Infiltration Gallery Demonstration Project

Infiltration Gallery Demonstration Project

The Infiltration Gallery Demonstration Project (Proposed Project) would evaluate the biological and engineering performance of an alternative method to diverting water in an estuarine system such as the Delta that is less harmful to fishery resources. Water diverted through the infiltration gallery will flow by gravity into a vault (a tank or sump). That is, there will be no suction on the perforated pipes. Hydraulic theory indicate that in this kind of system, flow into and through the pipes, will be controlled by the hydraulic head over the pipes so that if the pipes are at a uniform elevation, flow into the pipes will be uniformly distributed. Water will be pumped from the collection facility through a pipe and discharged re-routed into either a nearby wetland or directly back into Italian Slough directly or through the adjacent wetland. No water consumption would occur as a result of the Proposed Project. At completion of the pilot testing, all equipment and infrastructure will be removed from the Project Site and the site revegetated and returned to agricultural grazing land.

Byron, unincorporated area

Contra Costa

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (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 4 (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 Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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 Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, 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, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Other (demonstration project)

demonstration project

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, 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