The Water Agency is thus different from County departments, which are created by the Board of Supervisors for administrative purposes, but are not separate legal entities.

The Water Agency also manages a proactive stream maintenance program that maintains more than 80 miles of creeks throughout the area.

The Russian River Biological Opinion is a federally mandated 15-year blueprint to help save endangered fish and ensure our water supply.

It reaches the Pacific Ocean at the town Jenner, which is located approximately 20 miles west of Santa Rosa.

It flows southward until Mirabel Park where the direction changes to westward as it crosses part of the Coast Range.

Since 1923, the lake stored water for diversion to PG&E's Potter Valley Hydroelectric powerhouse through a tunnel constructed through a mountain ridge.

The Sonoma County Water Agency generates electricity at Warm Springs Dam through a hydroelectric turbine.

[8] Warm Springs Dam is a multi-purpose reservoir serves as a flood control, water supply and recreational facility.

These include: Formed on October 1, 1949 by Chapter 994 of the California Statues of 1949, the Agency was originally called the Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.