Sacramento Regional Water Bank

Sacramento Regional Water Bank

The Regional Water Authority (RWA) is a Joint Powers Authority representing approximately two dozen water providers and affiliates in the greater Sacramento-Placer region. RWA (as the lead agency) is proposing to establish the Sacramento Regional Water Bank (Project), which will coordinate and expand the conjunctive use practices of its member agencies, and establish governance, accounting, and other related protocols. The goal of this regional groundwater banking program is to support expansion of conjunctive use practice to enhance water supply reliability for local communities and to contribute to ecosystem function on the lower American River. The Project would include annual recharge of up to 65,000 acre-feet or annual recovery of up to 55,000 acre-feet. The project has been updated to include conducting transfers of up to 55,000 AF per year from the recovered banked water to potential buyers in the Central Valley Project/State Water Project place of use (including both in-basin and out-of-basin transfers).

Elk Grove, Folsom, Roseville, Sacramento

Placer, Sacramento, Sutter

Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), 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, District 3 (DOT), 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, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 2, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 21, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 9, 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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (Coordinated conjunctive use in North/South American Subbasins)

Water Bank

Biological Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Population/Housing, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems