California-Great Basin

Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project

The Friant-Kern Canal delivers water to more than one million acres of highly productive farmland and 250,000 residents in San Joaquin Valley. Subsidence in the area has caused parts of the 153-mile canal to sink. The Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project will restore capacity in a 33-mile stretch of the canal that has been most impacted. The canal capacity in this reach will be restored from the current estimated 1,600 cubic-feet-per-second to the original 4,000 cubic-feet-per-second.

Reclamation continues to work with local non-Federal partners to finalize all necessary documents in order to commence construction by the end of the calendar year.

Documents

• July 22, 2021
• FKC Middle Reach Negotiated Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Extraordinary Maintenance Contract posted for 30-days, Public Comment 8/2/2021 through 9/1/2021 (PDF - 221 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Exhibit 2: Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Extraordinary Maintenance Contract Draft, July 22, 2021 (PDF - 216 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Exhibit 3: Rationale for 30-year Repayment Term, July 22, 2021 (PDF - 153 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Negotiations Agenda (PDF - 136 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Chronology of Exhibits (PDF - 136 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Rules for Observers (PDF - 140 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Public Notice (PDF - 249 KB)
• July 15, 2021
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Exhibit 1: Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Extraordinary Maintenance Contract, Draft, July 15, 2021 (PDF - 225 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Negotiations Agenda (PDF - 165 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Chronology of Exhibits (PDF - 102 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Rules for Observers (PDF - 178 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Public Notice (PDF - 233 KB)
• USBR FKC Middle Reach Public Notice (UPDATED) (PDF - 255 KB)