 and 30. Due to the organization’s advance planning, Mesa Water was well organized and equipped to efficiently repair the leaks.

“This incident underscores the importance of Mesa Water always having on-call crew members ready to report for duty at a moment’s notice, as well as on-call services to support our emergency engineering and operations activities” said Mesa Water Board President Jim Atkinson. “The District’s diligent advance planning enabled us to complete the repairs in a timely manner.”

Veteran directors to guide water district through perpetual infrastructure improvements

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®), a top-performing public water agency, has elected Jim Atkinson to serve as Board President and Fred Bockmiller to serve as Vice President through December 13, 2018. President Atkinson has served on the Board since 1998 and represents the Division IV communities of College Park, Mesa del Mar and Monticello, as well as John Wayne Airport and the OC Fairgrounds. This is his fourth term as Board President. Vice President Bockmiller has served on the Board since 1996 and represents Division I, encompassing the Westside of Costa Mesa and portions of Newport Beach. This is his sixth term as Vice President.

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Michelle Steel recently recognized Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®), a top-performing public water agency, for its commitment to economical financial management, stewardship of public funds, and capital improvement prioritization to ensure customers continue to enjoy affordable and 100 percent local reliable water supplies. Chairwoman Steel presented a commendation to Mesa Water's Board at its August 10 meeting.

“I commend Mesa Water's Board for its leadership and commitment to sound financial policies and decisions that allow the District to provide economical and efficient water services to ratepayers in our community,” said Chairwoman Michelle Steel. 

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®) has released its 2017 Water Quality Report (Report) to the public, containing important information about Mesa Water’s drinking water supplies, high standards for water quality, and the state and federal drinking water standards that it outperforms. The Report also provides valuable information about the district’s water supply sources.

Mesa Water® provides 100 percent of its water supplies from local groundwater, with some of that water pumped from deep underground and treated at the district’s state-of-the-art Mesa Water Reliability Facility.

Board to Fill Vacancy Upon Departure of Ethan Temianka

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®), a top-performing public water agency, invites residents in Division III of its service area to apply for the opportunity to join the district’s Board of Directors (Board). Division III encompasses North Costa Mesa, including the Halecrest neighborhood, with landmarks such as South Coast Plaza, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and Orange Coast College. Interested persons may call Mesa Water® at 949.631.1200 to confirm if their residence is located in Division III.

“We are looking forward to a visionary representative joining our leadership team whose purpose is to best serve the public by guiding Mesa Water toward continuing its mission of satisfying our community’s water needs,” said Mesa Water Board Vice President Jim Atkinson.

COSTA MESA, Calif. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®) Director Ethan Temianka has stepped down from the Mesa Water® Board of Directors (Board) effective Wednesday, July 19, 2017, to grow his business opportunities in Columbus, Ohio. Director Temianka is president and CEO of Patriarch Properties, a real estate investment company that purchases homes for redevelopment to sell or turn into affordable housing.

“The Board thanks Director Temianka for committing four and a half years of service to Mesa Water, including serving as Board Vice President for two years and recently serving as Board President,” said Board Vice President Jim Atkinson. “During his service to the community, Director Temianka encouraged redesigning MesaWater.org, initiating a social media program, and streamlining communications to improve transparency,” Atkinson further stated.

District safety program achieves “gold standard” results and cost savings

COSTA MESA, CALIF. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®) is approaching a remarkable milestone of four years without a lost time accident due to a robust environmental health and safety program that has led the District to a “gold standard” of safety performance.

COSTA MESA, CALIF. – Mesa Water District (Mesa Water®) has taken financial steps that will lead to an estimated $8.96 million in cost savings for the District and its customers over the next 10 years, including eliminating unfunded pension liabilities, refinancing debt and securing additional funding for its Capital Improvements Program (CIP).