Widren Water District Groundwater Quality, Supply, and Drainage Enhancement Program

Widren Water District Groundwater Quality, Supply, and Drainage Enhancement Program

Annually extract and treat through reverse osmosis up to 2,500 acre-feet of poor-quality groundwater for introduction into an existing water distribution system operated by Firebaugh Canal Water District or the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC). Treated groundwater introduced into Firebaugh’s water distribution system it will be used within Firebaugh’s service area, and 2,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project (CVP) water will be made available by Firebaugh for transfer to Westlands Water District (WWD) for use by individuals or entities that own land in both Widren and WWD. Treated groundwater introduced into the DMC will be exchanged with the Bureau of Reclamation to meet existing CVP demands and a like amount of CVP water will be made available to WWD for use by individuals or entities that own land in both Widren and WWD. Use of transferred/exchange water will reduce groundwater pumping from the Westside Groundwater Subbasin. Effluent produced by the reverse osmosis process will be blended with groundwater and delivered to landowners within Widren, who operate under the State Water Resources Control Board’s Waste Discharge Requirements General Order (Order R5-2015-0095) for growers in the Grassland Drainage Area. for irrigation of salt tolerant crops.

Unincorporated Area

Fresno

Northern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), 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, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Water Facilities (Groundwater Quality Treatment)(Type Reverse Osmosis , MGD 1)

Water Resource Management

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Utilities/Service Systems