SCH Number 2019038500

Project Info

Title

Fallowing Transfer Agreement, 2019 Calendar Year

Description

The purpose of the Project is for Semitropic Water Storage District (District) to enter into an agreement with the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors and various of its members (collectively, the Authority) for transfer of up to approximately 5,000 acre-feet of Exchange Contract/CVP water available to the Authority for transfer to the District through its Water Transfer Program as a result of conservation, e.g., fallowing/crop idling activities. The point of delivery of the transfer water from the Authority to the District will be at San Luis Reservoir in Merced County, and the transfer water would be delivered to the District in Kern County through and to turnouts off the California Aqueduct. The District would take delivery of the water when available for transfer in 2019.The Project would use existing water facilities and not involve any construction. Beneficiaries of the Project are landowners and water users within the boundaries of the District.

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