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Two Years Old: Walking and Talking - Poised to Run? Urban Water Institute: August 25, 2011
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Overview• Who /What is SFCWA• Mission• SFCWA Programs and Activities• Future Roles?•Questions?
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Who/What is SFCWA?•Formed in August 2009
•Joint Powers Authority directly or indirectly representing more than 50 entities
•Members contract for State Water Project & Central Valley Project water conveyed through the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
•Members of SFCWA deliver water to more than 25 million people and 3 million acres of highly productive farm land
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Who/What is SFCWA? JPA Member Agencies
Metropolitan Water District of Southern CaliforniaKern County Water AgencyState Water Project Contractors AuthoritySan Luis & Delta Mendota Water AuthorityWestlands Water DistrictSanta Clara Valley Water District
Board members: general managers or board directors from the member agencies
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SFCWA Mission Assist SFCWA member agencies in assuring a sufficient, reliable and high-quality water supply for their customers; maximize the efficient operation of the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project.
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SFCWA Primary Program Areas
• Habitat Program – Implement restoration projects to comply with Biological Opinion requirements
• Coordinated Science Program – develop published peer-reviewed science on all ecosystem stressors of the Delta
• Delta Governance – coordinate exporter agencies on Delta Stewardship Council and the Delta Plan
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SFCWA Primary Program Areas Habitat Program - Requirements
• Biological Opinion obligations:• 8,000 Acres intertidal habitat – smelt• 17-20,000 acres seasonal salmon floodplain
habitat
• Bay Delta Conservation Plan implementation –additional +- 65,000 acres
• Pursued under agreement in cooperation with DWR/USBR
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Habitat Program – Projects and Elements
1. Yolo Ranch Restoration Project – EIR in prep for restoration of 800-1,100 acres in Yolo bypass• County issues – moratorium on habitat restoration
2. Tule Red/Suisun marsh – Project agreement to purchase 350 acres adjacent to DFG property
3. DWR Implementation Agreement4. Fisheries Crediting Agreement5. Finance plan to meet habitat obligations – Sept/Oct
+- $90 m for three years implementation
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Yolo Ranch Restoration Project
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Yolo Ranch – Current Form
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Tidal Marsh RestorationLower Yolo Bypass/Westlands Property
Artist’s rendition for illustration only
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Suisun Marsh
Tule Red Club
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Grizzly Bay
Tule Red Habitat Project
Tule Red Habitat Project
• Great elevations
• Aggrading
shoreline
• Consistent w/
SMP
• Expandable
• $1.7k/ac
easement
• Reduces
speculation
• Partner w/
hunters
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SFCWA Primary Program Areas Science Program
• Focus on evaluation of impact of “other stressors”
1. Nutrients
2. Predation
3. Habitat loss
4. Toxics
• Critique and evaluation of studies by others and Programs
• Engage in IEP and Delta Science Program
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Science Program55 projects in process Papers near publishing:
Dr. Patricia Glibert – further work in nutrient impacts in Delta and comparison worldwide
Dr. Richard Dugdale – ammonium inhibition of pyhto plankton
Drs. Maunder and Deriso – delta smelt life cycle modelDr. BJ Miller – critique of entrainment study by
KimmererDrs. Murphy, Manly, Mongan and Miller – multivariate
analyses of delta smelt stressors
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Special TopicsSalmon Recovery Group: SFCWA, San Joaquin
River Group Authority and Northern California Water Association: Mission –advance the understanding of the effects of all significant stressors that affect salmon run sustainability in the Sacramento/San Joaquin River systems and take to assist in the recovery of salmon
Hydropower Group: SFCWA, NCWA, SJRGA and power utilities – develop analytical tool to assess hydropower generation impacts of flow proposals
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SFCWA Primary Program Areas
Delta Governance• Engage in Delta Stewardship Council and
Delta Plan• Track Delta Protection Commission• Assist in Development of Delta Conservancy
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Delta GovernanceModel for the Delta Plan?
Regulator of local and state agencies? Or, An integrator, collaborator, grade-keeper?
Water Agency effort at alternative planActions and accountability frameworkAll stressors vs. “church of the natural hydrograph”
Delta Protection Commission – Economic Sustainability Plan
Delta Conservancy – Long Term Role
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SFCWA Future RolesImplementing agency under BDCPPotential Project contracting roleConsolidated Point of use for CVP/SWPRole if Projects consolidated ?
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Summary/ Questions/Comments?