East Highline Reservoir and Intake Channel project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019011070
Lead Agency
Imperial Irrigation District
Document Title
East Highline Reservoir and Intake Channel project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Zoned as A-2 (General Agriculture) and A-3 (Heavy Agriculture) (County of Imperial 2017), with a small portion that crosses a parcel of federal land withdrawn to Reclamation. The Imperial County General Plan Land Use designation for the site is predominantly Agriculture, with a portion of the intake channel on Recreation/Open Space land.
Document Description
The proposed project includes a single bay reservoir facility, covering approximately 370 acres, which would manage up to 3,400 acre-feet of water. The water managed in the proposed reservoir would then gravity flow into the East Highline (EHL) Canal, one of three main canals that branch off the All-American Canal (AAC), a facility owned by the U.S. Department of Interior through the Bureau of Reclamation, serving the water service area of IID. Water temporarily stored in the proposed reservoir would be delivered to serve downstream agricultural demands through an automated gate outlet with a gravity flow capacity of approximately 1,500 cfs for delivery into the EHL Canal. Water managed by the proposed reservoir would be delivered to agricultural water users. IID does not provide treated water service.
The proposed project also includes an intake channel, which would branch off the north side of the AAC to convey the operational water flows from the AAC through an open channel canal to the proposed reservoir at a flow rate of up to 1,5000 cubic feet per seconds (cfs).
Note: See NOP for full project description
Contact Information
Name
Sarah Lopez
Agency Name
Imperial Irrigation District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Holtville
Counties
Imperial
Cross Streets
Holdridge Rd., and Verde School Rd.,
Zip
92250
Total Acres
556
Parcel #
005-250-020, 059-310-005, 055-310-007, 055-310-006, 059-310-006
State Highways
98
Schools
Verde Elementary School
Waterways
East Highline Canal, All-American Canal
Township
16S
Range
16E
Section
26
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, Department of Water Resources, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Water Resources, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
Development Types
Water Facilities (cont., and Intake Channel)(Type Reservoir)
Local Actions
Other
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Attachments
State Comments
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