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Reclamation Releases Draft Contract for Exchange of Water With Byron-Bethany Irrigation District for Tracy Hills Water Supply Project
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: August 10, 2012
The Bureau of Reclamation today released a draft contract for an exchange of water with Byron Bethany Irrigation District that would provide up to 4,725 acre-feet of non-Central Valley Project water for CVP water delivered annually to a portion of the Tracy Hills Development for municipal and industrial use. The contract, with a term of up to 40 years, would provide operational flexibility and a supplemental annual water supply of up to 4,500 acre-feet, after losses, to a portion of BBID’s Tracy Hills Development, also identified as Raw Water Service Area No. 2. The draft contract includes the 2012 Delta-Mendota Canal Pump-In Program Water Quality Monitoring Plan, which will be updated annually.
A draft environmental assessment, which is under development in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, will be released separately.
The draft contract is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/warren_act/ByronBethanyID.pdf. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mpPublicAffairs@usbr.gov.
Please email comments by close of business Wednesday, October 10, 2012, to Eileen Jones, at enjones@usbr.gov. Comments may also be mailed to Ms. Jones, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office-Tracy Office, 16650 Kelso Road, Byron, CA 94514 or faxed to 209-836-6264. For additional information or to request a copy of the draft contract, please contact Ms. Jones at 209-836-6271 (TDD 209-836-6282). Copies of the draft contract may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Tracy office at the above address.
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