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Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Documents on Patterson Irrigation District Two-Drains Project

Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis@usbr.gov

For Release: September 09, 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a proposed grant to the Patterson Irrigation District to help construct three pump stations and four pipelines to reduce the discharge of agricultural drainage flows.

About 20,000 linear feet of pipeline would be constructed to capture drain water from the Marshall Road Drain and Spanish Land Grant Drain and recirculate approximately 5,000 acre-feet per year of drainage water into the PID irrigation system as a supplemental water supply. Reclamation will help fund the Proposed Project with $1,500,000 in grant funds through the WaterSMART grant program.

WaterSMART is the U.S. Department of the Interior’s sustainable water initiative that uses the best available science to improve water conservation and help water resource managers identify strategies to narrow the gap between supply and demand. Through WaterSMART grants, Reclamation provides 50/50 cost-share funding to irrigation and water districts, tribes, states, and other entities with water or power delivery authority. To learn more about WaterSMART, please visit http://www.usbr.gov/watersmart.

The EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and may be viewed at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=17621. If you encounter problems accessing the documents, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to receive a copy of the EA/FONSI, please contact Doug Kleinsmith at
916-978-5034 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the documents may also be viewed at Reclamation’s
Mid-Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.

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