Founded on January 1, 1960, and governed by a publicly elected, five-member Board of Directors, Mesa Water is an independent special district that provides water service to 110,000 residents in an 18-square-mile service area that includes most of Costa Mesa, a portion of Newport Beach, and John Wayne Airport. Mesa Water provides 100 percent local reliable groundwater to its customers due to the Mesa Water Reliability Facility.

Mesa Water is governed by a five-member Board of Directors that is responsible for policies and decision-making. Find out more

 

Our Mission

Mesa Water District, a local independent special district, manages its finances and water infrastructure, and advocates water policy, while reliably providing an abundance of clean, safe water to benefit the public’s quality of life.

Our Vision

To Be a Top Performing Public Water Agency

Our Core Values

  • Health and Safety of the Public and our Staff
  • Excellence
  • Philosophy of Abundance
  • Perpetual Agency Philosophy

 

Visit MesaWater.org, follow @MesaWater on Facebook, X, or Instagramemail, or call 949.631.1200 to learn more.

To obtain feedback from the community about Mesa Water, and in conjunction with the District’s strategic plan, the Board of Directors commissioned a telephone and online survey of more than 800 customers. View the results of the Customer Survey

One of Most Efficient Water Agencies in Orange County

According to an annual study by Raftelis Financial Consultants, Mesa Water is one of Orange County’s most efficient water agencies, as measured by the true cost of providing water service to customers. Read the Study

2019 total expenses chart

Community Outreach

Mesa Water’s robust outreach program helps to increase awareness of the District and water among key audiences.

Mesa Water also promotes the importance of conservation through public outreach and education programs. We are proud that our customers are using less water and have reduced water use by more than 20 percent since June 2015. We encourage you to keep up those water-wise habits and make improvements in your home and landscape when possible.

Additionally, we encourage commercial and industrial customers to use reclaimed water for greenbelt areas. Using reclaimed water for irrigation purposes saves drinking water for other uses.