Pilarcitos Creek (Latitude: 37°28'00"; Longitude: 122°25'59") is a coastal stream in San Mateo County, California, USA, that rises on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains and discharges to the Pacific Ocean. Specifically the creek discharges at Pilarcitos Creek Beach, a unit within Half Moon Bay State Beach; fecal coliform levels are monitored at this location and periodically violate State of California water quality standards.^[1] The maximum rate of discharge was recorded as 4750 cubic feet per second.^[2] As early as 1860 a major diversion of Pilarcitos Creek was constructed to supply water to the burgeoning population of San Francisco.^[3] At the present time Pilarcitos Creek not only continues to supply water to San Francisco via the Crystal Springs Reservoir, but it is also the principal source of potable water for the city of Half Moon Bay and coastside vicinity. Rugged coast of the West Coast of New Zealand The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. ... A Business Center Located In Beaverton, Oregon Famous For Canning People For Extremly Ridiculous Reasons IE: An Electronic Comment Of Thanks For Being Slow, Being On Your Final Warning, Endangering The Contract, Call Avoidance, Or Not Following A Ridiculous Schedule Printed Out By A Data Base Server With No Concern... Official website: http://www. ... The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central California. ... Half Moon Bay State Beach is a protected beach located in Half Moon Bay in California. ... Feces (also spelled faeces in British English, or fæces) are semi-solid waste products from the digestive tract expelled through the anus (or cloaca) during defecation. ... Binomial name Escherichia coli T. Escherich, 1885 Escherichia coli (usually abbreviated to E. coli) is one of the main species of bacteria that live in the lower intestines of warm_blooded animals (including birds and mammals) and are necessary for the proper digestion of food. ... Water quality is the chemical and physical characterization of water. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... A water supply system provides water to the locations that need it. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Crystal Springs Reservoir is a reservoir located in the northern Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County. ... It has been suggested that Water supply be merged into this article or section. ... Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, USA. Its population was 11,842 as of the 2000 census. ... Rugged coast of the West Coast of New Zealand The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. ...

Jurisdiction over land use decisions in the lower creek regions is under the city of Half Moon Bay, who also administers provisions of California's Local Coastal Program; in the upper reaches land use decisions are with the San Mateo County. The Pilarcitos Creek watershed holds a considerable biodiversity and is confirmed habitat for the endangered San Francisco garter snake.^[4] San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Watershed has more than one meaning: Look up watershed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variation of taxonomic life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. ... Look up habitat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ... Trinomial name Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia Cope, 1875 The San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) is a slender multi-colored colubrid snake. ...

See also

• Arroyo de en Medio
• Naples Creek

Naples Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California, USA that rises on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains and discharges to the Pacific Ocean. ...

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