Residents of the San Lorenzo Valley, who are concerned about leaky water tanks

Boulder Creek, California – – –

The residents of the San Lorenzo Valley are concerned that a disaster can occur in the mountains if aging water tanks that supply drinking water are not torn down.

“You could wash your nightly dishes there, treasure. It's just water that pouring out there,” said Paula Prekowitz, who has been living in Boulder Creek for 50 years. “The floor is saturated where the tanks are.”

KSBW received a video from a neighbor who shows how much the tanks flooded. The video shows water that bubbles from the side of one of the Redwood tanks in Echo Lane.

“You only have so many leaks and it's so lazy,” said Mark Solorzano, resident of San Lorenzo Park. “We go to bed at night and it is a fear in mind that we will wake up at the foot of the hill because the water tanks burst.”

“The erosion of the hills when these tanks expire and the likelihood that they really cause damage if they should burst (affects),” said Prekowitz.

The neighbors hope that the San Lorenzo Valley Water District will remove the deteriorating tanks and temporarily replace them with the two nearby plastic tanks until a larger steel tank can be installed.

Another important concern for the residents is the fire brigade capacities.

“The Fire District knows that it is a danger, as is the water district,” said Prekowitz. “You know that it is a danger not to have enough water to extinguish a fire.”

The Water District says that he will replace the Redwood tanks in Echo Lane by spring 2026.

In an explanation, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District wrote: “The district replaces the Redwood tanks through Stahlstraße and Polytanks. We start replacing some of these spring. The Echo tanks are planned to be replaced in spring. A solution with Poly tanks that we may be able to implement in the next month, but unfortunately I need more information from our point in time Operating department. “

You say there should be enough water for the fire when the fire brigade is needed.