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Reclamation proposes to approve water transfers between Arvin-Edison Water Storage District and Westside Mutual Water Company
Media Contact:
Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis@usbr.gov
For Release: August 25, 2017
FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to approve a series of annual transfers of available water supplies between Arvin-Edison Water Storage District and Westside Mutual Water Company over a 10-year period.
Under Arvin-Edison’s exchange program, up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of their available Central Valley Project water supplies would be transferred to Westside Mutual Water Company for use on member lands as exchange water. In exchange for Arvin-Edison’s Central Valley Project water supplies, Westside and its member lands would deliver up to 50,000 acre-feet of their available water supplies to Arvin-Edison on a variable, as-needed basis. The exchange would be on a 1 for 1 or “bucket for bucket” basis.
The final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed annual transfer approvals are available to the public and were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The documents are available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=29081 . If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the final EA and FONSI, please contact Kate Connor at 559-487-5504.
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