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Goleta residents joined other County citizens voting to approve the Cachuma project by a 3-to-1 margin. Construction began in 1950 and was completed in the mid-1950s. The Tecolote Tunnel, a seven-foot diameter, six-mile-long, gravity-fed water conveyance pipeline, bored straight through the Santa Ynez Mountains delivers water to the South Coast.
Like so much of the District’s water supply, this effort to secure a reliable source of water required significant investment by rate payers. The Goleta Water District is entitled to 36%, or 9,322 AF of the Lake’s yield each year. Historically, that alone is enough to meet three-quarters of the District’s water needs.
