SCH Number 2024080746

Project Info

Title

Banta-Carbona Irrigation District SGMA Phase 2 Conjunctive Use Project

Description

The Project will provide an average annual volume of 2,400 acre-feet per year of surface water to replace groundwater pumping, eliminate a projected average annual 800 acre-feet deficit, and provide a factor of safety for modeling inaccuracies and climate change uncertainties. The pump station expansion required to deliver the surface water will consist of an addition of two (2) new concrete pump bays. Two (2) pumps will be installed and connected to an existing thirty-six (36) inch diameter pipeline. There will be one (1) thirty-five (35) cubic feet per second (cfs) pump with a 350 horse power (hp) motor, and one (1) fifteen (15) cfs pump with a 150 hp motor. Associated electrical equipment will be required to operate the two (2) small pumps and motors. One small security building will be constructed to protect the electrical equipment from theft and weather. Electricity is currently available at the site for the pump station. The Project will consist of permitting, acquisition of easements, design, construction, and continued monitoring of surface water deliveries to quantify the effect on reduced groundwater pumping. The Project will consist of construction of a minimum of twelve thousand (12,000) linear feet of 18- to 36-inch diameter pipelines, and expansion of an existing pump station. The pipeline will be constructed through irrigated farmland that has been continuously disturbed for the past several decades.

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