Butte Water District 2010 Water Transfer Program

Butte Water District 2010 Water Transfer Program

NOTE: Review Per Lead Sale of up to 15,651 acre-feet of water to participating member districts of the State Water Project Contractors Authority (Buyers) during the 2010 irrigation season to lessen potential water supply shortages to the Buyers that may occur as a result of dry hydrologic conditions and regulatory restrictions on pumping in the Delta. BWD would make up to 15,651 af of water available to Buyers by idling cropland (i.e., non-irrigation of farmland by voluntary participants) or through groundwater substitution(i.e., using groundwater supplies instead of surface water supplies). Water made available by crop idling or groundwater substitution within the boundaries of the BWD would then be retained and stored by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for delivery to Buyers. Groundwater pumping would only occur within the portion of the BWD boundaries that lie within Sutter County.

Gridley

Butte

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other (Agricultural)

Water transfer

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation