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Permits
To manage and protect the valley's water
resources, the Santa Clara Valley Water District requires permits for
all well construction and destruction work, most exploratory boring,
and for projects or activities that occur on District fee title property
or within District easement right of way or may have potential impacts
to District facilities in Santa Clara county.
Permits are required under two Santa
Clara Valley Water District Ordinances: Water
Resources Protection Ordinance and 90-1 (the District Well Ordinance).
District Water Resources Protection
Ordinance
In an effort to clarify and streamline local permitting
for streamside activities, representatives from the water district,
cities, the county and business, agriculture, streamside property owner
and environmental interests created a partnership known as the Water
Resources Protection Collaborative. Among its many accomplishments is
a manual of model guidelines and standards for land-use near streams.
Guidelines and Standards
For more information regarding
obtaining permits for construction on and adjacent to District facilities,
and encroachments on District property or easements, please contact
the Community Projects Review Unit at (408) 265-2607,
extension 2650.
Complete
text of District Water Resources Protection Ordinance
90-1 Ordinance
Groundwater is an important water resource for Santa Clara County. Nearly
50 percent of the county's water needs are met by pumping water directly
from our underground aquifers. To protect this important resource, District
Ordinance 90-1 requires permitting for any person digging, boring, drilling,
deepening, refurbishing, or destroying a water well, cathodic protection
well, observation well, monitoring well, exploratory boring (45 feet
or deeper), or other deep excavation that intersects the groundwater
aquifers of Santa Clara County. Anyone who plans such a project must
first obtain a permit from the district's Wells
and Water Measurement Unit.
Complete text of District
Ordinance 90-1
For more information regarding
District Ordinance 90-1, please call the Wells and Water Production
Unit at (408) 265-2607, ext. 2660.
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