Nishikawa Putah Creek Realignment Project

current projects

Solano County Water Agency (SCWA) proposes to complete channel restoration involving recontouring and realignment along a 0.5-mile section of Putah Creek, upstream of the Pedrick Road Bridge near Davis, California in Yolo and Solano counties. The Project is part of a series of restoration activities intended to restore Putah Creek to a more natural condition that is self-maintaining and supports native plant and animal species. The Project will construct a narrow design channel in a more central, meandering form to create 0.5-mile of nearly continuous salmon spawning habitat across a gravel-rich floodplain. The project design includes grading of 11 acres to floodplain elevation and construction of 15 riffles and several rock vanes.  The University’s approval in association with the Project is limited to the granting of a temporary access license to allow for access to Putah Creek adjacent to University-owned property and to provide a staging area for construction of the Project.