Water Diversion from Fern Creek per Appropriative Water Rights Application Number 28609

Water Diversion from Fern Creek per Appropriative Water Rights Application Number 28609

The proposed project involves an appropriative water rights application currently pending before the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), Division of Water Rights. The application proposes diversions for municipal and domestic purposes by the June Lake Public Utility District (JLPUD) from Fern Creek tributary to Reversed Creek thence Rush Creek thence Mono Lake in Mono County, California. The total rate of diversion is 0.3 cubic foot per second (134.65 GPM). The existing diversion facility consists of a sluice intake with a 4-foot diameter gated corrugated metal pipe (CMP) and a 5-foot diameter gated CMP overflow; a diversion building whereby water is diverted by gravity flow through a 6-inch ductile iron pipeline; a staff gauge located at the 4-foot outlet weir; and a Stevens Flow Meter. The project would involve no new construction of facilities; the diversion would be accomplished entirely through the existing facilities. NOTE: A condition place upon this water source by two previous licenses (#10837 and #10838) shall remain in effect for the subject application. This condition reads "The District shall install and maintain a permanent piped bypass around Fern Creek source sized such that a minimum of 200 gallons per minute will always flow by the diversion regardless of water use by the District, and configured such that it can't be restricted or plugged." As a further point of information, this bypass has been constructed and maintained, as per the terms of the original condition.

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