Georgetown Divide Public Utility District 2020 Reservoir Release Water Transfer
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020100050
- Public Agency
- California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
- Document Title
- Georgetown Divide Public Utility District 2020 Reservoir Release Water Transfer
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 10/2/2020
- Document Description
- Divide Public Utility District (District) has requested that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) convey up to 2,000 acrefeet of transfer water from District’s Stumpy Meadows Reservoir to Westlands Water District (Westlands). The point of transfer will be Folsom Lake Reservoir. The transfer water will flow to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where DWR will pump the transfer water using the State Water Project Banks Pumping Plant and convey it to Westlands’ service area.
- Contact Information
-
Brian Heiland
Department of Water Resources
Lead/Public Agency
State Water Project Analysis Office 1416 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone : (916) 653-4547
Location
- Counties
- El Dorado
- Other Location Info
- El Dorado County and the service area of Westlands Water District
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Statutory Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- California Water Code §1729. See also Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15282, subd. (u).
- Reasons for Exemption
- The District filed a Petition for Temporary Change with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) on June 12, 2020, pursuant to Water Code § 1725 et seq. The SWRCB approved the transfer on August 17, 2020. In accordance with Water Code § 1729, temporary changes filed in accordance with Water Code, § 1725, et seq. (Temporary Changes) are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. (Pub. Resources Code, § 2100; see also Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15282, subd. (u).)
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 2020100050_Signed_NOE_20741_GDPUD_20201001 PDF 276 K
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