Walnut Avenue

 

Project Status

CWC is working towards completion of a Feasibility Study to determine possible long-term drinking water solutions.

Background

Just outside of the City of Greenfield, California, many households in the Walnut Avenue, 14th St, and 12th St & Pine St area receive water from private wells contaminated with nitrate and 1,2,3-trichloropropane (123-TCP) at levels much higher than public health standards. Other households are served by small water systems that lack backup water sources and/or require high costs per household to run and maintain due to the low number of connections. There have been efforts to work toward a long-term drinking water solution in this community since 2017. CWC began work in this area in 2023.

El Comité para tener Agua Sana, Limpia, y Económica en Greenfield (The Committee for Clean, Safe, and Affordable Drinking Water in Greenfield) was formed in November 2023 by community members concerned about contamination in their wells. Since then CWC and the Walnut Ave community have been working together towards a long-term drinking water solution.

Project Area

All households in the area are currently served by private wells or small public, state, or local water systems.

Get Involved

Contact Hailey Shingler by email at hailey.shingler@communitywatercenter.org or by phone at (831) 809-5577 or Pedro Enriquez by email at pedro.enriquez@communitywatercenter.org or by phone at (831) 809 -7367 with questions related to this project.

  • Community meetings generally held the last Wednesday of the month at 6PM.

  • May 29, 2024 - Community meeting to review Overview of Alternatives preliminary analysis

    • Community meetings generally held the last Wednesday of the month at 6PM.

    • May 29, 2024 - Community meeting to review Overview of Alternatives preliminary analysis

    • March 12th, 2024 - Community members and CWC present at the Greenfield City Council meeting about drinking water needs in the Walnut Ave community and efforts to arrive at a long-term solution.

    • February 21st, 2024 - Committee discussion on next steps

    • December 20th, 2023 - Community members & CWC continue to organize together to achieve The Committee's goals

    • December 4th, 2023 - Community members & CWC attend Monterey County LAFCO board meeting to support adoption of revised City of Greenfield MSR

    • November 29th, 2023 - Second community meeting, Committee for Clean, Safe, and Affordable Drinking Water in Greenfield / El Comité para tener Agua Sana, Limpia, y Económica en Greenfield was formed

    • October 23rd, 2023 - Community members & CWC provided public comment at Monterey County LAFCO board meeting requesting that the drinking water needs in the project area be included in the City of Greenfield Municipal Services Review (MSR)

    • October 18th, 2023 - First community meeting, community signed off on work plan