Sentinel Butte Mutual Water Company (SBMWC) Flood Capture Basin Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024090379
Lead Agency
East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Document Title
Sentinel Butte Mutual Water Company (SBMWC) Flood Capture Basin Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The Project site is designated as Public Facilities by the City of Woodlake General Plan and has a zone district designation of PF (Public Facilities). Properties to the west of the Project site are currently in use as residential and are designated Low Density Residential by the City of Woodlake and zoned R-L (Low Density Residential). Properties to the south and east have a land use designation of Public Facilities with a zone district of PF (Public Facilities) under the Woodlake Zoning Ordinance. The property to the north is designated as Industrial by the Woodlake General Plan and has a zone district designation of PF (Public Facilities).
Document Description
The Project is located in Woodlake, Tulare County. The Project would entail constructing a new multi-cell flood water capture basin on an approximate 27-acre site and connecting to existing infrastructure. The proposed basin Project would capture high flows during flood periods primarily from the Kaweah River through the Wutchumna Ditch. The Project would consist of the construction of a cells excavated to an approximate depth of 6’ below existing grade, and the basins would have the capacity to store approximately 50 acre-feet (AF) of water. The Project will also include a new turnout structure within Wutchumna Ditch to divert water into the proposed basin cells. The turnout structure will connect to a basin inlet structure through 120 LF of piping, equipped with a metered connection and rip rap. The turnout structure will be located northwest of the proposed basin cells along the south bank of the existing ditch. Three interbasin connection structures will also be constructed to connect the proposed cells, each connection will be equipped with two structures, rip rap and approximately 50 LF of piping. A basin outlet connection will also be incorporated through the construction of a basin outlet structure, equipped with approximately 45 LF of piping and rip rap. The basin outlet pipeline will terminate at an existing control box operated by SBMWC. In the future when water is available, SBMWC will set a temporary sump pump in the outlet pipeline to pump into the existing standpipe for delivering the flood water to their existing system.
Contact Information
Name
Michael Hagman
Agency Name
East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (EKGSA)
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Woodlake
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Southern California
Total Acres
27
Parcel #
060-160-003 and 060-160-058
Other Location Info
The Project site is located in Tulare County outside of the city limits of the City of Woodlake due west of Bravo Lake and adjacent to Wutchumna Ditch and is approximately 197 miles southwest of Sacramento and 71 miles north of Bakersfield.
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), 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 24, 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 Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Flood Capture Basin)
Local Actions
Flood Capture Basin
Project Issues
Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Tribal Cultural Resources
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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