Orange County Groundwater Storage Basin Conjunctive Use Program
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2002061034
Lead Agency
Orange County Water District
Document Title
Orange County Groundwater Storage Basin Conjunctive Use Program
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Existing distribution system
Document Description
The groundwater storage program would provide for 60,000 acre feet (af) of excess Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) surface water to be delivered via existing connections and stored in the in the Orange County groundwater basin when available. When called by the Metropolitan during shortages of imported water, 20,000 af per year would be extracted from the Orange County groundwater basin and decrease by an equivalent amount the demand for Metropolitan firm deliveries; thereby, making additional Metropolitan firm deliveries available to the region. This operation would continue for up to three consecutive years. The term of the program would extend through year 2030. The program includes the participation of eight OCWD District groundwater producers. When the stored water would be extracted during a drought, the eight producers would pump it out and use it in their individual systems, and thus allow for the additional Metropolitan deliveries to the region.
Contact Information
Name
Lo Tan
Agency Name
Orange County Water District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Orange
Counties
Orange
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Development Types
Water Facilities (Type 60,000)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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