San Jacinto Agricultural In-Lieu Water Supply

San Jacinto Agricultural In-Lieu Water Supply

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) proposes to install approximately 10,775 linear feet of 24-inch recycled water pipeline to deliver recycled water to two dairy farms. The recycled water will be used for on-farm irrigation in exchange for reductions in groundwater pumping from the San Jacinto groundwater basin that is currently in a state of overdraft. More than half of the groundwater being pumped from the San Jacinto subbasin is being used for agricultural irrigation, the water table levels have dropped, and some wells have gone dry. The proposed recycled water pipeline will reduce groundwater pumping in the San Jacinto subbasin and help stabilize the subbasin. The proposed pipeline will connect to an existing pipeline at the southeast corner of Warren Road and Ramona Expressway and cross to the north side of the Expressway where it will run parallel to it, extending easterly approximately 2,300 feet to an existing dirt roadway. The pipeline will then extend north within existing dirt roads to the San Jacinto River and potentially traverse the River in a northerly direction. Upon completion, the project will supply recycled water to two dairy farms for on-farm irrigation use thereby reducing the need for groundwater pumping and its potential adverse affect upon the groundwater basin.

San Jacinto

Riverside

Unincorporated