Water & Gas
UC Davis has its own city-scale water systems to provide the campus with water for domestic use, industrial applications, fire-fighting, and irrigation. This operational unit also maintains the campus natural gas network and swimming pools and provides centralized support for utility system instrumentation and control functions.
Operation & Maintenance Support
- hands-on checks and testing of the systems
- utilization of sophisticated automated monitoring and control systems
- SCADA and operation of heavy equipment
Our state-certified staff operates, maintain and support the following to assure compliance with federal, state and local regulations:
- Domestic Water System
- Utility Water System
- Agricultural Water System
- Swimming Pools on campus Schaal, Recreation & Hickey Pools
- Support for Russell Ranch Irrigation Systems
- Water supply support for other departmental wells for fishery and agricultural programs
- Support for the wastewater & storm drain collection systems
- Support for the chilled water distribution
- Support for various campus research projects
2020 Water Curtailment - Term 91 Article:
Important notice to lab personnel and others on campus who run water through special equipment: The campus is receiving less surface water from the Sacramento River than normal, by order of the state Department of Water Resources, citing insufficient precipitation. As a result, Facilities Management is mixing more groundwater into the campus’s water supply. Learn more
Important notice to lab personnel and others on campus who run water through special equipment: The campus is receiving less surface water from the Sacramento River than normal, by order of the state Department of Water Resources, citing insufficient precipitation. As a result, Facilities Management is mixing more groundwater into the campus’s water supply. Learn more