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Reclamation Announces Notice of Availability for Final EIS on the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, SHunt@usbr.gov

For Release: September 15, 2015

FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program.

The program will provide recycled water, conveyed from the Cities of Turlock and Modesto via the Central Valley Project’s Delta-Mendota Canal to Del Puerto Water District for irrigation purposes. The Program will also provide annual supplemental water to certain Central Valley Project Improvement Act-designated wildlife refuges south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The Final EIS was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=17241. If you encounter problems accessing the documents, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EIS, please contact Rain Emerson

559-487-5196 (TTY 800-735-2929).

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