Mid-Santa Cruz County groundwater protection planning winds down
A group of policymakers planning for the long-term water supply sustainability of Santa Cruz County’s mid-county region are in their final leg of a multi-year process. … The mid-county region, dependent on rainwater-refreshed underground aquifers supplying customers from 41st Avenue to La Selva Beach, has been drawing more water than is naturally replenished since the mid-1980s…