According to Kildee’s letter, the OPV Coalition and their allies—including Unit­ed Water Conservation District and Pleas­ant Valley County Water District—have proposed a settlement that would severely cut Camarillo’s groundwater allocation. For decades, Camarillo has worked to be a good steward of its water, supplementing local groundwater with imported sup­plies and using recycled water to reduce the need for pumping. The city’s most significant investment in this effort is the North Pleasant Valley Desalter, a state-of-the-art facility that turns brackish groundwater into clean drinking water. Completed with nearly half its fund­ing from state and federal grants, the desalter is a cornerstone of the city’s water strategy. It provides a reliable, local water source, reduces reliance on costly imported state water, and, critically, ful­fills a mandate from the Regional Water Quality Control Board to remove salts from the Calleguas Creek watershed.