Dry Creek Tailwater Recovery Project

Dry Creek Tailwater Recovery Project

3. Project Description: Browns Valley Irrigation District (BVID) is proposing a tailwater recovery project (Project) that will relieve irrigation water supply constraints by pumping water from Dry Creek at times when Dry Creek flows are primarily composed of tailwater from irrigated lands draining to Little Dry Creek. This influx of tailwater raises Dry Creek's temperature by 4-5? Celsius and introduces sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants to the Creek approximately 1.8 miles upstream of its confluence with the Yuba River. By pumping from Dry Creek downstream of the confluence with Little Dry Creek, the project will remove some of the reclaimed water will be applied on rice lands where the elevated water temperature benefits rice will reduce the District's demand for water divided directly from the Yuba River, this balancing in diversion flows from the Yuba River. The Project proposes flow diversion of up to a maximum of 10 cfs from Dry Creek.

Yuba

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (Irrigation Water diversion and conveyance pipeline)

Irrigation Water Project

Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise