Riverside Habitat, Parks, and Water Project

Riverside Habitat, Parks, and Water Project

The Project is a collaborative effort between the City and the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD) and proposes the construction and installation of approximately 81,600 feet of pipeline and additional facilities inclusive of a storage tank, pump stations, and dechlorination stations, to supply tertiary treated recycled water to tributaries to the Santa Ana River (“Tributary Restoration Sites”) and to City parks and other landscaped areas for irrigation. The Project will divert up to 14,232 acre-feet per year (AFY) of treated recycled water from the Riverside Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) to Tributary Restoration Sites that are part of the conservation strategy of the Upper Santa Ana River Habitat Conservation Plan (Upper SAR HCP), and to City parks and other landscaped areas for irrigation. The diverted water will directly benefit aquatic, semi-aquatic, and riparian resources of the Santa Ana River (SAR) across six locations (tributaries) and serve 17 retail users. The Project consists of two independent pipeline routes, one that runs in a downstream, or westerly direction from the RWQCP (“West Branch”), and one that runs in an upstream, or easterly direction from the RWQCP (“East Branch”).

Riverside

Riverside

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (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 Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, 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 Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

Water Facilities (Water Diversion)(Type Recycled Water, MGD 12.70)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, 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, Noise, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian