2 Panels Will Study Water District Issue
With the threat of consolidation still looming, the board of the Mesa Consolidated Water District recently established two committees to study the issue.
Diana Leach, the district’s assistant general manager, said the board hopes to be prepared in the event it must be merged with another agency.
A recent consolidation study done for South County special districts, as well as recent state legislation encouraging consolidations, suggested that Mesa be merged with Irvine Ranch Water District.
One committee will meet regularly with Irvine Ranch board members and the general manager, Ron Young. The other will meet with members of the Costa Mesa City Council to keep them informed of developments.
Leach emphasized there is not a proposal to merge the two water agencies. But if there is movement in that direction, the board wants to be prepared.
“I think the board wants to begin studying all the alternatives,” she said.
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