Post CZU Fire Consolidations
In addition to its serious impact on the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD), the CZU Fire of August 2020 destroyed most of the infrastructure of three smaller, independent water companies north of Boulder Creek along the Highway 236 corridor: Bracken Brae, Forest Springs, and Big Basin. By the end of 2021, it began to seem inevitable that these three water systems would eventually be consolidated with SVLWD. However, each system will need to traverse its own path toward consolidation, and the process will likely extend well into 2023, at a minimum. FSLVW is tracking the progress of these independent efforts.