Mojave Water Agency Water Supply Reliability and Groundwater Replenishment Program

Mojave Water Agency Water Supply Reliability and Groundwater Replenishment Program

Consistent with its 1994 Regional Water Management Plan and recently adopted Regional Water Management Plan, Mojave Water Agency (MWA) proposes to prepare a project-specific Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to consider a Water Supply Reliability and Groundwater Replenishment Program (Project Under Consideration). The Project Under Consideration is intended to: * Enhance water supply reliability; * Increase overall groundwater replenishment and offset groundwater overdraft; * Enhance MWA's ability to manage to improve groundwater quality; * Raise groundwater levels at selected sites to enhance riparian vegetation; and * Provide opportunities for MWA to engage in innovative water banking and water exchange programs. To accomplish these objectives, MWA is considering utilizing existing facilities, enahncing existing facilities, and/or constructing new facilities to increase capacity for groundwater recharge and extraction. In conjunction with these facilities, MWA is considering modifying its current operations to include water anking programs and/or water exchange programs to enhance operational flexibility and water supply reliability.

Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Hesperia, Victorville, Yucca Valley

San Bernardino

California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6

Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6

Water Facilities (Type Recharge basins)

Water Facilities

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife