SCH Number 2020020004

Project Info

Title

Coachella Valley Water District Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility Project

Description

The proposed Project described in this EIR is a right-of-way grant for the Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility to continue to provide groundwater replenishment and deliver groundwater in the Coachella Valley within Riverside, Imperial, and San Diego counties. Groundwater replenishment in the Coachella Valley Groundwater Basin is critical to maintaining groundwater levels and ensuring local availability of irrigation and domestic water within CVWD’s and the Desert Water Agency’s (DWA’s) service area. The proposed Project would consist of continuation of ongoing operations and maintenance activities at the Facility including but not limited to sediment removal, dike repair, road maintenance, low-flow dike and channel crossing maintenance, and flood control berm maintenance. Maintenance activities at the Facility would continue to average approximately 60 working days per year. The Project site consists of the following two individual areas: • The “renewal area” covers a portion the existing Facility, including portions of Ponds 6 through 19, concrete-lined and earthen conveyance channels, and Intake Structure 2. This area is located on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) within portions of Section 24 of Township 3 South, Range 3 east; and Sections 20, 28, and 30 of Township 3 South, Range 4 East (approximately 509.7 acres). The renewal area also includes the existing low-flow dike and channel crossing on a portion of Section 14, Township 3 South, Range 3 East (approximately 2.2 acres). • The “amendment area” consists of public lands administered by the BLM that are used to access the Facility and for conveyance of natural flows and Colorado River water, includes portions of Sections 23 and 24 of Township 3 South, Range 3 East (approximately 178.83 acres).

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