In close partnership with landowners and businesses in the Pajaro Valley, the RCD of Santa Cruz County helped lead the community toward a positive and solutions-based approach, forming a voluntary group consisting of farmers, landowners, nonprofit groups, interested private companies, and government agencies. Now the primary goal of working together to address overdraft and the resulting issues is manifesting in on-the-ground, community-led projects, including an innovative water conservation project, managed aquifer recharge, and water storage and delivery projects. The spirit of collaboration created in this project has spilled over to other areas of the community life.

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