SCH Number 2024090184

Project Info

Title

City of Escalon Connection to Nick DeGroot Water Treatment Plant Project

Description

The City of Escalon’s potable water distribution network is currently supplied by groundwater wells. The City’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Plan indicates the City is in groundwater overdraft and needs to supplement well water with “surface” water to meet potable water demand and maintain water quality. Water quality is an issue in several of the City wells, especially during the summer months. The Project is proposed to create a more reliable water supply during the summer months for the City of Escalon and to provide a large long-term supply of high-quality water for land use allowed under the approved general plan. Project components consist of a tee connection with SSJID 48-inch transmission main near the intersection of Escalon Bellota Road and Dodds Road; a pipeline extension of 19,500 linear feet of 18-inch diameter PVC pipe; a flow control facility with above and below ground structures (flow meter vault, valve vault, electrical panel, 10-kW propane generator, communications equipment); a City-owned Booster Pump Station with above and below ground structures (pump station, 125-kW diesel generator, CMU block electrical room, 10,000-gallon storage tank, wet well, four pumps). No impacts on historically significant resources are indicated in the CEQA IS/MND prepared for the Project. The Project will be installed within existing and proposed easements using open trench and bore and jack methods of construction. The City initiated outreach with the Native American Tribes affiliated with the Project location pursuant to AB 52 on August 30, 24. A response was received on September 5, 2024, from the California Valley Miwok Tribe. The tribe indicated that they understood the nature and purpose of the proposed Project and the tribe did not have any further comments or concerns.

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