Central Valley Project Improvement Act Water Management Plans
The Bureau of Reclamation has made available to the public the Water Management Plans for 13 entities. For the purpose of this announcement, Water Management Plans (Plans) are c...
The Bureau of Reclamation has made available to the public the Water Management Plans for 13 entities. For the purpose of this announcement, Water Management Plans (Plans) are considered the same as Water Conservation Plans. Reclamation is publishing this notice in order to allow the public an opportunity to review the Plans and comment on the preliminary determinations.
DATES:
Submit written comments on the preliminary determinations on or before October 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES:
Send written comments to Ms. Charlene Stemen, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, CGB-400, Sacramento, CA 95825; or via email at
cstemen@usbr.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To be placed on a mailing list for any subsequent information, please contact Ms. Charlene Stemen at
cstemen@usbr.gov,
or at (916) 978-5218 (TDD 978-5608).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 3405(e) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Title 34 Pub. L. 102-575), requires the Secretary of the Interior to, amongst other things, “develop criteria for evaluating the adequacy of all water conservation plans” developed by certain contractors. According to Section 3405(e)(1), these criteria must promote, “the highest level of water use efficiency reasonably achievable by project contractors using best available cost-effective technology and best management practices.” In accordance with this legislative mandate, the Bureau of Reclamation developed and published the Criteria for Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria). Each of the 13 entities listed below developed a Plan that Reclamation evaluated and preliminarily determined meets the requirements of the Criteria. The following Plans are available for review:
City of Fairfield
City of Vacaville
City of Vallejo
City of West Sacramento
Feather Water District
Maine Prairie Water District
Montectio Water District
Orland-Artois Water District
Sacramento County Water Agency
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Solano Irrigation District
Stockton East Water District
Suisun-Solano Water Authority
We invite the public to comment on our preliminary (
i.e.,
draft) determination of Plan adequacy.
A copy of these Plans will be available for review at Reclamation's California Great Basin Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, CGB-410, Sacramento, CA 95825. If you wish to review a copy of these Plans or to receive an electronic copy via email, please contact Ms. Stemen listed in the
ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
S. Looper,
Acting Regional Resources Manager, CGB Region, Bureau of Reclamation.