City of Tracy / Semitropic Water Storage District Pilot Water Banking Project

City of Tracy / Semitropic Water Storage District Pilot Water Banking Project

The City of Tracy seeks to increase water supply reliability through banking of surplus surface water supplies in the Semitropic Water Bank. This Pilot Project is proposed in which Tracy would deliver 1,000 acre-feet (AF) of its surplus Central Valley Project (CVP) supplies to Semitropic Water Bank. Of the 1,000 AF, 100 AF would be returned to Tracy as soon as reasonably possible, 800 AF would remain in storage until called upon by Tracy for up to 10 years, and 100 AF would be permanently left behind in the aquifer underlying Semitropic. The purpose of this Pilot Project is to go through the processes recharging, storing, and recovering supplies in the Semitropic Water Bank. This Pilot Project would be done to provide information and understanding in anticipation of a potential long-term water banking agreement between both parties. All water conveyance is through existing facilities and there is no construction required for this project.

Tracy

Kern, San Joaquin

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

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