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Delta Conveyance Project

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Delta Conveyance Project Valley Water Responsible Agency Notice of Determination for Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

Project Title: Delta Conveyance Project

Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water), as the responsible agency for the Delta Conveyance Project, has prepared a Notice of Determination to fulfill its roles under CEQA Guidelines Section 15381 because it seeks to fund the Pre-construction Work (Project) for the Delta Conveyance Project. Valley Water NOD and all related lead agency documents, are available for download at the following links below:

On December 21, 2023, DWR certified the Final EIR for, and approved the DCP. The DCP consists of the construction, operation, and maintenance of new SWP water diversion and conveyance facilities in the Delta that would be operated in coordination with existing SWP facilities. 

The DCP includes the following key components and actions:

  • Two intake facilities along the Sacramento River in the north Delta near the community of Hood with on-bank intake structures that would include fish screens.
  • A concrete-lined tunnel, and associated vertical tunnel shafts, to convey flow from the intakes about 45 miles to the south of the Bethany Reservoir Pumping Plant and Surge Basin at a location south of the existing SWP Clifton Court Forebay.
  • A Bethany Reservoir Pumping Plant to lift the water from inside the tunnel below ground into the Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct for conveyance to the Bethany Reservoir Discharge Structure and into the existing Bethany Reservoir.
  • Other ancillary facilities to support construction and operation of the conveyance facilities including, but not limited to, access roads, concrete batch plants, fuel stations, and power transmission and/or distribution lines.
  • Efforts to identify geotechnical, hydrogeologic, agronomic, and other field conditions that will guide appropriate construction methods and monitoring programs for final engineering design and construction data collection and field work investigations, including ground-disturbing geotechnical work, water quality and hydrogeologic investigations, agronomic testing, the installation of monitoring equipment, construction test projects, pre-construction design work, and engineering work (Pre-Construction Work).
  • DWR’s Final EIR, Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, MMRP, and NOD can be found at the official DWR website at: https://www.deltaconveyanceproject.com/planning-processes/california-environmental-quality-act/final-eir/final-eir-document

Elise Latedjou-Durand, Senior Environmental Planner

Santa Clara Valley Water District

5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118

For additional information, please contact Elise Latedjou-Durand at (408) 630-3205.