2023 Strategic Water Resources Plan Update

2023 Strategic Water Resources Plan Update

Palmdale Water District (PWD) has developed the Strategic Water Resources Plan Update to provide a sound water supply strategy to meet customer demands through 2050. Water use by existing and future PWD customers is expected to grow through 2050. At the same time, substantial periods of drought have significantly impacted water resources throughout the State of California, resulting in reduced imported water allocations and increased water use efficiency. The Plan Update presents a Preferred Strategy that includes proposed actions for maximizing local supplies and facilities and increasing water storage in the Antelope Valley Groundwater Basin to meet demands during times of imported water shortage. PWD will prepare a Program EIR that analyzes the potential effects on the environment associated with implementation of the Plan Update’s Preferred Strategy.

Palmdale

Los Angeles

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 22, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

Water Facilities (Groundwater recharge and extraction, recycling, conservation)(Type Groundwater well, MGD 14)

Water Resources Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire