Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Carlsbad utilities director details operations, reports no lead detected and zero spills last year
Summary
Utilities Director Amanda Flessy briefed the council on operations and maintenance for water, wastewater and recycled water, reporting no lead detected in required state sampling, zero sewage spills in the last reporting cycle, and plans to finalize updated asset-management and CIP recommendations ahead of rate hearings in 2027.
Utilities Director Amanda Flessy told the Carlsbad City Council that the city’s utilities operations and maintenance teams maintained reservoirs, pump stations and tens of thousands of field assets while completing a major valve project and meeting new state reporting requirements.
Flessy, who identified herself as the utilities director and general manager for the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, said the district completed a year of inspections, rebuilt 22 pressure‑reducing valves, conducted 46 planned shutdowns to replace nonfunctioning valves and implemented new lead‑sampling protocols required by the state. “We completed the sampling and successfully reported to the state that we have no detection of lead in our…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
