Water District Basics
Where does our water come from, and what challenges is our water district currently facing?
The San Lorenzo Valley Water District
Our local water district is well-run, but it also faces important challenges. Its ability to overcome these challenges, and our continued access to safe and affordable water, ultimately depend on our willingness as a community to learn about these issues and to support our water district in confronting them.
The San Lorenzo Valley Watershed
What is the San Lorenzo Valley Watershed, and why does it matter?
The Santa Margarita Groundwater Basin
The California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 establishes minimum standards for sustainable groundwater management, improves coordination between land use and groundwater planning, provides state technical assistance, protects water rights, and creates a mechanism for state intervention if a local agency is not managing its groundwater sustainability. For the San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley, the responsible local agency is the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency. This agency is responsible for producing a final plan by 2022 which will govern groundwater management in the SLV for the next 50 years.