Transfer of Water From Imperial Irrigation District, San Diego County Water Authority

Transfer of Water From Imperial Irrigation District, San Diego County Water Authority

IID was oragnized in 1911 to deliver Colorado River water to lands within the Imperial Valley, California for agricultural, domestic, industrial, and other beneficial uses. Water is delivered via the All American Canal and flows through the Colorado River at Imperial Dam based upon water rights obtained prior to the beginning of this century under state law, pursuant to a 1932 water delivery contract for permanent service, for potable and irrigation purposes within the boundaries of the District, with the Secretary of the Interior under Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 [45 Stat. 1057, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.], and pursuant to appropriations applications filed with the state between 1933 and 1936. Water flows through the Imperial Valley in a complex system of delivery canals, laterals, and drains serving over 450,000 acres of some of the most intensively farmed land in the nation. Agricultural drainage water flows into the New and Alamo Rivers and into the Salton Sea, a designated reservoir for irrigation drainage.

Brawley, El Centro, Imperial Beach, San Diego

Imperial

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), Colorado River Board, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California State Lands Commission (SLC)

California Department of Parks and Recreation, California State Lands Commission (SLC)

Other (On-farm and system conservation)

Water Transfer

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife