OKIEVILLE RECHARGE BASIN PROJECT
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022010547
Lead Agency
Tulare Irrigation District
Document Title
OKIEVILLE RECHARGE BASIN PROJECT
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
ONSITE
Valley Agriculture AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural, 40-acre minimum parcel size)
ADJACENT LANDS
Valley Agriculture AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural, 40-acre minimum parcel size)
Document Description
The Okieville Recharge Basin Project involves the construction of a 21-acre recharge facility and supporting infrastructure, adjacent and up-gradient of the Community of Okieville (a Disadvantaged Community). The Project’s purpose is two-fold: one, to increase the availability of wet-year recharge capacity and, two, to provide water quality benefits to the residents of Okieville. The Project is anticipated to provide 630 acre-feet per year of average annual benefits and 1,400 acre feet of maximum recharge in wet years of high-quality Sierra watershed surface supplies dedicated to recharging up-gradient of the community, which should improve the quality of local groundwater pumped by the Okieville-Highland Acres Mutual Water Company well and delivery system. The District also intends to implement a Monitoring Program, including monitoring wells, to determine the empirical benefits of groundwater recharge on the quantity and quality of groundwater available to the community.
The proposed supporting infrastructure for the basin includes the following components:
• New turnout and inlet to basin
• Existing turnout to be relocated
• New outlet from basin into ditch
• New inlet pipe 180 feet long and up to 48” in diameter
• New outlet pipe 75 feet long and up to 48” in diameter
Contact Information
Name
James Fisher
Agency Name
Tulare Irrigation District
Job Title
Water Resources Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Email
Name
Briza Sholars
Agency Name
Provost & Pritchard
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Tulare
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Road 48 and Laurel Avenue
Zip
93274
Total Acres
20
Parcel #
158-040-019
State Highways
137
Railways
NA
Airports
NA
Schools
NA
Waterways
Packwood Creek
Township
20S
Range
23E
Section
3
Base
MDB&M
Other Location Info
The Okieville Recharge Basin Project involves the construction of a 20-acre recharge facility and supporting infrastructure, adjacent and up-gradient of the Community of Okieville (a Disadvantaged Community). The Project’s purpose is two-fold: one, to increase the availability of wet-year recharge capacity and, two, to provide water quality benefits to the residents of Okieville. The Project is anticipated to provide 630 acre-feet per year (AF/YR) of average annual benefits and 1,400 AF of maximum recharge in wet years of high-quality Sierra watershed surface supplies dedicated to recharging up-gradient of the community, which should improve the quality of local groundwater pumped by the Okieville-Highland Acres Mutual Water Company well and delivery system. TID also intends to implement a Monitoring Program, including monitoring wells, to determine the empirical benefits of groundwater recharge on the quantity and quality of groundwater available to the community.
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 Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Other (Recharge Facility)
Local Actions
Water Infrastructure Improvement
Project Issues
Biological Resources, Archeological/Historical
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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