Environmental Water Account (EWA) Demand Shifting Agreement with a California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Environmental Water Account (EWA) Demand Shifting Agreement with a California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

The Environmental Water Account (EWA) addresses fish protection and recovery in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while also improving water supply reliability for Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP) customers. The CVP and SWP facilities that pump water from the Delta can entrain and kill fish, some of which are Federally and State listed species. Reductions in CVP and SWP pumping to protect these fish species can reduce water supply reliability.

Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin

Statewide

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Conservation (DOC)

California Department of Conservation (DOC)

Other (Changes to SWP and CVP operations)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife