Shasta Recharge Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024121106
Public Agency
Siskiyou County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Document Title
Shasta Recharge Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/23/2024
Document Description
A critical aspect of our Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) responsibilities is for the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) to maintain and improve groundwater levels, as groundwater levels are declining in this area. With the decline in available surface water deliveries to irrigators, it is critical to find water supplies to rebuild the aquifer. The GSA is proposing a managed aquifer recharge project for maintaining groundwater sustainability in the Shasta Valley. Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) projects such as the Shasta Westside Recharge Project are a Project and Management Action (PMA) identified in the Shasta River Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Shasta GSP).
The GSA is applying for a 180 Day Temporary permit to divert high flows from the Shasta River for recharge from the Grenada Irrigation District (GID). The primary and beneficial use goal is to improve groundwater resources and levels for rural and domestic groundwater users, particularly maintaining levels in shallow wells. Groundwater levels have been impacting residential users in the Grenada and Gazelle area due to drought and a decrease in surface water irrigation within the region. The GSA will be taking the lead but working with GID to divert during the period of December 1 to March 31, utilizing the existing GID point of diversion and distribution infrastructure to strategically flood irrigate parcels within the GID jurisdiction. Diversion will be limited to periods where Shasta River is flowing at greater than the historic 90th percentile daily flowrate and will be less than 20 percent of the river flow and limited to the 40 cfs capacity of the GID diversion. The GSA has used DWR funded grant money to equip wells in the area to gather baseline groundwater elevations and will continue to monitor those locations for the foreseeable future. These baseline levels will be beneficial for evaluating and measuring the amount of water recharged into the localized aquifer.
Contact Information
Name
Matt Parker
Agency Name
Siskiyou County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Job Title
Natural Resources Specialist/GSA Plan Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Grenada, California
Counties
Siskiyou
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Pumphouse Rd/Old Hwy 99 South
Zip
96038
Total Acres
1527
State Highways
I5
Waterways
Shasta River
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268
Reasons for Exemption
Exempt per Governor Newsom's Executive Order N-7-22, dated March 28, 2022
County Clerk
Siskiyou
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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