Exhange of State Water Project Table A water between Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and Kern County Water Agency
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2008088137
- Lead Agency
- Water Resources, Department of (California Department of Water Resources)
- Document Title
- Exhange of State Water Project Table A water between Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and Kern County Water Agency
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 8/12/2008
- Document Description
- Santa Barbara Flood Control and Water Conservation District (SBCFCWCD) is a State Water Project (SWP) contractor located in Santa Barbara County. The proposed project is the delivery by SBCFLWCD of up to 1,000 acre feet of 2008 Table A water to Kern County Water Agency (KCWA) in the Irvine Ranch/ Rosedale-Rio Bravo Demonstration Groundwater Bank KCWA will return up to 500 acre feet of its SWP Table A water to SBCFCWCD by the year 2013. This exchange will enable both KCWA and SBCFCWCD to better manage their respective water supplies. No lands will be fallowed as a result of the exchange. The lands have been actively farmed in the past. The water will be delivered within the SWP Place of Use.
- Contact Information
-
Craig Trombly
California Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone : (916) 653-6250
Location
- Counties
- Kern Santa Barbara
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Class1,Sec.15301,Exist.Facility
- Reasons for Exemption
- -State Water Project long-term water supply contract includes provisions for delivery within the SWP place of use. -No construction is required to implement the proposed points of delivery. -The facilities are existing facilities that have not been expanded or modified to implement the proposed change in points of delivery. -The water will be delivered to lands that have been in agricultural production for many years. There will be no change in land use.
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