Recovery of Non-Project Water from the Kern Groundwater Bank Groundwater Banking and Exchange Program by Dudley Ridge Water District (SWPAO #09040)
Summary
SCH Number
2009118026
Public Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Recovery of Non-Project Water from the Kern Groundwater Bank Groundwater Banking and Exchange Program by Dudley Ridge Water District (SWPAO #09040)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/4/2009
Document Description
DRWD has stored non-project water in the Kern Water Bank since 1996. The sources of the non-project water include floodwaters from the Friant-Kern Canal and Central Valley Project water. DRWD would like to recover a portion of this non-project water via an exchange of KCWA's SWP Table A supplies from 2009-2013.
Contact Information
Name
Craig Trombly
Agency Name
California Department of Water Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Kern, Kings
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1 Sect. 15301
Reasons for Exemption
a. Swp long-term water supply contract includes provisions for water stroage programs within the SWP place of use between SWP contractors,
b. No construction is required to implement to proposed exchange,
c. The facilities owned and/or operated by DRWD, DWR, and KCWA are existing facilities that ahve not been expanded or modified to implement the proposed change in delivery point, and
d. The activity will cause no change in land use.
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