El Dorado Irrigation District Five-year Conserved Water Transfer
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024050686
Lead Agency
El Dorado Irrigation District
Document Title
El Dorado Irrigation District Five-year Conserved Water Transfer
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
6/24/2024
Document Description
EID plans to transfer up to 740 AF annually of its pre-1914 water right water to Westland’s Water District (WWD) from 2024 – 2028. The water made available for transfer is water that was previously lost through evaporation and seepage from the Upper Main Ditch and is now conserved through operation of the Main Pipeline, which was installed in 2022. Under the proposed project, the same amount of water will be diverted from the South Fork of the American River (SFAR) into the El Dorado Canal and conveyed to the El Dorado Forebay. However, because EID is able to meet the same customer consumptive demands as they did prior to the pipeline project with less water, the conserved water would either remain instream in the SFAR or be used for non-consumptive hydropower production and then returned into the SFAR and flow into Folsom Reservoir. From Folsom Reservoir, the conserved water would be re-regulated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for delivery to WWD for use in their service area south of the Delta. The actual transfer quantity of conserved water will depend on hydrologic conditions and consumptive demand patterns; however, the quantity will not exceed 740 AF annually during 2024-2028.
Contact Information
Name
Brian Deason
Agency Name
El Dorado Irrigation District
Job Title
Environmental Resources Supervisor
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Placerville
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Countywide, Northern California
Cross Streets
2890 Mosquito Road
Zip
95667
State Highways
California
Other Location Info
El Dorado County, Sacramento County, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Merced County, Fresno County, and Kings County
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
El Dorado Irrigation District
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerks
El Dorado, Fresno, Kings, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Final Environmental Document Available at
El Dorado Irrigation District, 2890 Mosquito Road, Placerville, CA 95667
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
No
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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