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Reclamation Releases Draft EA for Public Comment on the Transfer of Non-CVP Water from the Placer County Water Authority to the San Diego County Water Authority
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: June 18, 2009
The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review and comment on a proposal to enter into a reservoir refill agreement and a 1-year temporary Warren Act Contract to facilitate the movement of up to 20,000 acre-feet of Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) water rights water (non-Central Valley Project [CVP] water) from their facilities on the Middle Fork of the American River to the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) service area.
The Draft EA analyzes the impacts of transferring up to 20,000 acre-feet of this non-CVP water from PCWA to SDCWA during July, August, and September 2009. The purpose of the transfer is to help replace the SDCWA member agencies' short water supplies caused by the drought. The project area includes the Middle and North Forks of the American River, French Meadows and Hell Hole Reservoirs, the Lower American River, Folsom Dam and Reservoir, Lake Natoma and Nimbus Dam, the Sacramento River, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and the SDCWA service area.
After the transfer water is released from Folsom Dam and Reservoir to the American River, it would flow to the Sacramento River and on to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It would then be pumped by the California Department of Water Resources at its Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant and conveyed to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) using State Water Project facilities. Metropolitan would then convey the transfer water to SDCWA using its water conveyance facilities.
The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available for a 15-day public review. It may be viewed at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=3972. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail ibr2mprpao@mp.usbr.gov.
Written comments should be provided by close of business Thursday, July 2, 2009, to Mr. Robert Schroeder, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630 or to e-mail rschroeder@usbr.gov. To request a paper copy of the Draft EA, please contact Ms. Chelsea Stewart at 916-989-7155 or cstewart@usbr.gov.
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