Delta Conveyance Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020010227
- Lead Agency
- Water Resources, Department of (California Department of Water Resources)
- Document Title
- Delta Conveyance Project
- Document Type
- NOP - Notice of Preparation
- Received
- Project Applicant
- California Department of Water Resources
- Present Land Use
- Varies between counties
- Document Description
- The existing SWP Delta water conveyance facilities, which include Clifton Court Forebay and the Banks Pumping Plant in the south Delta, enable DWR to divert water and lift it into the California Aqueduct. The proposed project would construct and operate new conveyance facilities in the Delta that would add to the existing SWP infrastructure. New intake facilities as points of diversion would be located in the north Delta along the Sacramento River between Freeport and the confluence with Sutter Slough. The new conveyance facilities would include a tunnel to convey water from the new intakes to the existing Banks Pumping Plant and potentially the federal Jones Pumping Plant in the south Delta. The new facilities would provide an alternate location for diversion of water from the Delta and would be operated in coordination with the existing south Delta pumping facilities, resulting in a system also known as "dual conveyance" because there would be two complementary methods to divert and convey water. See NOP for Full Details.
- Contact Information
-
Marcus Yee
California Department of Water Resources
901 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone : (916) 651-6736
Location
- Coordinates
- 38°21'24.03"N 121°31'30.64"W
- Counties
- Alameda Contra Costa Sacramento San Joaquin Solano Yolo
- State Highways
- I-5, SR-160, HWY 4
- Waterways
- Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, the legal Delta
- Other Location Info
- Area from south of the Town of Freeport to Just north of Bethany Reservoir, and stretches from west of Interstate 5 to east of State Route 160
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Water Facilities (Diversion/Water Conveyance)
- Project Issues
- Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Economics/Jobs Geologic/Seismic Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects Other Surface Water, Climate Change
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Department of Boating and Waterways California Department of Conservation California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Transportation, District 3 California Department of Transportation, District 4 California Department of Water Resources California Governor's Office of Emergency Services California Highway Patrol California Native American Heritage Commission California Natural Resources Agency California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 California State Lands Commission Delta Protection Commission Delta Stewardship Council Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Historic Preservation State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Attachments
- Environmental Document
- 2020010227 NOP Letter PDF 592 K NOP PDF 2904 K
- NOC
- NOC PDF 1517 K
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