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California Aqueduct Subsidence Study
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California Aqueduct Subsidence Study
Department of Water Resources | June 1, 2017...
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In 2006, the San Luis Field Division of the California Department of Water Resources' Division of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) began to see...
In 2006, the San Luis Field Division of the California Department of Water Resources' Division of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) began to see a reduction in flow capacity through the California Aqueduct (Aqueduct) Pools 20 and 21. Subsidence had lowered portions of the Aqueduct and caused the concrete liner freeboard (the vertical distance between the water surface and the top of the concrete liner) to be reduced from its normal of 3 feet, to less than 1 foot. Subsidence had also decreased the ability to store water in those pools, which is normally done to add operational flexibility and to manage pumping at the Aqueduct’s pumping plants.

While subsidence has reduced the amount of freeboard and flow capacity at specific locations, contracted deliveries have not been curtailed through 2016. Additional work, to be addressed in the next phase of the project, will quantify how hydraulic limitations have impacted operations and will estimate future impacts to deliveries, based on forecasted subsidence rates.

The purpose of this project is to research and study past and present subsidence reports and data, and to understand and summarize the magnitude, location, and effects on the Aqueduct. This report summarizes the significant information found, and presents the results of the data that were analyzed.

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California’s Agricultural and Urban Water Supply Reliability and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
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California’s Agricultural and Urban Water Supply Reliability and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science | October 1, 2016...
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This paper reviews issues about Delta water supplies, operations, regulations, and reliability; the economic value of supply; costs of unreliability in quantity and...
This paper reviews issues about Delta water supplies, operations, regulations, and reliability; the economic value of supply; costs of unreliability in quantity and quality; and several directions for further scientific and technical work on water supply reliability.

Much of the water supplied in California for agriculture and urban use is taken directly from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta or indirectly from surface and groundwater diversions upstream. These water supplies have great economic and social value, and considerable effects on the ecosystem. Long thought of as the major source of water for economic growth in California, the reliability of water supplied from the Delta is threatened by drought, flood, climate change, earthquakes, growing water demands, and deteriorating conditions for endangered species and native ecosystems.

Research in recent years has improved our understanding of how management of the Delta ties together the quantity and quality of water available statewide. For decades, Californians counted on reducing Delta outflows to supply water for increasing demands in its watershed and in water-importing areas. With greater competition for water, concern for environmental effects, and a changing climate, the reliability of such supplies is now diminishing. This must lead to tighter accounting and modeling of water supplies in the Delta and throughout its watershed.10

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Carriage Water
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Carriage Water
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | September 26, 2001...
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Carriage water is defined as marginal export costs, that is, the extra water needed to carry a unit of water across the Delta...
Carriage water is defined as marginal export costs, that is, the extra water needed to carry a unit of water across the Delta to the pumping plants while maintaining a constant salinity. Or more practically, when the exports are increased by one unit, the Sacramento flow is increased by one unit plus carriage water to maintain a constant Delta salinity.

It has been known for several years that the current method of estimating carriage water in DWRSIM, called the Minimum Delta Outflow (MDO) Routine, is not particularly accurate in individual years and a better method needed. The Delta is a complex system and past attempts at developing a useful method for measuring carriage water and ultimately an MDO replacement always had at least one major flaw.

An attempt was made to search for carriage water directly in the historical data, that is, to find a period of time when Net Delta Outflow (NDO) is fairly constant, but Sacramento flow and exports are increasing. If carriage water existed, salinity at interior Delta stations should increase. While there are a few times when this seems to be true (e.g. summer 1979 and 1994), the salinity increase could also be explained by antecedent conditions, that is, previous to the period of constant NDO, NDO was much higher, and the salinity increase could be simply due to the Delta gradually reaching new equilibrium. Thus it became apparent that only a model of the Delta could say anything about carriage water.

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Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Contracts Fact Sheet
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Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Contracts Fact Sheet
Bureau of Reclamation | April 6, 2016...
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Reclamation fact sheet on the Central Valley Project water contracts.
Reclamation fact sheet on the Central Valley Project water contracts.

