Happy #ThrowbackThursday! Get to know our history with us and buckle up for a trip down memory lane!
Do you know who our Gafner Water Reclamation Facility is named after? Her name was Forest Gafner, a Leucadia resident and Realtor who was instrumental in forming the Leucadia Wastewater District in 1959. She served on the first Board of Directors, and helped to bring safe treatment and disposal of wastewater to the area, which had previously relied on septic tanks.#tbt
We are hiring for a Field Services Technician-in-training position💦
Under close supervision, the Field Services Technician-in-training performs a wide variety of manual labor tasks associated with the maintenance and repair of wastewater collection and treatment facilities. This position is the entry level class in the Field Services Technician series.
Check out how kindergarten teacher, Nancy Jois will apply her Teacher Grant at Capri Elementary 🍎
This project will teach kindergarten classes about the water cycle, erosion and landscaping in our dry Southern California climate.
With this grant, students will create models of individual water cycles, use their models to demonstrate the concept of erosion, and add plants to the school campus rain garden to help prevent erosion/ water runoff into a storm drain.
Learn how science teacher, June Honsberger, will utilize her Teacher Grant this year at La Costa Canyon High School 🍎
This water use project will have students design and plant trees in an unused space to create an outdoor classroom. When students return to campus, outdoor spaces will be used as classrooms.
The science students will research native trees to discover which varieties will grow in our climate and how to maintain them. Once students return to campus, they will plant the trees and assemble the work tables/benches.
Our community continues to blow us away with the breathtaking photos they take of our community 🌅
Local resident, Tom Mills, recently sent in a stunning photo of this hummingbird drinking nectar.
Help us see the community through your eyes by tagging your photos with #LWDPhoto or by emailing them to info@lwwd.org. We'd love to share your captured moments!
Congratulations to our Teacher Grant Recipients! 🍎
In December, we awarded $5,336 in teacher grants to fund three water/wastewater projects to local schools in our service area.
We had some excellent submissions this last Fall and are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Teacher Grant Program: June Honsberger of La Costa Canyon High School, Nancy Jois of Capri Elementary, and Jennifer Smith of El Camino Creek Principal.
Happy New Year! 🎉
#NewYearsEve is a great time for a resolution to help protect our environment, so don't forget to do your part to protect the coast by canning your FOGs (cooking fat, oil, and grease), and ensuring you only flush the 3 Ps - pee, poo, and (toilet) paper!
#Environment #Leucadia #Carlsbad #Encinitas #Wastewater
The District is continuing its gravity sewer repairs to keep our infrastructure up to date. To complete this work, we will be closing 600 feet of trail that begins at Rancho Santa Fe Road and Camino De Los Coches parallel to Quebrada Circle starting December 28th and completing work by March 31, 2021. As part of the work, the vegetation and shrubs will be removed to access the pipeline.
Thank you for your cooperation in advance. For any additional questions, please email info@lwwd.org.