Santa Ana River Water Rights Applications for Supplemental Water Supply

Santa Ana River Water Rights Applications for Supplemental Water Supply

The Project is designated to meet the following objectives: -Increase water supply reliability by reducing dependence on imported water; -Develop and deliver a new, local, high quality, long-term water supply that is needed to meet part of anticipated future demands; and -Expand operational flexibility by adding infrastructure and varying sources of water, thereby providing Muni/Western with groundwater capability to match varying supply and demand. To further these objectives, San Bernadino Valley Municipal Water District (Muni) and Western Municipal Water Supply District of Riverside County (Western) have jointly filed two water right applications to divert unappropriated water from the Santa Ana River. The applications seek the right to divert and put to beneficial use a total of 200,000 acre feet per year. The project consists of discretionary actions necessary to conserve, divert, convey and store water from the Santa Ana River and put it to beneficial use. In addition to the use of existing facilities, the project would involve the construction of facilities in four general geographical areas: (1) at and upstream of Seven Oaks Dam and Reservoir; (2) in the lower Santa Ana River wash area immediately downstream of Seven Oaks Dam; (3) adjacent to the Devil Canyon power plant of the State Water Project; and (4) near Lytle Creek at the northern edge of the City of Rialto. Additionally, the project would involve the use of existing groundwater recharge facilities located within the Muni service area.

Riverside, San Bernardino

California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Colorado River Board

California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Colorado River Board

Water Facilities (Water diversion and conveyance facilities)

Project approval

Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife