Levee Operations & Maintenance

Levees within Santa Cruz County are currently maintained by the Santa Cruz County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone No. 7. Those within Monterey County are maintained by the Monterey County Water Resources Agency.

With approval of the levee maintenance assessment, PRFMA will take over levee operations and maintenance on behalf of the member agencies.

PRFMA will be responsible for maintaining:

·         24 miles of levees

·         12 miles of channels

·         15 pump stations

·         85 culverts

Maintenance activities include – among other things – erosion repairs (rock and rip rap), vegetation management, rodent control, pump station and flap gate operations and repairs, soil compaction, environmental and federal permitting, reporting, and compliance, and patrolling the levees when water levels are high.