Water Reduction Program Agreement

Water Reduction Program Agreement

This project involves a Water Reduction Program Agreement between Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation (SRSCNC), individual Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSC), and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). SRSCNC and individual members of the SRSC would enter into an Agreement with Reclamation to forego a larger percentage of their contract supply in specified drought years in Phase 1 (2025-2035): reduce contract supply by up to 500,000 acre-feet during specified drought years; and in Phase 2 (2036-2045): reduce contract supply by up to 100,000 acre-feet during specified drought years. Reduced contract supply would be accomplished through various actions by SRSC including groundwater substitution, cropland idling and shifting, conservation, and through implementing drought-resiliency projects. By reducing the amount of water that is released from Shasta Lake and diverted by the SRSC, the project would consequently allow for additional flexibility in Reclamation's management of operation of the Central Valley Project during drought conditions. In addition, SRSC will engage in drought-resiliency projects to strengthen the resilience of the SRSC’s water systems and long-term water delivery capabilities.

Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Shasta, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo

Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (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 2 (DOT), 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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

Other (Agreement)

Agreement

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