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Central Valley Project Improvement Act Implementation Plan For Fish Programs
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Central Valley Project Improvement Act Implementation Plan For Fish Programs
Bureau of Reclamation | July 20, 2015...
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The purpose of this Plan is to describe the approach for prioritizing and implementing the anadromous fish-related provisions under the CVPIA over the...
The purpose of this Plan is to describe the approach for prioritizing and implementing the anadromous fish-related provisions under the CVPIA over the next 5-10 years. This Plan will build upon the Final Restoration Plan (FRP, USFWS 2001) to integrate a decision-making framework across all programs with the goal of making all reasonable efforts to at least double natural production of anadromous fish in California’s Central Valley on a long-term, sustainable basis. The Plan develops an annual process for setting priorities and funding projects across CVPIA fish-related provisions and watersheds in the Central Valley. The new process uses an Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) approach with support from Decision-Support Models (DSMs) to prioritize implementation of management actions that have the highest probability of achieving biological objectives for wild populations of native anadromous fish. The ARM approach will also guide plans for monitoring and research by synthesizing existing monitoring data, annually updating DSMs using new information, and estimating the value of new information to the decision making process.

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Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy Guidelines and Procedures
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Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy Guidelines and Procedures
Bureau of Reclamation | February 2, 2017...
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) prepared the Central Valley Project (CVP) Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water Shortage Policy (WSP) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)...
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) prepared the Central Valley Project (CVP) Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water Shortage Policy (WSP) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential impacts of CVP M&I WSP alternatives. A Record of Decision was signed on November 13, 2015, to implement Alternative 4 (Appendix A), Updated M&I WSP (preferred alternative).

The purposes of the M&I WSP are to:

Define water shortage terms and conditions for applicable CVP Contractors.

Determine the quantity of water made available to CVP Contractors from the CVP that; together with the M&I Contractors’ drought water conservation measures and other Non-CVP water supplies, would assist the M&I Contractors in their efforts to protect public health and safety (PHS) during severe or continuing droughts.

Provide information to Contractors for their use in water supply planning and development of drought contingency plans.

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Central Valley Project Water Supply and Yield Study
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Central Valley Project Water Supply and Yield Study
Bureau of Reclamation | December 26, 2007...
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The CALFED Bay-Delta Authorization Act, Title 1 of Public Law 108-361 (the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act of 2004) directed the...
The CALFED Bay-Delta Authorization Act, Title 1 of Public Law 108-361 (the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act of 2004) directed the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), acting through the
Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), to conduct a study of available water supplies and existing and future needs for water in the State of California.

The Secretary is to prepare a report identifying possible projects and water management actions that could provide new firm yield and water supply improvements for the CVP. The Secretary is also required to incorporate and revise, as necessary, the results of the 1995 Least-Cost CVP Yield Increase Plan originally required by section 3408(j) of Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) of 1992.

The purpose of this Water Supply and Yield (WSAY) Study is to identify the following:

1. Opportunities for new firm yield and water supply improvements for CVP water service contractors (entities with contracts for the delivery of CVP water)
2. Water management actions or projects that would improve firm yield for the CVP while balancing the available supplies with existing demands
3. The financial costs of the water management actions or projects
4. Beneficiaries and beneficiaries’ willingness to pay for identified improvements

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Central Valley Project: Irrigation Ratesetting Document
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Central Valley Project: Irrigation Ratesetting Document
Bureau of Reclamation | January 1, 1988...
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The purpose of this document is to present the procedures and methodologies utilized in calculating water rates for the Central Valley Project (CVP)...
The purpose of this document is to present the procedures and methodologies utilized in calculating water rates for the Central Valley Project (CVP) under the Component with Individual Contractor Deficits Ratesetting Method and to provide a brief history of the CVP and the different ratesetting methods that have been utilized since its beginning.

Also included is a description of the cost allocation procedures used in the CVP, a description of many of the premises included in the ratesetting method and a detailed description of the procedures utilized in computing water rates under the Component with Individual Contractor Deficits Ratesetting Method.

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Central Valley Project: Water Supply and Yield Study
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Central Valley Project: Water Supply and Yield Study
Bureau of Reclamation | March 12, 2008...
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Hydrologic conditions in California vary greatly from year to year, season to season, and place to place. Wet years bring the threat of...
Hydrologic conditions in California vary greatly from year to year, season to season, and place to place. Wet years bring the threat of floods, and drought years put pressure on available water supplies. The majority of the state’s precipitation occurs in the northern third of the state during the winter, while much of the water is used in the central and southern portions of the state during the spring and summer. Because of this, meeting California’s water demands is complicated by the logistics of moving water from its source to its place of use, which may be over hundreds of miles. The availability of storage and conveyance facilities may limit California’s ability to deliver water to the right place at the right time.

The purpose of this Water Supply and Yield (WSAY) Study is to identify the following:

1. Opportunities for new firm yield and water supply improvements for CVP water service contractors (entities with contracts for the delivery of CVP water)
2. Water management actions or projects that would improve firm yield for the CVP while balancing the available supplies with existing demands
3. The financial costs of the water management actions or projects
4. Beneficiaries and beneficiaries’ willingness to pay for identified improvements

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Chronology of major litigation involving the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
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Chronology of major litigation involving the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
Department of Water Resources | January 1, 2013...
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A chronology of major litigation involving the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project from 1950 to 2007.
A chronology of major litigation involving the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project from 1950 to 2007.

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Climate Change and the Delta: A Synthesis (Public Review Draft)

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Climate Change and the Delta: A Synthesis (Public Review Draft)
Delta Stewardship Council | March 23, 2018...
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The Delta Reform Act of 2009 (Water Code Section 85066) requires that the Delta Stewardship Council adopt a Delta Plan (the Plan) to...
The Delta Reform Act of 2009 (Water Code Section 85066) requires that the Delta Stewardship Council adopt a Delta Plan (the Plan) to achieve the coequal goals of providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the Delta ecosystem (Water Code Section 85000). In the time since the Plan was adopted in 2013, a significant shift in State planning for Delta ecosystem protection, restoration, and enhancement has occurred, prompting review of the Delta Plan to examine whether its strategies are still suited to achieve the ecological goals of the Delta Reform Act. As such, the Delta Stewardship Council (Council) is developing an amendment of the Plan’s Chapter 4, Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem.

Council staff are reviewing the best-available science to inform amendment of Chapter 4 of the Delta Plan. To support this effort, Council staff have developed three science synthesis papers. This paper focuses on the effects of climate change in the Delta and is accompanied by two other papers focused on the Delta ecosystem (terrestrial and aquatic resources) and restoration. Climate change is of interest for the Chapter 4 amendment given recent rapid advancements in research on climate change and its effects on the Delta ecosystem that have occurred since the Delta Plan was adopted in 2013 (Dettinger et al. 2016).

Climate change has the potential to significantly affect the Delta ecosystem by raising air and water temperatures, changing the timing and volume of flows into and through the Delta, increasing tidal inundation with sea-level rise (SLR), and increasing salinity intrusion into the Delta. Climate change is recognized as a global stressor in Chapter 4 of the 2013 Delta Plan, but the effects of climate change on Delta ecosystems are discussed only briefly and with limited consideration of management strategies that address the issue. Chapter 4 of the Delta Plan identifies five key stressors to the Delta ecosystem and core strategies for addressing each. Climate change has interrelated effects on all five core strategy areas: Delta flows, habitat, water quality, non-native 28 species, and hatcheries and harvest management.

The Delta Reform Act specifies consideration of “the future impact of climate change and sea-level rise” (Water Code Section 85066), and identifies a restoration timeline horizon of 2100 (Water Code Section 85302). More generally, Executive Order B-30-15, signed by Governor Brown in April 2015, requires that State agencies incorporate climate change into planning and investment decisions, and that they prioritize natural infrastructure and actions for climate preparedness.

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Coordinated Operating Agreement for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
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Coordinated Operating Agreement for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
| November 24, 1986...
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The 1986 agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Water Resources for the coordinated operation of the Central Valley Project...
The 1986 agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Water Resources for the coordinated operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project.

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Delta-Mendota Canal Recirculation Feasibility Study Plan Formulation Report
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Delta-Mendota Canal Recirculation Feasibility Study Plan Formulation Report
Bureau of Reclamation | September 30, 2010...
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The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is evaluating the feasibility of using recirculation strategies to improve water quality and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is evaluating the feasibility of using recirculation strategies to improve water quality and flow in the lower San Joaquin River (SJR). Specifically, Reclamation is evaluating the feasibility of the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC) Recirculation Project (Project) in which water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) would be recirculated through the Central Valley Project (CVP) pumping and conveyance facilities to the SJR upstream from Vernalis.

The DMC, which is part of the CVP, would be the primary conveyance facility utilized. The DMC is 120-mile canal that begins at the C.W. “Bill” Jones Pumping Plant (Jones) and ends at Mendota Pool, near the town of Mendota.

Jones pumps water from the Delta into the canal. Water would be released from the canal into either Newman Wasteway or Westley Wasteway and would flow back into SJR near its confluence with the Merced River (Newman Wasteway) or with the Tuolumne River (Westley Wasteway). The water would re-enter the Delta near the town of Vernalis.

In 2004, Reclamation initiated the DMC Recirculation Project Feasibility Study (Study). The Study is authorized by the CALFED (California Federal Bay-Delta Program) Bay-Delta Authorization Act of 2004 (118 Stat. §§ 1681-1702.; Public Law 108-361) and a similar study is required by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) as part of Water Right Decision 1641 (D-1641).

The purposes of the PFR are (1) to provide information on the existing and potential resources that may be affected by the Project and (2) to present the results of the evaluation of the alternative plans that were carried forward from the 2008 Initial Alternatives Information Report (IAIR). The alternative plans are compared and ranked and the next steps in the study are presented.

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Department of Fish and Game Rationale for Effects of Exports
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Department of Fish and Game Rationale for Effects of Exports
Department of Fish and Wildlife | November 2, 2011...
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This document describes the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) methodology to quantify the surface area in the Sacramento – San Joaquin...
This document describes the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) methodology to quantify the surface area in the Sacramento – San Joaquin delta estuary (Delta) that is impacted by the operations of the State Water Project (SWP) and Central Valley Project (CVP) pumping facilities.

In order to estimate the mitigation required to offset direct and indirect losses of Fish Species due to impacts to surface acres of aquatic habitat in the Delta accounted to the SWP Delta Pumping Facilities operations, DFG used an analysis based on conclusions and information contained in a manuscript that utilizes the Delta Simulation Model-2 Particle Tracking Model (DSM2PTM) (Kimmerer and Nobriga, 2008).

This methodology provides the general loss of “particles” to the Delta which is a surrogate for loss of productivity and fish life stages vulnerable to these effects.

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Draft EIR Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus)
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Draft EIR Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus)
Department of Water Resources | April 1, 2015...
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The California Department of Water Resources (Department), as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), prepared the environmental impact report...
The California Department of Water Resources (Department), as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), prepared the environmental impact report (EIR) for the Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus) (Monterey Plus EIR). The Department certified the Monterey Plus EIR on February 1, 2010. Several parties challenged the adequacy of the Monterey Plus EIR under CEQA. In 2014, the Monterey Plus EIR was found by the Sacramento County Superior Court (Court) to comply with CEQA in all aspects except with respect to the development, use, and operation of the Kern Water Bank (KWB). The Court specified that the Department is to correct the deficiencies and recertify the EIR without reopening the non-defective portions of the EIR. Upon recertification, only those portions of the Revised EIR (REIR) that are new or changed shall be subject to challenge under CEQA by petitioners or other interested parties.

For these reasons, the Department has developed this three-volume Monterey Plus Draft Revised EIR. Document A1 presents all the changes to the Monterey Plus EIR made as a result of the Department’s reanalysis of the Kern Fan Element (KFE) property transfer and new analysis of the KWB development and continued use and operation. Since DWR decertified the Monterey Plus EIR, pursuant to the Court’s order, the Revised EIR also includes, without modification, the 2007 Draft EIR (Document B, including Volumes I and II) and the 2010 Final EIR (Document C, including Volumes I and II). Together, the three documents constitute the Monterey Plus Draft Revised EIR (Figure P-1).

