Mid-Pacifi c Region 

Central Valley Project 

Water Plan 2013 

U.S. Department of the Interior 

Bureau of Reclamation Published February 2013 Mid-Pacifi c Region Updated March 2013 
Table of Contents 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 3
 

CHAPTER 1: ALLOCATION PROCESS ................................................................................................ 5
 

CHAPTER 2: OPERATIONAL ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT ALLOCATION .......................................... 7
 

Increasing South of Delta Water Supply and San Luis Storage .......................................................... 7
 

Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie (Intertie) Operations ............................................. 7
 

Joint Point of Diversion........................................................................................................................ 7
 

Yuba Accord Component 1 Water ....................................................................................................... 8
 

CHAPTER 3: OTHER ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT ALLOCATION OR SAN LUIS 

RESERVOIR LOW-POINT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 9
 

Exchange Contractors Flexibility Agreement....................................................................................... 9
 

State Water Project Source Shifting .................................................................................................. 10
 

Level 2 Refuge Water Diversification .................................................................................................11
 

Interim and Restoration Flows Exchanges/Transfers ........................................................................ 12
 

CHAPTER 4: ACTIONS TO FACILITATE WATER MANAGEMENT .................................................... 13
 

North-of-Delta (NOD) Operational Flexibility..................................................................................... 13
 

Water Transfers ................................................................................................................................. 13
 

Water Banking ................................................................................................................................... 14
 

Integrated Regional Water Management Plans (IRWMP) ................................................................. 14
 

Warren Act Contracts ........................................................................................................................ 15
 

CHAPTER 5: LONG-TERM AND FUTURE PLANNING EFFORTS .................................................... 17
 

Increasing Surface Water Storage .................................................................................................... 17
 

Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)............................................................................................... 17
 

San Luis Low Point Improvement Project ......................................................................................... 17 
 

Basin Studies .................................................................................................................................... 18
 

Water Reuse and Water Use Efficiency ............................................................................................ 18
 

Demand Management and San Luis Drawdown Capacities............................................................. 19
 

Stakeholder Actions with Possible Federal Interests......................................................................... 19
 

Use of Los Vaqueros Reservoir ......................................................................................................... 20
 

Los Banos Detention Dam Project ................................................................................................... 20
 

CHAPTER 6: HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 23
 

ACRONYMS AND ABRIDGMENTS ...................................................................................................... 25
 

Water Allocation Workgroup Team 

Bureau of Reclamation | Department of Water Resources | Friant Water Authority | 

Metropolitan Water District | San Joaquin Exchange Contractors | San Luis and Delta-Mendota 

Water Authority | Westside Central Valley Project Contractors
 

Mission Statement 

The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an 

environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. 

Contact Us 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/

Offi ce of Public Affairs | Mid-Pacifi c Region | 916-978-5100 | mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov 

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Introduction 

INTRODUCTION 

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) California continually faces many water supply 

developed the “Central Valley Project Water Plan challenges. There are continual risks to threatened 

2013” to document various programs and projects and endangered fish species and to the reliability 

being implemented, or are under consideration, of water supplies for the CVP and the State Water 

that can improve water availability throughout the Project (SWP). Interior, Reclamation, state and 

Central Valley of the Mid-Pacifi c Region. local agencies, and other interested parties are 

working together to identify and secure additional 

As an agency of the U.S. Department of the water supplies and create opportunities that will 

Interior (Interior), Reclamation manages the aid water management in the Region. 

Central Valley Project (CVP), a complex network 

of reservoirs and canals across northern and As this winter progresses and we embark on 

central California that serve the Central Valley a new water year, it is important to plan water 

and portions of the San Francisco Bay Area and management strategies that maximize water 

Central Coast of California. allocations. A workgroup of Reclamation and 

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) 

Much of the CVP supply comes from rain and agency representatives and water users worked 

melting snow in the Sierra Nevada mountain together to explore opportunities that could 

range. Releases from reservoirs fl ow through equitably maximize the use of available water 

rivers and canals to the Central Valley and enter resources given the hydrologic conditions and 

the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta), where operational requirements. The workgroup is taking 

the water helps sustain fish, wildlife and water a proactive approach to identify and implement 

quality. At the Delta’s southern end, the C.W. strategies and tools to achieve desirable benefits. 

