City of Huntington Beach:  Public Works
2000 Main St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
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Huntington Beach Water

Sign up for water service: Call: (714) 536-5919 (press 9)
between 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays to sign up for new Water, Sewer & Trash Service.  Have your Driver's License Number,  Social Security or Tax ID. 

Water emergencies such as main breaks, call: (714)-536-5921

Municipal water, sewer, trash, and optional FireMed service, are billed approximately every 30 days. The charges are calculated for the service reading period, which is noted on the right hand side of the statement.

Reading your water bill:
Your water bill shows usage in units of 100 cubic feet of water. An average household in HB uses 12 units per one-month reading period. To convert this to gallons, multiply by 748.

The Public Works Department is tasked with monitoring and providing the city's water supply used by residents in their homes and companies in the businesses. Those who live and work in Huntington Beach pay their water bill each month. It is combined in the same billing with trash collection.

Huntington Beach is located on the Santa Ana River groundwater basin, which allows the City of HB to pump 75% of its water supply from the subterranean basin. 25% is supplied by imported water. Nine operating water wells that vary in depth from 250 feet to 1,020 feet, with production varying from 450 gallons per minute to 4,000 gallons per minute ensure a lasting supply for the region. Orange County Water District manages the basin, and the City pays a replenishment assessment to the District for each acre-foot of water taken from the groundwater basin.

Is the drinking water safe?

Automatically tested and monitored every four seconds in parts per million or parts per billion, the water is considered safe, meeting all federal and local guidelines.

Why fluroide?

Voters chose to Fluoridate Huntington Beach's water supply in 1972.

Why chlorine?

Chlorine is used  for disinfection. It is imported from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which uses a different disinfection method, a combination of chlorine and ammonia. When water using these two disinfection methods is blended together, it may give off a slight chlorine odor, which is not harmful.

Why desalination?

Seawater Desalination Facility proposed by Poseidon Resources Corporation, consists of the construction and operation of a 50 million gallon per day seawater desalination facility within the City of Huntington Beach. The proposed desalination project would consist of seawater intake system, pretreatment facilities, a seawater desalination facility utilizing reverse osmosis technology, post-treatment facilities, product water storage, chemical storage, electrical substation, on- and off-site booster pump stations, and 48- to 54-inch diameter product water transmission pipelines in Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa. Huntington Beach doesn't currently need the water and the proposed facility would ship the product via pipelines and sell it to areas with growing demand.

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