The Draft Revised EIR focuses on the development and continued use and operations of the KWB near Bakersfield. Potentially significant impacts before mitigation were related to groundwater levels and quality, Kern River water quality, the Cross Valley Canal, terrestrial biological resources, erosion, hazardous materials, waterborne disease, cultural and paleontological resources, greenhouse gas emissions, and cumulative impacts. Potentially significant and unavoidable impacts were related to cumulative growth-related impacts. The Draft Revised EIR identifies hazardous sites on or near KWB Lands that have been remediated.

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Erosion and Sediment Manual
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Erosion and Sediment Manual
Bureau of Reclamation | June 4, 2017...
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Engineers in the Bureau of Reclamation's Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group provide technical assistance and conduct studies to meet the needs of other...
Engineers in the Bureau of Reclamation's Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group provide technical assistance and conduct studies to meet the needs of other Reclamation offices and of domestic and international water resources agencies. In addition to using the latest state-of-the art technology, engineers in the Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group often have to develop new technology, methods, and computer programs for solving erosion, sedimentation, and river hydraulic problems. All the authors of the Erosion and Sedimentation Manual are members of the Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group. Information, computer programs, and materials included in the manual are based on proven technology existing in the literature and some of them were developed by the authors for solving practical engineering problems.

The objectives of writing this manual are twofold: to summarize the authors' experience and knowledge and to share with the public what they have learned and used in solving erosion and sedimentation problems.

The Erosion and Sedimentation Manual is intended for engineers with basic background and knowledge in open channel hydraulics, sediment transport, and river morphology. The manual can also be used as a reference book for university professors, graduate students, and researchers for solving practical engineering problems.

This manual contains nine chapters and three appendices. Each chapter is self-contained, with an introduction, summary, and a list of references. Cross references are made to avoid duplications of materials in different chapters. Basic theories, concepts, and approaches in erosion, sediment transport, river morphology, computer modeling, and field survey are reviewed and summarized in the manual. Examples are used to illustrate how to use the methods and programs contained in the manual.

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Factors Affecting the Composition and Salinity of Exports from the South Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
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Factors Affecting the Composition and Salinity of Exports from the South Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | February 24, 2004...
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The goal of this report is to identify factors affecting the composition and salinity of exports from the south Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Composition...
The goal of this report is to identify factors affecting the composition and salinity of exports from the south Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Composition is defined here as sources of salt such as rivers and seawater.

The individual objectives are to
1. Review south Delta export composition studies;
2. Describe the salinity trends in cross-Delta flow and the San Joaquin River - the two immediate sources of water flowing to the SWP and CVP export sites in the south Delta;
3. Identify factors determining the export of cross-Delta flow versus the San Joaquin River; and
4. Describe long-term salinity trends in SWP exports from the south Delta and factors affecting them.
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Five Decades of Magical Thinking: How California?s Water Policy is Founded on a Bankrupt 53-year-old Fantasy
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Five Decades of Magical Thinking: How California?s Water Policy is Founded on a Bankrupt 53-year-old Fantasy
California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) | May 5, 2012...
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Recent revelations confirm that California?s water policy is founded on a decades-old water deficit, one that will only be compounded by Jerry Brown?s...
Recent revelations confirm that California?s water policy is founded on a decades-old water deficit, one that will only be compounded by Jerry Brown?s Twin Tunnels project—a boondoggle scheme that would attempt to meet unsustainable contractual obligations by draining the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta of fresh water. The real issue here is not about how water is conveyed; it?s about whether there is enough water for more conveyance or storage.

When California officials built the State Water Project in 1960, they knew it would run out of water by 1981. To make up the shortfall, the state overappropriated water from the Delta. Operation of the Twin Tunnels is predicated on 1960 water availability estimates of anticipated diversions from north state rivers. These diversions from the Middle Fork Eel, the Mad and Van Duzen Rivers did not occur due to their ultimate state and federal designation as Wild and Scenic Rivers.

