Long-Term North to South Water Transfer Program
17 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2011011010
Lead Agency
San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority
Document Title
Long-Term North to South Water Transfer Program
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Seller actions will occur on agricultural property; buyers will use water for agricultural or municipal use
Document Description
Note: Extended Review
This Draft EIS/EIR evaluates water transfer that originate from willing sellers in northern CA to meet existing demands of Central Valley Project buyers south of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Water transfers would occur through various methods such as groundwater substation, cropland idling, reservoir releases, or conservation and would include individual and multi-year transfers from 2015 through 2024. The transfers could originate in Colusa, Butte, Glenn, Merced, Placer, Sacramento, Shasta, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Or Yuba counties. The transfer buyers could be in Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, or Stanislaus countries.
Contact Information
Name
Frances Mizuno
Agency Name
San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Butte, Lake, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama
Waterways
Sacramento River, San Joaquin River
Other Location Info
Delta Region, Potential areas where transfer water could originate, Potential areas that could purchase transfers.
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Inter-agency water transfer)
Local Actions
Water transfer
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian
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