Project Details
Title: Cortina Water District - Discharge Facility - Tehama-Colusa Canal, Milepost 90.65R - Central Valley Project, California
Summary: Cortina Water District (District) is requesting permission to install, operate and maintain a new discharge facility along the Tehama-Colusa Canal (TCC) for the purposes of discharging well water into the TCC in conjunction with the District?s Warren Act Contract. At Milepost 90.65R, a 10-inch PVC or steel pipeline will be installed to connect a well located on land owned by Grimmer Farms to Reclamation?s canal. Existing pipeline on private property extends approximately 35 feet to Reclamation?s right-of way. From the Reclamation fence line, the pipeline will follow the Reclamation right-of-way, crossing under Reclamation?s canal access road and extending into the canal through the embankment (Figure 1), a total of 42 feet, all of which have been previously disturbed. A backhoe would be used to dig the trench. Soils extracted by trenching would be prevented from entering the canal and would be reused to cover the new pipeline. The pipeline over the U.S. right-of-way and access road shall have a minimum of two feet of cover. A plan and cross sectional view of the project area are depicted in Figure 2. A photograph of the action area is provided as Figure 3. The discharge facility is located in Section 14, Township 14 North, Range 3 West, M.D.M.& M. in Colusa County. The Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority (TCCA) and Reclamation reviewed the location on May 28, 2015. It has been determined the proposed facility will not interfere with the operation and maintenance of the TCC. This action would occur as soon as possible in preparation for the irrigation season. The right-of-way and area to be used for this action does not provide habitat for any threatened or endangered species. The canal itself is concrete lined. The TCCA regularly maintains the area and engages in a weed abatement program both along the right-of-way and in the canal.
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Megan Simon (530) 247-8513 530-275-2441 msimon@usbr.gov
Status
08/13/2015CEC signed and posted.
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