Salinas Valley Water Project

Salinas Valley Water Project

The proposed action has been developed to provide for the long-term management and protection of groundwater resources in the Basin, and to achieve the objectives/needs of the SVWP. To achieve these objectives/needs, the proposed action would: (1) provide a source of water to the Basin by reoperating upstream reservoirs and capturing water via a surface diversion structure to provide water for agriculture; and (2) maintain present conservation release practices to recharge the groundwater basin. The following specific project components are being proposed: Stopping seawater intrusion; Providing adequate water supplies to meet current and future (year 2030) needs; and Hydrologically balancing the groundwater basin in the Salinas Valley.

Monterey, Salinas

Monterey, San Luis Obispo

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Fiscal Impacts, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Other