East County Advanced Water Purification

East County Advanced Water Purification The East County Advanced Water Purification Program will create a new, local, sustainable and drought-proof drinking water supply.

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These terms establish guidelines on the use of official social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram) of the East County Advanced Water Purification (AWP) Program, which is administered by the East County AWP Joint Powers Authority (JPA). Padre Dam Municipal Water District is the program administrator for the JPA. The purpose of information shared by the Program’s JPA on these social media platforms is to present information of public interest, including but not limited to Program and water related news, updates, conservation information and events.

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By accessing, contributing content to or otherwise participating in the use of the official East County AWP pages on social media platforms, the user agrees to the terms described below. To help assure these pages are safe and productive, please take a moment to become familiar with the following terms of use:

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We welcome your comments 24/7 but please note that social media platforms are not monitored 24/7 and staff primarily respond to comments during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). When closed for holidays, we aim to review comments on the next business day.

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The East County AWP social media pages serve as moderated online information exchange platforms about the Program and water related news and events. We want our social media channels to provide a welcoming environment for everyone who participates so we reserve the right to delete or hide comments that:

β€’ Are off-topic and do not directly relate to the posted East County AWP Program
news, updates, information, events, etc.

β€’ Contain vulgar or profane language, images or emojis.

β€’ Intimidate other posters, including but not limited to comments attacking
another’s race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity,
age, religion or disability.

β€’ Make unsupported, inaccurate or invalid claims or accusations.

β€’ Promote services or products, solicitations, advertisements, or endorsements of
any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency.

β€’ Show repetitive posts copied and pasted by the same or multiple users.

β€’ Promote illegal activity.

β€’ Are political in nature. We reserve the right to delete photos, videos, or links that:

β€’ Contain vulgar language, nudity, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive terms,
visuals, or audio that target specific ethnic or racial groups.

β€’ Are off-topics and do not directly relate to the posted East County AWP Program
news, updates, information, events, etc.

β€’ Make unsupported, inaccurate or invalid claims or accusations.

β€’ Are political in nature.

β€’ Promote services or products, solicitations, advertisements or endorsements of
any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency. The East County AWP JPA is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments or posts placed on the official social media pages. We reserve the right to delete or hide posts, photos, videos, or links that contain objectionable content as outlined above, so please ensure your comments contain none of the above or they will be removed in entirety. We reserve the right, without prior notice, to block social media accounts that repeatedly violates the terms of use.

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If you are a member of the media, please send questions or requests directly to Program public affairs representatives Melissa McChesney or Rebecca Cole via email at mmcchesney@padre.org or rcole@ardurra.com or by phone at 619-572-1490 (Melissa) or 619-300-5044 (Rebecca) for a prompt response. Please refrain from submitting time-sensitive questions or comments on any East County AWP social media page.

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For official Public Records Requests, please contact Amy Pederson via apederson@padre.org or 619-258-4614. Please also note that comments posted to our social media pages are considered public record and can be disclosed without any prior notice. The East County AWP JPA has the right - at all times - to disclose any information to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request and to edit, refuse to post or remove or store any materials posted here.

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The East County AWP social media pages are offered to facilitate the sharing of information on the Program and water-related news. The East County AWP JPA DOES NOT endorse or promote any information posted to these sites, and specifically DOES NOT endorse, promote or attest to the validity or effectiveness of any commercial postings or third party advertisements on this site. If discovered by the Program JPA, the JPA will remove any posting that it finds to be inappropriate to the purpose of these sites other than third party advertisements. PLEASE NOTE: You are no longer on the official East County AWP website; therefore, you must abide by the social media platform privacy policies and terms of use. Please see the Terms of Use Policies for each website.

02/17/2026

Thank you for reducing your speed in the construction zone.

02/13/2026

The left-hand turn on Mission Gorge Road at Jackson Drive is expected to be closed for one month. This info is posted on our online interactive map. Visit the link in our bio for details on our other construction zones.

