The City Reports on Successful Lake Restoration

The City of Watsonville is proud to celebrate a banner accomplishment in the trajectory toward improved environmental quality for Watsonville; the completion of the Pinto Lake Restoration Project, a multi-year collaborative funded by the Clean Water Act.

Progress for Pinto

Pinto Lake, a beloved water body in Watsonville's watershed, provides water-based recreational activities for thousands of visitors every year while supporting vital habitat for hundreds of native and migratory animal species. The City of Watsonville, the State Water Resources Control Board, and several valuable project partners including the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County, Watsonville Wetlands Watch, the County of Santa Cruz, and Friends of Pinto Lake, implemented strategies to reduce pollutants entering Pinto Lake and to treat the lake for existing pollutants while utilizing a $750,000 grant generously provided by the Clean Water Act's Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant Program.

To read the entire story on the issue, the collaborative solution-building, the project outcomes and the highlights from the project visit the City's website.

You can view the full report: Pinto Lake Restoration Project