Santa Margarita Water District provides safe, reliable drinking water, recycled water and wastewater services to over 165,000 residents in eight unique communities: Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and the communities of Coto de Caza, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch, Village of Sendero and Esencia, and Talega in San Clemente. The District is the second largest retail water agency in Orange County, by area, and third largest by customers served.[1]

! Board of Directors

SMWD is governed by a five-member Board of Directors elected by residents within the District’s boundaries. These five elected officials are responsible for District policies and decision making on a large range of issues. The Board’s policies are administered and implemented by the General Manager, who is appointed by the Board.[1]

Public elections are held every two years and Directors serve four year terms (for information on elections please visit the  [Orange County Registrar of Voters|http://www.ocvote.com/voting/candidate-info/running-for-office-general-qualifications/] ). Director terms are staggered to ensure continuity.  Appointments to the Board are made as necessitated by a resignation or other incidental vacating of a Board seat. The Board may make an appointment to fill the vacancy, call a special election, or defer to the County subject to law.[1]

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||Year||Director 1||Director 2||Director 3||Director 4||Director 5||General Manager||Race||Notes
|2000| | |[Charley Wilson]|[Betty Olson]|[Sam Johnson]| |[2000 SMWD]|
|2001| | | | | | | |
|2002|[Jim Mizell] |[Saundra Jacobs]| | | | |[2002 SMWD]
|2003| | | | | | | |
|2004| | |[Charley Wilson]|[Betty Olson]|[Sam Johnson]| |[2004 SMWD]|
|2005| | | | | | | |
|2006|[Roger Faubel]|[Saundra Jacobs]| | | | |[2006 SMWD]|
|2007| | | | | | | |
|2008| | |[Charley Wilson]|[Betty Olson]|[Bill Lawson]| |[2008 SMWD]|[Sam Johnson] died\\[Bill Lawson] was appointed in his place
|2009| | | | | | | |
|2010|[Roger Faubel]|[Saundra Jacobs]| | | | |[2010 SMWD]|
|2011| | | | | | | |
|2012| | |[Charley Wilson]|[Betty Olson]|[Chuck Gibson]| |[2012 SMWD]|
|2013| | | | | | | |[Roger Faubel] resigned\\[Justin McCusker] was appointed in his place
|2014|[Justin McCusker]|[Saundra Jacobs]| | | | |[2014 SMWD]|
|2015| | | | | | | |
|2016| | |[Charley Wilson]|[Betty Olson]|[Chuck Gibson]| |[2016 SMWD]|
|2017| | | | | | | |
|2018|[Justin McCusker]|[Saundra Jacobs]| | | | |[2018 SMWD]|
|2019| | | | | | | |[Charley Wilson] resigned\\[Frank Ury] was appointed in his place
|2020| | |[Frank Ury]|[Betty Olson]|[Chuck Gibson]| |[2020 SMWD]|
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! Sources
* [Official Website|https://www.smwd.com/]


! Footnotes
[#] [Official Website|https://www.smwd.com/]\\
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