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The storm was only the immediate cause of the damage, with continuous quarrying along the Santa Cruz River cited as the primary cause. The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said that while the quarry operations were located beyond the dam's 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) radius, the continuous collection of rocks in the lower portion of the area ...
Crystal Springs Reservoir is a pair of artificial lakes located in the northern Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County, California operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for water supply to the San Francisco peninsula.
Santa Clara: Santa Clara Valley Water District: 1935: Earth: 108 33: ... Hot Springs Valley Irrigation District: ... Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Water Dept. [7] 1960 ...
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The creek begins in the Santa Cruz mountains near the Santa Clara/Santa Cruz County border, just south of the peak Loma Prieta. It then flows northwesterly to Lake Elsman, a reservoir owned by the San Jose Water Company, [4] then on to Holy City and Chemeketa Park, then northward into the Lexington Reservoir.
The San Lorenzo River (Spanish: Río de San Lorenzo) is a 29.3-mile-long (47.2 km) river in the U.S. state of California.The name San Lorenzo derives from the Spanish language for "Saint Lawrence" due to its reported sighting on that saint's feast day by Spanish explorers.
Quoted from a report on landslides by the USGS: " The slide occurred on the west-facing slope of Love Creek, about 16 km (9.9 mi) north of the city of Santa Cruz. It was about 600 m (2,000 ft) wide, 250 m (820 ft) long, and 10 m (33 ft) thick, with a volume of about 500,000 cubic meters(17.6 million cubic feet).
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year). [3] Enforcement of the standards is mostly carried out by state health agencies. [4]