# Presentation: 798444

## Development of Groundwater Banking Guidelines

**For CVP Water**

**Notes:**
WELCOME

LOGISTICS

AGENDA – 2 PARTS (PRESENTATION, GROUP DISCUSSION)

GROUND RULES
Cell phones
Here to gather ideas
Speak one at a time – ensure all ideas are captured correctly
Do we all agree to accept these groundrules
INTRO OF AREA OFFICE MANAGER

EVERYONE SIGN IN

## Workshop Agenda

- Workshop Purpose
- Banking Guideline Objectives
- Background/History of Groundwater Banking
- Review of the Development Process
- Group Discussion
- Wrap up – next steps

## Workshop Purpose

- Receive ideas and comments for development of groundwater banking guidelines
- Reclamation will consider all ideas and comments when preparing Draft Guidelines for public review
- This workshop is not intended to establish new groundwater banks
- The establishment of groundwater banks is a local decision, not a Federal action

**Notes:**
Welcome to our workshop on the development of groundwater banking guidelines

This workshop is the first in a series of three workshops covering the Central Valley

The main purpose of these workshops is to gather and receive comments from the public

This workshop is not intended to establish new groundwater banks

Currently there are no established groundwater banks in Northern Sacramento Valley

## Development Process	

- Public input through Nov. 22
- Draft Guidelines developed & published in the Federal Register
- Open for public comment (30 days)
- Guidelines finalized

**Notes:**
After completion of these workshops, all comments will be reviewed.  Comment period closes November 22, 

Draft Groundwater Banking Guidelines will be developed as a result of these workshop and comments received.

The Draft Guidelines will be published in the Federal Register.  The public will be given 30 days to comment.

At the end of the 30 days, if no significant comments are received, the document will be final.

If there are significant comments, these comments will be addressed, and the guidelines may be modified.

## Contract Article 3(d)

- Groundwater recharge programs, _**groundwater banking programs**_, surface water storage programs, and other similar programs utilizing Project Water pursuant to this Contract conducted within the Contractor’s Service Area ...will be allowed.
- The Contracting Officer will address such concerns in regulations, policies, or guidelines.

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## Banking Guidelines - Objective

- Provide criteria & conditions under which CVP contractors can participate in groundwater banking programs outside their contract service area
- Provide Contractors with operational flexibility & facilitate management of CVP water supply
- Provide uniformity with respect to information requirements, review process, and approvals
- Protect the integrity of the CVP service & operations

## Slide 9

## Reclamation’s Focus

- State Water Rights
- Environmental
- Reclamation Law
- Project Operations

## Banking Actions

- Kern Tulare WD – No. Kern WSD
- Kern Tulare & Rag Gulch WD’s – Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD
- Marvin Meyers – Marvin Meyers Water Banking Projects

## Banking Actions

- WWD – Semitropic WSD
- Santa Clara Valley WD – Semitropic WSD
- Poso Creek Mutual Water Company, LLC – Semitropic WSD

## Proposed Banking Actions

- Madera Irrigation District – Semitropic WSD
- Madera Irrigation District - Madera Ranch Pilot Project
- Delano-Earlimart ID – North Kern

## Commonalities

- Bank Losses
- Environmental review
- Accounting system in place
- Acceptable aquifer storage
- Water can be recovered

## Water Bank Considerations		

- Aquifer Characteristics
- Storage Capacity
- Confined & Unconfined
- Connection to Rivers
- Subsidence Potential
- Water Quality
- Soil & Water Salinity
- Pesticides & Nutrients
- Trace Element Contamination

## Assistance

- _CVP Area Offices_
- Central CA:   Robert Schroeder   (916) 989-7274 rschroeder@mp.usbr.gov
- Northern CA :  Richard Robertson  (530) 934-1383  rrobertson@mp.usbr.gov
- South-Central CA:  Kathy Wood  (559) 487-5103 kwood@mp.usbr.gov
- _Regional Office_
- Tracy Slavin	(916) 978-5202
- 	tslavin@mp.usbr.gov

**Notes:**
Technical Assistance is available through the Area Offices and the Regional Office

## For More Information

- Ground Water Banking Website:
-  _http__://www.usbr.gov/mp/waterbanking_

## GROUP DISCUSSION