From the State Water Resources Control Board:
South Sutter Water District (SSWD) initially filed a temporary urgency change petition (TUCP) on March 29, 2022, with the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights (Division), to transfer up to 6,897 acre-feet of water at a rate of 25 cubic feet per second (cfs) pursuant to Water Code section 1435 et seq., under water right License 11118 (Application 14804). SSWD proposed to transfer the water from April 15, 2022 to August 31, 2022 to Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA). On May 25, 2022, SSWD submitted an amended TUCP to change the rate of transfer to 37 cfs and change the end the date of the transfer season to September 15, 2022. The transfer water would be made available at the proposed additional point of rediversion by groundwater substitution through reservoir release of previously stored water from Camp Far West Reservoir and Camp Far West Diversion Dam under SSWD’s License 11118.
Due to ongoing drought conditions, WDCWA has limited surface water supplies. WDCWA’s water supply under Permit 20281 (Application 30358) is anticipated to be curtailed in accordance with Term 91 in early June 2022, and WDCWA’s Sacramento River Settlement Contact allocation with the United States Bureau of Reclamation is expected to be 18 percent. The intended use of the water is to provide an urgent water supply to meet the critical municipal health and safety needs and industrial surface water demands for the cities of Woodland and Davis, including the University of California, Davis.
Pursuant to California Water Code section 1438(d), any interested person may file an objection regarding the TUCP. The 30-day comment period has been reduced to 15 days per the Governor’s Proclamation of a State of Emergency in the Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and Tulare Lake Watershed Counties due to the drought (Drought Proclamation) dated May 10, 2021. This Drought Proclamation will help expedite processing of water transfers. Comments filed in response to this Notice must be received by 4:30 p.m. on June 22, 2022.
To view the Notice and Order, please visit the Division’s website at: Transfers and Temporary Urgency Actions – Notices
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Steve Marquez by email at: steve.marquez@waterboards.ca.gov.
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