Online Reports

The Santa Cruz Water Department is pleased to offer a large number of its reports and publications online.

Note: Water quality reports have been moved to our new Water Quality Reports page.

Water Affordability

• 2020 Water Affordability Study(PDF, 2MB)

2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan

• Adopted 2020 final report and appendices
• Water Shortage Contingency Plan and Implementation (2021)(PDF, 980KB)

2021 Santa Cruz Water Rights Project Environmental Impact Report

All documents are available on the Environmental Documents webpage.

Water Supply Planning

Securing Our Water Future Policy (2022). Building on the work performed since the Water Supply Advisory Committees Final Report on Agreements and Recommendations(PDF, 2MB) (2015), the Securing our Water Future policy (2022) affirmed the context for supply planning in terms of climate change, demands, conservation, curtailment, evaluation criteria, etc., and established a goal of securing 500 million gallons per year of additional water supply by 2027(PDF, 65KB).

• Final Summary Report Santa Cruz ASR Project Phase 1 Feasibility Investigation (Dec 2022)(PDF, 9MB)
• Summary of Operations Beltz 8 ASR Pilot Test Project (March 2023)(PDF, 13MB)
• Summary of Operations Beltz 12 ASR Pilot Test Project (June 2020)(PDF, 9MB)
• Water Supply Advisory Committee Agreements and Recommendations, October 2015(PDF, 2MB)
• August 2018 Final Desalination Feasibility Update Review(PDF, 4MB)
• June 2018 Phase 1 Santa Cruz Regional Recycled Water Facilities Planning Study (main body)(PDF, 15MB)
  • June 2018 Phase 1 Santa Cruz Regional Recycled Water Facilities Planning Study (appendices)(PDF, 17MB)
  • June 2018 meeting materials(PDF, 9MB)
• 2015 Urban Water Management Plan(PDF, 11MB)
• Water Supply Assessment - General Plan 2030, March 2011(PDF, 16MB)

Habitat Conservation Plans

• US Fish and Wildlife Service Operations and Maintenance HCP(PDF, 3MB)
• US Fish and Wildlife Service Mount Hermon June Beetle HCP(PDF, 1MB)
• Draft NMFS Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Conservation Plan(PDF, 12MB)
• Draft DFW Anadromous Salmonid Incidental Take Authorization Application(PDF, 9MB)
• Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Conservation Plan Appendices(ZIP, 31MB)

Water Conservation

• Water Conservation Master Plan, January 2017(PDF, 14MB)
• Water Conservation Plan, February 2000(PDF, 14MB)

Watershed Sanitary Survey and Source Water Protection Plans

• 2023 Watershed Sanitary Survey(PDF, 26MB)
• 2018 Watershed Sanitary Survey Update(PDF, 14MB)

SCMU Newsletter

• Fall 2024 Newsletter(PDF, 4MB)
• Spring 2024 Newsletter(PDF, 4MB)
• Spring 2023 Newsletter(PDF, 2MB)
• Fall 2022 Newsletter(PDF, 2MB)
• Summer 2022 Newsletter(PDF, 2MB)
• Fall 2021 Newsletter(PDF, 919KB)
• Spring 2021 Newsletter(PDF, 433KB)
• Fall 2020 Newsletter(PDF, 4MB)
• Spring 2020 Newsletter(PDF, 2MB)
• Fall 2019 Newsletter(PDF, 3MB)
• Spring 2019 Newsletter(PDF, 3MB)