Project Details
Title: Santa Clara Valley Water District 5-Year Warren Act Contract
Tracking Number: CBG-ED-2025-015
Progress: COMPLETED
Summary: Reclamation proposes to issue a five-year Warren Act contract to Valley Water that would allow the conveyance and storage of up to 300,000 acre-feet of Valley Water's available SWP water supplies over a 5-year period through federal facilities at times when excess capacity exists. No more than 60,000 acre-feet would be conveyed and/or stored annually. The contract would cover the period between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2029. Valley Water's SWP water supplies may be from the following sources: 1) SWP carryover supplies, 2) SWP Table A contract supplies, 3) SWP Interruptible contract supplies, and 4) Previously stored SWP water from Semitropic. Valley Water's available SWP water supplies would be pumped at the Harvey O. Banks (Banks) Pumping Plant and conveyed through the California Aqueduct to O'Neill Forebay. The water would then be pumped into San Luis Reservoir and conveyed through the San Felipe Division via the Pacheco Conduit into Valley Water's SWP place of use. This is the same manner that Valley Water receives its CVP water supplies to deliver to its CVP place of use. Valley Water generally utilizes this action to balance SWP and CVP water supply deliveries. Additional non-CVP and non-SWP water supplies may be conveyed under the proposed Warren Act contract if and when additional environmental review and approval has been completed by Reclamation. All additional supplies would be included within the amounts listed above both annually and cumulatively. The proposal would be coordinated with DWR for use of SWP facilities prior to movement of water in a given year. As the conveyance of SWP water through federal facilities under a Warren Act contract to Valley Water does not change the place of use for that water, no action by the Water Board will be required. No new infrastructure, new facilities, or ground disturbing activities would be needed for movement of this water.
Contact
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E-Mail
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Brian Lopez 559-262-0336 N/A blopez@usbr.gov
Status
03/05/2025Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impacts posted.
12/16/2024Draft Environmental Assessment posted for public comment through Jan 14, 2025.
11/01/2024Environmental Assessment in progress.
List of Available Reports
File Report Title File Ext File Size
CGB-ED-2025-015 Santa Clara Water District 5-Year Warren Act Contract FONSI .pdf 477,668 B
CGB-ED-2025-015 Santa Clara Water District 5-Year Warren Act Contract Final EA .pdf 1,075,960 B
Environmental Assessment, Santa Clara Valley Water District 5-Year Warren Act Contract .pdf 975,310 B