Clear Ridge Mutual Water Association

Clear Ridge Mutual Water Association

Clear Ridge Mutual Water Association, Inc. (Association) serves 42 properties located on Pfeiffer Ridge and Clear Ridge in the Big Sur area of Monterey County. The Association's source of water is a 36-foot deep well situated approximately 35 feet from the southwest bank and 80 feet from the center line of the Big Sur River in Monterey County. From the time the well was originally developed in 1972, the Association's right to divert water was based on the theory that the water appropriated was percolating groundwater such that, under California law, a water right permit was not required. On March 9, 1999, the (State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board)) determined that the Association's well was extracting underflow of the Big Sur River and that a water right permit was in fact required. As a consequence, on July 5, 1999, the Association filed water right Application 30946 with the Division. The Application, as amended, requests the right to appropriate up to a total of 42 acre feet per annum (afa) at a rate not to exceed 0.058 cubic feet per second (cfs), during the season from January 1 through December 31, from Big Sur Underflow, tributary to the Pacific Ocean. Prior to amendment, the Application has requested a total of 140 afa. The proposed purposes of use are domestic and fire protection.

Monterey

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency

Water Facilities (Type Offset well, MGD 37.5)

Water Rt. Permit

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