Santa Barbara Expands WaterSmart Outage Notifications

Santa Barbara's Water Resources Department is expanding its existing WaterSmart platform to deliver planned water outage notifications by text and email. The planned outage notification phase is scheduled to launch October 16, 2026, with potential future use for emergency outage communications.

Document date · October 11, 2026

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Scope & details

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Contract type

TECHNOLOGY

Contract term

Launched to all customers in 2024; planned outage notification phase launches October 16, 2026

Document type

StaffReport

Source document

City of Santa Barbara Water Resources Department Staff Report Planned and Emergency Water Outage Notifications 2026-10-15

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