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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents of the Delta Diablo Sanitation District Recycled Water System Expansion Project

Media Contact: Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, 08/30/2013 15:49

For Release: August 30, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Delta Diablo Sanitation District have released an Initial Study-Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration/ Draft Environmental Assessment for the DDSD Recycled Water System Expansion Project.

The proposed project is designed to expand and upgrade the existing recycled water system. The new recycled water infrastructure would include new and rehabilitated pipelines, a storage tank, a pump station, and wastewater treatment improvements at the Recycled Water Facility.

The draft environmental documents were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=14221. If you have problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. The documents are also available at the DDSD offices at 2500 Pittsburg-Antioch Highway, Antioch, CA 94509.

Written comments on the draft documents are due close of business, Wednesday, October 2, 2013, and should be emailed to Thanh Vo, Associate Engineer, at thanhv@ddsd.org. For additional information, please contact David T. White, Title XVI Program Coordinator, Reclamation, at 916-978-5074, TDD 916-978-5608, or DWhite@usbr.gov, or Vo at (925) 765-1949.

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