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MEDIA ADVISORY: North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program Groundbreaking Event – Friday, August 26

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, 08/23/2016 10:21
Anthea Hansen, 209-892-4470, ahansen@delpuertowd.org

For Release: August 23, 2016

Non-interactive map to location of the groundbreaking event. PATTERSON, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation and Del Puerto Water District (District) invite the media to a groundbreaking event for the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program (NVRRWP). The NVRRWP is a win-win for agriculture and the environment. At full implementation, the NVRRWP will provide up to 59,000 acre-feet per year of treated recycled water conveyed by the cities of Turlock and Modesto to the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC), a feature of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project. Water in the DMC will then be conveyed directly to the District for irrigation use. Through an agreement with Reclamation, the NVRRWP will also provide supplemental water to certain Central Valley Project Improvement Act-designated wildlife refuges located south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

WHAT : Groundbreaking event for the NVRRWP.

WHEN: Friday, August 26, 2016, at 2 p.m. Media are asked to arrive by 1:30 p.m.

WHERE : From Sacramento on I-5, take the Patterson Exit #434 (Sperry Avenue); turn left under the freeway; turn left at the first stop light, Rogers Road; at the intersection of Rogers Road and the DMC, you will see signage and individuals directing traffic to turn left onto the canal access road (please see blue line on map).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please visit the project website at http://www.nvr-recycledwater.org/ or visit http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=17241 to view Reclamation’s Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision.

QUESTIONS: Please contact the District at 209-892-4470.

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