The Rancho Murieta Community Services District received a $43,209 federal grant this month to explore using recycled wastewater for residential landscaping in future development. With or without the grant, the CSD was already moving forward to determine what it's going take to expand the use of reclaimed water as the community grows "to offset future potable water demands, meet wastewater discharge requirements and provide drought protection," General Manager Ed Crouse wrote in a memo to the Improvements Committee this month. Read more »

A young athlete competes internationally, a teacher is honored, and residents start planting the community garden.  Learn more about your neighbors here. Read more »

The first Parks Committee meeting in more than two years was held last week to approve a key piece of financing for the Rancho Murieta Association community center and pool project. The unanimous vote by a quorum of  two RMA representatives and one developer representative allows $725,000 the RMA has reserved for future parks fund contributions to be used for the facility if the project is approved by a majority of  the RMA membership. Read more »