HEADS UP: The vehicle gate near the Bushy Hill Drive parking lot will be closed 24/7 beginning in mid-February. Please p...
02/11/2026

HEADS UP: The vehicle gate near the Bushy Hill Drive parking lot will be closed 24/7 beginning in mid-February. Please park on the street or use the Bushy Hill Drive parking lot. This closure is to allow pipelines to be installed along this stretch of the Father Junipero Serra Trail.

HEADS UP- The left-hand turn pocket into the Jackson Drive parking lot from Mission Gorge Road is closed 24/7. Drivers c...
02/09/2026

HEADS UP- The left-hand turn pocket into the Jackson Drive parking lot from Mission Gorge Road is closed 24/7.

Drivers can make a U-turn at Father Junipero Serra Trail and then turn right into the parking lot.

The Jackson Drive parking lot remains open.

This left-turn closure is expected to last for several weeks.

UPDATE- Major equipment installation at the   Program site in Santee is approximately 95% complete. This includes things...
02/06/2026

UPDATE- Major equipment installation at the Program site in Santee is approximately 95% complete. This includes things like the odor control system, microfiltration (MF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes.

02/05/2026

REMINDER: Two separate traffic signals are temporarily in place along the Father Junipero Serra Trail.

This one is near the Old Mission Dam parking lot and the other one is set up near the Bushy Hill Drive parking lot.

These new temporary signals are to allow for one-way traffic while pipeline construction continues along this stretch of road.

TODAY: The vehicle gate near Bushy Hill Drive is closed this Wednesday, February 4 from 7 am to 12 pm. This is to allow ...
02/04/2026

TODAY: The vehicle gate near Bushy Hill Drive is closed this Wednesday, February 4 from 7 am to 12 pm. This is to allow for pipeline to be pulled down the road. On Friday, February 6, the vehicle gate will be closed from 7 am to 4 pm so crews can safely install this pipeline. The dirt parking lot at the corner of Bushy Hill Drive and Father Junipero Serra Trail remains open in addition to nearby street parking.

⚠️HEADS UP⚠️One-way traffic control is in place on the east end of Father Junipero Serra Trail at Mission Trails Regiona...
02/02/2026

⚠️HEADS UP⚠️One-way traffic control is in place on the east end of Father Junipero Serra Trail at Mission Trails Regional Park.
🚦Expect temporary traffic signals near Bushy Hill Drive and the Old Mission Dam parking lot.
🚫A 24/7 no parking zone is also in place along this stretch of road through mid-May.
πŸ’§We appreciate your cooperation during pipeline construction on this important water project.

Work on the future dechlorination facility is moving along. Purified water will be dechlorinated in this vault before it...
01/29/2026

Work on the future dechlorination facility is moving along. Purified water will be dechlorinated in this vault before it’s pumped to .

01/28/2026

Ever wondered about the valves on top of the temporary bypass pipeline along Mission Gorge Road? For more information about the project, visit: EastCountyAWP.com/MissionTrails EastCountyAWP

The   Program is featured in Padre Dam’s newly released Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report. Swipe ➑️ to check it out or visi...
01/27/2026

The Program is featured in Padre Dam’s newly released Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report. Swipe ➑️ to check it out or visit EastCountyAWP.com

REMINDER: Along the Father Junipero Serra Trail, work is underway to rehabilitate the existing sewer pipeline that carri...
01/26/2026

REMINDER: Along the Father Junipero Serra Trail, work is underway to rehabilitate the existing sewer pipeline that carries peak sewer flows to the City of San Diego.

Crews are also installing a new pipeline that will transport residuals from the AWP treatment process.

You’ll see construction activity on both the east end of the park, just east of the Old Mission Dam parking lot, at the west end near the Visitor Center, and within the trail itself.

This work is scheduled Monday through Friday from 7 am to 4 pm.

Park visitors can expect intermittent trail closures during work hours.

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