SCH Number 2006102026

Project Info

Title

Proposed Extension Petition for the Interim Flow Requirements Under State Water Resources Control Board Revised Water Right Decision 1644

Description

The petition requests that the State Water Board change the effective date of the long-term flow requirements established in Revised Decision 1644 (RD-1644) to April 1, 2008. RD-1644 established interim and long-term minimum flow requirements for the lower Yuba River between Englebright Dam and the confluence with the Feather River. The flow requirements vary depending upon the time of year and the hydrologic conditions. The long-term requirements are higher than the interim requirements during parts of some years, but are the same as the interim requirements for water years that are classified as wet or above normal under the criteria specified in RD-1644. State Water Board Order WR 2006-0009, adopted on April 5, 2006, changed the effective date of RD-1644's long-term flow requirements to March 1, 2007. Until that date, YCWA must maintain flows in the lower Yuba River that are equal to or greater than the interim flow requirements specified in RD-1644. YCWA's August 23, 2006 petition requested that the effective date of the long-term flow requirements be delayed until April 1, 2008 in order to allow YCWA and other parties to conduct a 2007 Pilot Program pursuant to the proposed Yuba River Accord (Accord). The Accord was developed to resolve conflicts and ongoing litigation related to stream flows and water use in the lower Yuba River

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