Delta Conveyance Project
14 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020010227
Lead Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Delta Conveyance Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
11/18/2024
Document Description
On December 21, 2023, DWR certified the environmental impact report (“EIR”) for, and approved, the Delta Conveyance Project. (State Clearinghouse No. 2020010227). The Delta Conveyance Project consists of the construction, operation, and maintenance of new State Water Project (“SWP”) water diversion and conveyance facilities in the Delta that would be operated in coordination with existing SWP facilities.
The Delta Conveyance Project includes the following key components and actions:
• Two intake facilities along the Sacramento River in the north Delta near the community of Hood with on-bank intake structures that would include fish screens.
• A concrete-lined tunnel, and associated vertical tunnel shafts, to convey flow from the intakes about 45 miles to the south of the Bethany Reservoir Pumping Plant and Surge Basin at a location south of the existing SWP Clifton Court Forebay.
• A Bethany Reservoir Pumping Plant to lift the water from inside the tunnel below ground into the Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct for conveyance to the Bethany Reservoir Discharge Structure and into the existing Bethany Reservoir.
• Other ancillary facilities to support construction and operation of the conveyance facilities including, but not limited to, access roads, concrete batch plants, fuel stations, and power transmission and/or distribution lines.
• Efforts to identify geotechnical, hydrogeologic, agronomic, and other field conditions that will guide appropriate construction methods and monitoring programs for final engineering design and construction data collection and field work investigations, including ground-disturbing geotechnical work, water quality and hydrogeologic investigations, agronomic testing, the installation of monitoring equipment, construction test projects, pre-construction design work, and engineering work (“Pre-Construction Work”)
Alameda County Water District, as a responsible agency, has not approved the Delta Conveyance Project. The Agency has, however, issued a limited approval relating to funding of Pre-Construction Work for the Delta Conveyance Project.
Contact Information
Name
Laura Hidas
Agency Name
Alameda County Water District
Job Title
Director of Water Resources
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Alameda, Alamo, Albany, Antioch, Benicia, Berkeley, Brentwood, Byron, Citrus Heights, Clayton, Concord, Danville, Davis, Dixon, Dublin, El Cerrito, Elk Grove, Emeryville, Escalon, Fairfield, Folsom, Fremont, Galt, Hayward, Hercules, Isleton, Lafayette, Lathrop, Livermore, Lodi, Manteca, Martinez, Moraga, Newark, Oakland, Oakley, Orinda, Piedmont, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Richmond, Rio Vista, Ripon, Sacramento, San Leandro, San Pablo, San Ramon, Stockton, Suisun City, Tracy, Union City, Vacaville, Vallejo, Walnut Creek, West Sacramento, Winters, Woodland
Counties
Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo
Regions
Statewide
State Highways
Hwy 160
Waterways
Waterways Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, the legal Delta
Other Location Info
See Attachment 1, Project Location, Figure 1, Project Location
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Alameda County Water District
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerks
Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://www.deltaconveyanceproject.com/planning-processes/california-environmental-quality-act/final-eir
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes (MMRP, SOC, Findings)
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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