Long-Term Water Transfers RDEIR/SDEIS
16 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2011011010
Lead Agency
San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority
Document Title
Long-Term Water Transfers RDEIR/SDEIS
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Seller actions will occur on agricultural property; buyers will use water for agricultural or municipal use
Document Description
Note: Revised Draft EIR
The Draft Revised EIR and SEIS evaluates out of basin water transfers from willing sellers in northern California to meet existing demands of buyers. Water transfers would occur through various methods such as groundwater substitution, cropland idling, reservoir release, and conservation, and would include individual and multiyear transfers from 2019 through 2024. The transfers could originate in Colusa, Butte, Glenn, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Shasta, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, or Yuba counties. The transfer buyers could be in Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus or Santa Clara counties.
Contact Information
Name
Frances Mizuno
Agency Name
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Inter-agency water transfer)
Local Actions
Water transfer
Project Issues
Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian
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