Northern Santa Cruz County Preliminary Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
The Preliminary Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for Northern Santa Cruz County has been prepared to coordinate water resources management efforts and to enable grants for project implementation under Proposition 50, Chapter 8. The Preliminary Plan was approved by the various partner agencies in December, 2005.
The Plan is based on a compilation of information and recommendations from previous efforts and background documents for the region, including:
Watershed Assessments in Arana, Soquel, Aptos, Scott Creek, San Lorenzo, and Watsonville Slough, Integrated Watershed Restoration Programs, County Water Resources Reports and Water Agency Plans.
The following is a summary of the Plan contents:
Plan Area
All of Santa Cruz County, excluding the Pajaro Watershed, but including the Watsonville Sloughs watershed.
ISSUES ADDRESSED
Water Supply
Desalination
Groundwater recharge
Conjunctive use
Water treatment
Water Quality
Stormwater
Wastewater Disposal
Habitat Restoration
Sediment control
Barrier removal
Wetlands
Participating Entities
Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
County of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District
Soquel Creek Water District
Scotts Valley Water District
Santa Cruz County Sanitation District
Davenport Sanitation District
City of Santa Cruz
City of Watsonville
Watsonville Wetlands Watch
Additional Watershed Groups and agencies
Priority Projects
The Plan recommends seventeen high priority projects:
1. San Lorenzo Onsite Sewage Disposal System Upgrades
2. Abandoned Well Destruction Program
3. Feasibility Study for Enhanced Aquifer Recharge
4. Regionwide Drainage Master Plan
5. Santa Cruz County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program
6. Enhance and Protect Primary Groundwater Recharge Areas
7. Relocate Sewer Main From New Brighton State Beach
8. Engineering for Regional Ocean Desalination Project
9. Polo Grounds Well, Treatment Plant, Pipelines, and Water Conservation Project
10. Groundwater Monitoring Wells in the Aromas and Purisima Formations
11. Davenport Drinking Water Improvement Project
12. Implement Middle Watsonville Slough Wetlands Enhancement Plan
13. Integrated Watershed Restoration Program
14. Four Recycled Water Distribution System Extensions in the Scotts Valley Area
15. Bergstrom Pit Aquifer Recharge Project
16. Project Monitoring
17. Upgrade and Expand Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
To provide comments on the Plan or for more information, please contact John Ricker, County Water Resources Program Coordinator:
john.ricker@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
831-454-2750
Plan Download
- Full plan - 25 MB
- Table of Contents - 165 kB
- Color Cover - 233 kB
- Acknowledgements - 44 kB
- Executive Summary - 543 kB
- A - Introduction - 121 kB
- B - Regional Agency - 1 MB
- C - Region Description - 6 MB
- D - Objectives - 129 kB
- E - Water Management Strategies - 145 kB
- F - Regional Priorities - 507 kB
- G - Linkages Among Projects - 2 MB
- H - IWRP - 157 kB
- I - IRWM Plan Expansion - 118 kB
- J - Implementation - 99 kB
- K - Schedule - 126 kB
- L - Impacts and Benefits - 25 kB
- M - Technical Analysis and Plan Performance - 64 kB
- N - Data Management - 137 kB
- O - Beneficiaries and Financing - 125 kB
- P - Statewide Priorities - 240 kB
- Q - Relation to Local Planning - 99 kB
- R - Stakeholder Involvement - 127 kB
- S - Coordination - 95 kB
- Map 1 - Jurisdictions - 1 MB
- Map 2 - Region and Watersheds - 450 kB
- Map 3 - Major Groundwater Basins - 186 kB
- Map 4 - Significant Water Issues - 325 kB
- Map 5 - Significant Issues - 190 kB
- Map 6 - Land Cover - 4 MB
- Map 7 - Disadvantaged - 344 kB
- Map 8 - Project Locations - 362 kB
- Map 9 - San Lorenzo Sub-Basin - 346 kB
- Map 10 - Project Locations in Soquel-Aptos Sub-Basin - 305 kB
- Map 11 - North Coast Sub-Basin - 277 kB
- Map 12 - Watsonville Sloughs Sub-Basin - 194 kB
- Appendix A - Lists of Species - 65 kB
- Appendix B - Santa Cruz County Economic Forecast - 72 kB
- Appendix C - Plans Refenced - 104 kB
- Appendix D - Projects Grouped by Management Strategy - 184 kB
- Appendix E - Water Quality and Water Quantity Monitoring Efforts in Santa Cruz County - 562 kB
- Appendix F - Budgets for Projects - 140 kB
- Appendix G - Santa Cruz Sentinel Articles Regarding Desalination and Local Water Supply Issues - 1022 kB
- Appendix I - Acronyms - 48 kB