Project Component No. 2 Under the Grant Agreement Between California’s Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) and Borrego Water District, Agreement No. 460001465
Summary
SCH Number
2023070073
Public Agency
Borrego Water District
(BWD)
Document Title
Project Component No. 2 Under the Grant Agreement Between California’s Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) and Borrego Water District, Agreement No. 460001465
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/6/2023
Document Description
On December 13, 2022, the Board of Directors for the Borrego Water District (“District”) entered into a $6,115,833 million dollar grant agreement with DWR for Proposition 68 funding awarded to the District (“Agreement”). The Agreement will assist in financing projects associated with the SGM Grant Program on a reimbursable basis.
Project Component No. 2 (“Project”) under the Agreement consists of replacement of all the District’s manual water meters with an advanced system. This Project will replace over 2,000 manual water meters to address demand-side reductions to basin pumping. Development in the District’s service area is geographically dispersed on relatively large lots in sandy soil. This scenario creates situations where water leaks in the customers plumbing or irrigation system can run for extended periods of time unrecognized. The new infrastructure will increase water use efficiency and improve leak detection and create an immediate response in the Basin’s commercial and residential sectors. Based on historic trends, this Project will save 20-acre feet annually.
Contact Information
Name
Geoff Poole
Agency Name
Borrego Water District
Job Title
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Borrego Water District Service Area
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines section 15302
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is categorically exempt from environmental review under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15302 (Class 2 – Replacement or Reconstruction), which exempts projects from further CEQA review for the replacement or reconstruction of existing utility systems involving negligible or no expansion of capacity, where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. Here, the Project involves the replacement of existing meters with more advanced meters, which involve no expansion of capacity, will be located on the same site as the existing meters, and will have the same purpose and capacity as the existing meters.
None of the exceptions to the categorical exemptions set forth in State CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 have any applicability here. The Project will not impact any environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern, will not result in significant cumulative impacts, is not subject to any unusual circumstances that could result in a significant environmental impact, would not damage any scenic resources within a scenic highway, is not located on a hazardous waste site identified on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5, and would not impact any historical resource.
For all of the foregoing reasons, the entirety of the Project is categorically exempt from CEQA.
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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