Bard Water District System Conservation Implementation Agreement (SCIA) Pilot System Conservation Program
Summary
SCH Number
2018048170
Public Agency
Bard Water District
Document Title
Bard Water District System Conservation Implementation Agreement (SCIA) Pilot System Conservation Program
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/6/2018
Document Description
Bard Water District proposes to enter into a two-year SCIA Pilot System Conservation Program (Pilot Program) with the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The Pilot Program would entail the temporary, seasonal, voluntary fallowing of farmland within the Bard Unit for land owners and/or lessee farmers to fallow land during 2018 and 2019 not to exceed 2,000 acres each year for a 4-month period beginning April 15th to conserve approx. 3,600 acre feet per year. The Funding Agreement Parties, Reclamation, the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, The Metropolitan District of Southern CA, the City and County of Denver, and the Southern Nevada Water Authority , would monetarily compensate those voluntary participants for temporarily fallowing farmland. An amount of Colorado River water equal to the amount saved by this temporary, seasonal following would be conserved and saved in Lake Mead as a System Conservation Water.
Contact Information
Name
Ron Derma
Agency Name
Bard Water District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Imperial
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
S:15301,2,4,6, 15378(b)(2)
Reasons for Exemption
Class 1, 2, 4, 6
Existing Facilities.
Replacement or Reconstruction.
Minor Alterations to Land.
Information Collection.
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