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Water Transfer Updates
11.26.19 – Santa Cruz Regional Water Supply Update, Water for Santa Cruz County | click to read >
10.17.19 – Second year of Santa Cruz to Soquel Creek water transfers to continue, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
09.17.19 – Comments on Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Water for Santa Cruz County | click to read >
05.27.19 – Santa Cruz cannot provide water to SqCWD by Rosemary Menard, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
05.12.19 – Soquel Creek should reexamine water need by Scott McGilvray, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
01.16.19 – Soquel water district gets earful from Live Oak residents, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
12.27.18 – Letter to the Editor: Troubling Soquel Creek Water Board action, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
12.19.18 – Environmental study, project approved for Soquel Creek water recycling, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
12.16.18 – Water district to review Pure Water Soquel impacts, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
12.10.18 – Santa Cruz and Soquel Sharing Water – Valve Opening Event video | click to watch >
12.09.18 – Soquel Creek Water District board OKs lease for well project, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
12.07.18 – Soquel Creek Water District lines up water projects, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
12.04.18 – December 3rd: The day the water transfers began, Water for Santa Cruz County | click to read >
12.03.18 – Turning on the taps, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
10.13.18 – Santa Cruz testing the waters of future supply options, Santa Cruz Sentinel | click to read >
Water Transfers: In Depth
Recent Blog Posts
Rainfall since December has increased storage in Loch Lomond
As of January 8, Loch Lomond is 94 % full. Since the rains began the last week in November, the Loch has risen from 89% to 94%. That is an addition of 150 million gallons to our water storage. Rainfall at Loch Lomond has been 17.92" thus far this season. If we get...
After a stormy week, how is our water supply?
Those of us living in Santa Cruz know what the rain was like. It was intense and frequent. At my house in Live Oak, there were three days out of four, starting on Sunday December 1, which produced almost 2" of rain in a 24-hour period. By the end of the week, we were...
Santa Cruz Regional Water Supply Update
November has seen several significant developments in regional water supply solutions: 1. SqCWD received a $50 million grant and approval for $38 million in low interest loans, providing a big boost for its “Pure Water Soquel”project. 2. Santa Cruz city council...