Sonoma County Water Agency records, 1959-2012

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Summary

Creators:
Sonoma County Water Agency Sonoma County Water Agency. Civil Engineering Division Sonoma County Water Agency. Engineering and Technical Services Russian River Sanitation District Sonoma Valley Sanitation District
Abstract:
Collection contains records of the Sonoma County Water Agency relating to water use and management of the Agency's properties throughout Sonoma County. Includes formal documents placing a valuation on property owned by the Agency and various reports on the amount of water pumped by the agency and stored or delivered to customers. Includes the Russian River and Sonoma Valley sanitation districts, both managed by the Water Agency.
Extent:
6 volumes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Sonoma County Water Agency records, 1959-2012. SCG.00016, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Official documents of the Sonoma County Water Agency, including its Civil Engineering Division; Engineering and Tenchical Services; and subsidiary agencies for the Russian River and Sonoma Valley sanitation districts.

Arrangement of the collection

Organized into four series and six subseries:

  1. Sonoma County Water Agency records, 1949-2010
    • 1.01. Appraisal of real estate, 1949-1984
    • 1.02. Water usage reports (WAOS-0240), 1990-1993
    • 1.03. Construction files (CAAR-0260), Sonoma County Water Agency, 1993-2010
    • 1.04. Series 4. Aggregate resources of Sonoma County aerial photographs—glass plates (WAEM-0020), 1988
  2. Sonoma County Water Agency. Civil Engineering Division records, 1981-2006
    • 2.01. Aerial photos--ARM (WAEM-0030), 1981-2006
    • 2.02.Right-of-way land acquisitions.,1991-1999
  3. Sonoma County Water Agency. Engineering and Technical Services records, 1946-1963
    • 3.01.Rainfall records (WAET-0070), 1946-1963
  4. Russian River Sanitation District records, 1999-2012
    • 4.01.Construction files, Russian River Sanitation District, 1999-2012
  5. Sonoma Valley Sanitation District , 1993-2012
    • 5.01.Construction files, Sonoma Valley Sanitation District , 1993-2012

Biographical / historical:

The Sonoma County Water Agency was created as a special district in 1949 by the California Legislature to act as the local sponsor for federal flood protection and water supply projects known collectively as the Russian River Project.. Renamed Sonoma Water in 2018, the agency is a wholesale water supplier to nine cities and water districts that serve more than 600,000 residents in portions of Sonoma and Marin counties. In conjunction with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sonoma Water manages and operates the Russian River water supply system. The agency also manages eight sanitation districts and zones in Sonoma County. (Source: Sonoma Water quick facts ; retrieved Dec. 11, 2019

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition DACS

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at 707 308-3212 to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Terms of access:

Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.

Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Preferred citation:

Sonoma County Water Agency records, 1959-2012. SCG.00016, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Location of this collection:
6135 State Farm Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
Contact:
(707) 545-0831
digital@sonomalibrary.org
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