Aquaterra Water Bank Project

Aquaterra Water Bank Project

The McMullin Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency (MAGSA) is proposing to develop infrastructure to receive water from, and convey water to, the James Bypass and the Mendota Pool. Received waters will be conveyed to recharge basins during wet periods and returned to the Mendota Pool during dry periods as part of operations of the Project. The Project will be located in Fresno County and the Kings Subbasin, all within the +/- 120,000 acre MAGSA management area. Farmers will voluntarily participate in this program and agricultural fields will also continue to remain active as the banking program is compatible with farming practices (e.g., planting, fallowing, harvesting). -Conveyance Infrastructure and Temporary Construction Easements: 63.5 linear miles by 200 feet horizontal width (approximately 1,804 acres total) and includes the main canals levees, lateral levees, pump stations along the main canals with pumps, recovery wells, staging areas, and road crossings. - 3,294 acres of farmland would be used for recharge basins. - Construction will take approximately 3.5 years.

Clovis, Fresno, Kerman, Mendota, San Joaquin

Fresno

Countywide, Northern California, Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), 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), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 12, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 23, 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 Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water Facilities (Conveyance canals and pump stations)(Type Groundwater Bank, MGD 0.449)

Groundwater Bank Project

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 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, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire