Editing Ventura, California (section)

===Utilities===
[[File:Ventura Avenue Water Treatment Facility.jpg|thumb|left|The historic [[Spanish Colonial Revival style|Spanish Colonial style]] Ventura Ave. Water Treatment Plant]]
Ventura provides water to its residents and some [[unincorporated areas]] near the city. [[Drinking water|Water]] sources are [[Lake Casitas]], the [[Ventura River]], and [[groundwater]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/ventura/2019/09/30/who-gets-ventura-river-water-ventura-agrees-track-usage/3824221002/|title=Who gets Ventura River water? Ventura agrees to track, potentially reduce its usage|last=Martinez|first=Arlene|date=September 30, 2019|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> The water system includes 3 [[Water treatment|treatment plants]], 10 [[well]]s, and 27 [[reservoir]]s. The city has rights to [[State Water Project]] since the early 1970s but has not built a connection to use the water.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Kathleen |date=May 26, 2023 |title=Key funding comes through from EPA to boost water supply in Ventura |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/24/ventura-california-wastewater-drinking-water-effluent-santa-clara-river-estuary/70248226007/ |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Sanitary sewer]] services began treatment at a [[Sewage treatment|single plant]]  in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Holland|first=Brooke|date=August 19, 2021|title=EPA chief visits Ventura, talks drought, water infrastructure|url=https://www.pacbiztimes.com/2021/08/19/epa-chief-visits-ventura-talks-drought-water-infrastructure/|access-date=August 20, 2021|work=Pacific Coast Business Times|language=en-US}}</ref> The plant, within a former portion of the [[estuary]] of the [[Santa Clara River (California)|Santa Clara River]], has ponds of treated water that attract birds.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kisken|first=Tom|date=November 24, 2017|title=These Ventura ponds are for the birds (and birders)|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2017/11/23/these-ventura-ponds-birds-and-birders/831122001/|access-date=August 16, 2020|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="VCS 2014-10-19">Heitmann, Cheryl (November 19, 2014) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/ventura/ventura-mayor-defines-fullservice-city_25122909 "Ventura mayor defines full-service city"] ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref> Some [[recycled water]] from the plant is used for landscaping and other [[non potable]] uses.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/ventura/2019/09/13/california-water-issues-ventura-cwin-lawsuit-environmental-impact-report/2288976001/ |title=Ventura's awash in water litigation. This time, the target is state water |last=Martinez |first=Arlene |date=September 14, 2019 |newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]] |access-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/ventura/2019/09/05/ventura-county-ca-wastewater-treatment/2144525001/ |title=A look inside Ventura's wastewater operations. What's the future of its estuary discharge? |last=Martinez |first=Arlene |date=September 5, 2019 |newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]] |language=en |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Biasotti |first=Tony |date=October 15, 2019 |title=Ventura OKs $200 million-plus plan to remove wastewater from estuary. Here's what's next. |language=en |newspaper=Ventura County Star |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/10/15/ventura-approves-200-million-wastewater-recycling-plan/3976522002/ |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Woods II |first=Wes |date=April 22, 2024 |title=Ventura considering $13.3M design deal for water purification plant |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2024/04/22/ventura-eyeing-13-3-million-design-deal-for-water-purification-plant/73332568007/ |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Montalvo Community Services District looked at the cost of a new treatment plant in 2014 and considered having the city take over their service area and dissolve the district. The Montalvo Municipal Improvement District had been formed 60 years prior to bringing sewer service to what was then a remote [[unincorporated area]] southeast of Ventura. The city of Ventura annexed the last unincorporated portions of Montalvo in 2012<ref>{{cite news |title=Agency approves Parklands annexation in east Ventura |first= Tony |last= Biasotti |work=[[Ventura County Star]] |date= October 19, 2011 |url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/lafco-approves-parklands-annexation-in-east}}</ref> and had already begun to provide water to the community before the annexation.<ref>Biasotti, Tony (November 14, 2014) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/ventura/end-of-an-era-in-montalvo-as-sewer-district-prepares-to-hand-off-services_38133204 "'End of an era' in Montalvo, as sewer district prepares to hand off services"] ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref>