Uvas-Llagas Watershed

The Uvas-Llagas Watershed is a 104-square-mile region which is distinguished by its agricultural lands and natural areas.  Part of the larger Pajaro River Watershed, the creeks in this watershed are the only waterways in Santa Clara County that flow southward. 

Uvas-Llagas Watershed fast facts

Permit Information

South Zone Maintenance Maps

For additional information on projects and programs in the Uvas/Llagas Watershed, call the Uvas/Llagas Watershed office.

Protection from Flooding

Projects:

• Lower Llagas Creek - Pajaro River to Buena Vista Avenue - Completed (Environmental Impact Statement/Report)
• Upper Llagas Creek

Maintenance:

• Reducing Impacts of Homeless Encampments - Fact Sheet (PDF 1.50 MB)
• Levee Safety Program - Fact Sheet (PDF 1.22 MB)
• Reporting a problem in a Creek - Go to our Access Valley Water online customer request and information system
• Stream Maintenance Program
• 2006 Proposed Work Plan
• Sandbags
• Stream and rain gauge
• Erosion Best Management Practices (PDF 2.0 MB)

Clean, safe water in our creeks & bays

• District efforts to keep our creeks clean

Healthy creek and bay ecosystems

Projects:

• 2004 Stream Maintenance Protection Mitigation Status Report (PDF 16 KB)
• Stream and watershed protection property acquisition
• Pajaro Basin Wetland Creation
• Arundo Control

Maintenance:

• Vector Management (Mosquito, Rodent, etc.)
• Vegetation Management Program
• Sediment Source Reduction Efforts

Open Space and Trails

Projects:

• San Pedro Ponds walking trails open
  (News release - Jan. 21. 2004)
• Trails Grant Program