Landowner Groundwater Well Program for 2008-2009
Summary
SCH Number
2008082125
Lead Agency
Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID)
(GCID)
Document Title
Landowner Groundwater Well Program for 2008-2009
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Agricultural Exclusive 40 acre minimum parcel size (AE-40)
Document Description
Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID) may not have adequate surface water supplies to meet irrigation demands from November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009. To address this potential shortage, GCID needs to immediately begin the development of a groundwater pumping program with GCID landowners/well owners to pump groundwater and make it available to GCID for distribution to all landowners within GCID. GCID estimates that 45 to 60 wells will be required to meet the forecasted shortage. The candidate wells have well casing perforations ranging from 30 to 50 feet below ground surface elevation (bgse) to a depth of 350 to 450 feet bgse. This range of perforation elevations indicates that these wells will be producing water from the Tehama Formation. Average yields from this aquifer range from 2,500 to 3,000 gallons per minute. Based upon the projected surface water supply shortages, GCID will need up to 160,000 acre-feet of groundwater to meet the total water supply shortage. This amount of groundwater is still less than the 180,000 acre-feet of water that GCID recharges to the aquifer system on an annual basis during non-critical years. Therefore, any groundwater pumped during this project will be recharged during the next year that GCID receives 100% of its surface water supplies, which occurs in nine of every ten years.
Contact Information
Name
William F. Menke
Agency Name
Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID)
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Colusa, Willows
Counties
Colusa, Glenn
Cross Streets
Interstate 5 Highway 20, Interstate 5 and Highway 162
Zip
95988
Total Acres
175,000
State Highways
162,99W
Railways
Calfornia Northern
Airports
Willows
Schools
GCOE & CCOE
Waterways
Sacramento River & Stony Creek
Township
14-22N
Range
2-4W
Section
1-36
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
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, District 3 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Other (Groundwater Program)
Local Actions
Agricultural Irrigation
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Hydrology/Water Quality
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.