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Water district: intertie with Santa Cruz, new wells, WaterSmart meters and drought status
Summary
The Scotts Valley Water District described a state‑funded intertie project with the City of Santa Cruz, a new high‑capacity well, meter modernization and a significant decline in leak-related water use since WaterSmart enrollments.
The Scotts Valley Water District presentation described multiple infrastructure projects intended to improve reliability and aquifer sustainability, including an intertie with the City of Santa Cruz, new well drilling, meter modernization and stormwater capture projects.
The district said it secured a roughly $9.5 million state grant to fund an intertie (described in the meeting as EnerTie/intertie) that will allow transfers of surface and groundwater with Santa Cruz; construction includes a pump station site on Sims Road and a pipeline segment already installed. The intertie was…
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