Smart Metering and Unique Funding Advance Customer Service, Conservation in Oregon

By Misty Cobb

The small seaside town of Seal Rock stretches up and down Highway 101 along the Pacific coastline in Oregon. The town and surrounding areas of Seal Rock receive water services from the Seal Rock Water District, which stretches more than 10 miles north to south along the coast. With a static population of about 5,500, the number of people served by the Seal Rock Water District swells to 8,000 in the summertime when visitors flock to the area, occupying homes that sit vacant over the winter. Approximately 40 percent of homes in Seal Rock are second homes, vacation homes or vacation rentals.