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Initial Alternatives Information Report for the North/Central Delta Improvement Study (Delta Cross Channel, Franks Tract, and Through- Delta Facility Evaluation)
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Initial Alternatives Information Report for the North/Central Delta Improvement Study (Delta Cross Channel, Franks Tract, and Through- Delta Facility Evaluation)
Bureau of Reclamation | March 17, 2010...
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The U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) are evaluating the feasibility...
The U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) are evaluating the feasibility of using conveyance and operations actions in the north and central region of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) to improve water quality and fish conditions. Specifically, Reclamation is evaluating the feasibility of these actions in the North/Central Delta Improvement Study (NoCDIS or Study).

The Initial Alternatives Information Report (IAIR) identifies, discusses, and screens measures to address the problems and opportunities. These measures are used to develop initial alternatives. Initial alternatives from the IAIR will be incorporated into and refined in the subsequent Plan Formulation Report (PFR).

Subject to continued appropriations and a determination of federal interest, the Study should culminate in an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and a Feasibility Report. Reclamation is the federal lead agency for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, and DWR is the state lead agency for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance.

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Innovation in Monitoring: The U.S. Geological Survey Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California, Flow-Station Network
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Innovation in Monitoring: The U.S. Geological Survey Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California, Flow-Station Network
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | January 1, 2016...
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) installed the first gage to measure the flow of water into California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta from the...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) installed the first gage to measure the flow of water into California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta from the Sacramento River in the late 1800s. Today, a network of 35 hydro-acoustic meters measure flow throughout the delta. This region is a critical part of California’s freshwater supply and conveyance system. With the data provided by this flow-station network—sampled every 15 minutes and updated to the web every hour—state and federal water managers make daily decisions about how much freshwater can be pumped for human use, at which locations, and when. Fish and wildlife scientists, working with water managers, also use this information to protect fish species affected by pumping and loss of habitat. The data are also used to help determine the success or failure of efforts to restore ecosystem processes in what has been called the “most managed and highly altered” watershed in the country.

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California Aqueduct Subsidence Study

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California’s Agricultural and Urban Water Supply Reliability and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

California’s Agricultural and Urban Water Supply Reliability and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

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Carriage Water

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Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Contracts Fact Sheet

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Central Valley Project Improvement Act Implementation Plan For Fish Programs

Central Valley Project Improvement Act Implementation Plan For Fish Programs

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Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy Guidelines and Procedures

Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy Guidelines and Procedures

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Central Valley Project Water Supply and Yield Study

Central Valley Project Water Supply and Yield Study

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Central Valley Project: Irrigation Ratesetting Document

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Central Valley Project: Water Supply and Yield Study

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Chronology of major litigation involving the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

Chronology of major litigation involving the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

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Climate Change and the Delta: A Synthesis (Public Review Draft)

Climate Change and the Delta: A Synthesis (Public Review Draft)

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Coordinated Operating Agreement for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

Coordinated Operating Agreement for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

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Delta-Mendota Canal Recirculation Feasibility Study Plan Formulation Report

Delta-Mendota Canal Recirculation Feasibility Study Plan Formulation Report

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Department of Fish and Game Rationale for Effects of Exports

Department of Fish and Game Rationale for Effects of Exports

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Draft EIR Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus)

Draft EIR Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus)

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Erosion and Sediment Manual

Erosion and Sediment Manual

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Factors Affecting the Composition and Salinity of Exports from the South Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Factors Affecting the Composition and Salinity of Exports from the South Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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Five Decades of Magical Thinking: How California?s Water Policy is Founded on a Bankrupt 53-year-old Fantasy

Five Decades of Magical Thinking: How California?s Water Policy is Founded on a Bankrupt 53-year-old Fantasy

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Initial Alternatives Information Report for the North/Central Delta Improvement Study (Delta Cross Channel, Franks Tract, and Through- Delta Facility Evaluation)

Initial Alternatives Information Report for the North/Central Delta Improvement Study (Delta Cross Channel, Franks Tract, and Through- Delta Facility Evaluation)

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Innovation in Monitoring: The U.S. Geological Survey Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California, Flow-Station Network

Innovation in Monitoring: The U.S. Geological Survey Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California, Flow-Station Network

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