SCH Number 2015062072

Project Info

Title

Alameda Creek Recapture Project

Description

SFPUC is proposing the ACRP as part of improvements to its regional water system as one component of the SFPUC's Water System Improvement Program (WISP). The ACRP is a water supply project located in the Sunol Valley in Alameda County on lands within the SFPUC's Alameda Watershed. The project would be implemented following completion of the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project, which is currently under construction, and in conjunction with future operation of the restored Calaveras Reservoir. To comply with federal and state permit requirements for the future operations of Calaveras Dam and Reservoir, the SFPUC is required to make releases from Calaveras Dam Replacement Project, which is currently under construction, and in conjunction with future operation of the restored Calaveras Dam and Reservoir, the SFPUC is require dot make releases from Calaveras Dam and to bypass creek flow around the Alameda Creek Diversion Dam in accordance with instream flow schedules set forth by the NMFS in a March 5, 2011 biological opinion for the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project. The releases and bypasses are designed to improve conditions for native aquatic species including threatened CCC steelhead in Upper Alameda Creek downstream of Calaveras Dam and the Alameda Creek Diversion Dam. The SFPUC proposes the ACRP to "recapture" some of the water that is required to release and bypass in order to also use this water in its regional water system.

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