Dudley Ridge Water District Adoption and Implementation of the 2005 Water Management Plan

Dudley Ridge Water District Adoption and Implementation of the 2005 Water Management Plan

The Dudley Ridge Water District (DRWD or District) proposes to adopt and implement the provisions of its 2005 Water Management Plan (Plan). In the Plan, the District identified the need to improve the process for approving water transfers and exchanges among State Water Project (SWP) contractors. As part of DRWD's review of its Water Management Plan along with one of the water management strategies identified in the Plan, DRWD is subjecting the Plan and the water transfers, exchanges, and banking operations described in the Plan to CEQA review. These water operations include: - Transfer to/from Kern Water Bank - Transfers to/from Cawelo Water District conjunctive use program - Transfers to/from San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District groundwater banking and/or exchange program - Transfers to/from other water districts in which DRWD landowners operate their farming operations: (a) member units of the Kern County Water Agency, (b) other water agencies within Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, and Madera Counties, (c) Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, and (d) Green Valley Water District - Transfers to/from other SWP contractors (or their member units) for annual or multi-year exchanges - Transfers to/from other SWP contractors (or their member units) with established water banking or exchange programs - Transfers to/from CVP contractors (or their member units) with established water banking or exchange programs or for annual or multi-year exchanges.

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