Difference between revisions of "Urban stormwater management in the City of Capitola"

The City of Capitola relies on Santa Cruz County to provide major storm drain services through the Santa Cruz County Flood Control & Water Conservation District Zone 5 <ref>[http://www.plancapitola.com/PDF/White_Paper_Five.pdf City of Capitola General Plan Update, 2011]/<ref>. Existing infrastructure used to manage floods and storm water drainage includes: above ground drainage ditches and water courses; pump stations, catch basins and outfalls. Five main storm drain outfalls discharge storm water into Soquel Creek. Three outfalls flow directly to the Capitola Beach and four outfalls discharge storm water onto the coastal cliffs (three on Grand Avenue and one on Cliff Drive). In 2002, the City received a grant from the State Water Resources Control Board for $100,000 to prepare a storm drain master plan for the Village area to identify key components to water quality and to design and build dry weather diversions. As part of this effort, the City constructed the Lawn Way pump station in 2004 to alleviate localized flooding. In recent years, The City of Capitola has experienced major flooding in the Village which was eventually corrected through installation of new infrastructure and regular maintenance.