Tag: San Lorenzo Valley Water District
San Lorenzo Valley Water District invests $13M in new pipelines
San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) has begun construction on more than $13 million in crucial pipeline infrastructure and water tank replacement projects that...
News Briefs | Published Sept. 1, 2023
Museum to host open house, Steam Donkey ribbon cutting
San Lorenzo Valley Museum is teaming up with the Boulder Creek Business Association to host an...
Slew of road construction projects set to begin for San Lorenzo...
Highway 9 to close at Jaye’s Slide for utility work
Highway 9 at Jaye’s Slide (PM 8.8) in Ben Lomond will be closed in both...
Powers Forestry scoops up contract for SLVWD tree work
Powers Forestry LLC has been tapped to complete tree work along a 1.3-mile section of Foreman Creek and Peavine Creek, as part of ongoing...
San Lorenzo Valley Water assesses storm damage at $4M
Now that January’s series of atmospheric rivers has finally let up, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District has come up with a calculation of...
Longtime volunteer Lois Henry resigns from SLVWD board
In the ebb and flow of service to one’s community, Felton’s Lois Henry has waded upstream repeatedly to support her neighbors. Since 2008, Henry...
SLV Water District bans glyphosate — permanently
Last week, in the third meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District since the “challenging slate” was elected as the board’s majority, the board voted 4-1 for a permanent ban on the use of glyphosate pesticides by the district, keeping a campaign promise that remained controversial right up to the board’s vote.
Our canary in the coal mine
Development and quarrying has already taken a severe toll on sandhills and parkland sandhills, out of what few are left, but invasive species is currently the biggest threat on the Olympia wellfield. I am opposed to the ban that was passed by the new SLVWD board last Thursday because it was passed without a feasible, science based alternative plan for ensuring the protection of these sandhills against invasive species. The few alternatives that I have heard about aren’t even based in reality.
SLVWD board moves forward preparing response to grand jury report
Almost two months since the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury released its findings about the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) board of directors, the public still remains critical of the response from the directors.
Candidates for SLVWD board promise change and civility
According to three candidates running together for three seats on the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) Board of Directors to be contested in the November election, the best way to guarantee change in the way the district conducts business is to elect all three as a slate, who will, if successful, have a majority on the five member board.
San Lorenzo Valley High School senior wins Congressional Art Competition
When it comes to her artistic talents, Claire Hamilton is a winner. Her recent piece of art, “Hearts at Rest,” won multiple awards at...