“Bill” Jones Pumping Plant moves CVP water 

supplies to South-of-Delta (SOD) contractors and The actions described in this document may 

wildlife refuges. provide additional agricultural water supplies 

at the most critical times for the agricultural 

Reclamation allocates CVP water supplies for business cycle, within the physical, regulatory 

agricultural, environmental, and municipal and and legal constraints guiding the federal and 

industrial (M&I) uses. The complex allocation state agencies that manage the CVP and SWP. 

process is driven by numerous factors, including This Plan describes actions that may improve 

hydrology, water rights, biological opinions, CVP allocations and facilitate improved water 

regulatory constraints, capacity of CVP facilities, management. 

and various federal laws such as the Central Valley 

Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). 

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Chapter 1: Allocation Process 

CHAPTER 1: ALLOCATION PROCESS
 

Reclamation provides water under contracts to percent of their contract amount and are notified 

water districts, wildlife refuges and other entities. no later than February 15 of the anticipated 

These contracts commit Reclamation to provide a shortage. 

maximum quantity of water, subject to availability 

and shortage criteria. The purpose of the water The first allocation of the year for virtually all 

allocation process is to determine the amount to CVP water contracts is announced towards the 

deliver to each contractor each year. Reclamation end of February, prior to the beginning of the new 

must determine how water can be delivered under water contract year on March 1, and following the 

contract, based on meteorological and hydrological release of the official National Weather Service 

conditions, and other operational and institutional meteorological and DWR runoff forecasts. The 

factors. Allocations are usually expressed as a forecast model is updated to reflect reservoir levels 

percentage of the maximum contract volumes of as of February 1, and estimates of regulatory 

water. and environmental requirements based upon 

conditions. The official allocation uses a set of 

Early in the calendar year, California’s agricultural hydrological conditions that have a 90-percent 

water users plan their projected cropping patterns chance of being wetter (and a 10-percent chance of 

and water needs for the upcoming growing being drier). 

seasons. These projections are critical because 

farmers consider a multitude of fi nancial issues. An additional projection of potential deliveries, 

Planning their farming operations is dependent based upon a set of hydrological conditions which 

upon knowing how much CVP water Reclamation has a 50-percent chance of being wetter (or drier) 

will be able to deliver. The ability to identify is also developed. The process is designed so 

water supplies is also critical for municipalities, that Reclamation does not over-commit available 

especially under water shortage conditions. water supplies or lead water users to believe there 

is more water available than Reclamation can 

The water allocation process begins in the fall deliver. 

when the Central Valley Office (CVO) staff 

prepare preliminary forecasts of potential water Existing policy and contract terms defi ne M&I 

deliveries based on a number of variables. These shortage provisions during severe or continuing 

variables are included in a forecast computer droughts in order to protect public health and 

model for CVP allocations and deliveries. safety. For example, when allocation of irrigation 

Variables include the amount of CVP water water is reduced below 25 percent of contractual 

supplies in the reservoirs on October 1 of each entitlements, Reclamation reassesses both the 

year, historical meteorological and hydrologic availability of CVP water supplies and CVP 

data, CVP and SWP facility capacities, regulatory water demand. During times of drought and 

constraints, and historic operational requirements. limited water supplies, M&I water allocations to 

contractors may be reduced below 75 percent of 

Generally, settlement, exchange, and refuge level adjusted historical use. 

2 contracts are allocated 100 percent of contract 

amounts, if the forecasted inflow to Shasta There are modeling assumptions that are applied 

Reservoir is above 3.2 million acre-feet (MAF). to agricultural and M&I allocations to protect 

If the forecasted inflow is below 3.2 MAF in and equally benefit all users. Allocations among 

early February, these contractors are allocated 75 agricultural and M&I users are linked as follows: 

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Chapter 1: Allocation Process 

Irrigation Allocation M&I Allocation 

(% of Contract Entitlement) (% of Contract Entitlement) 

100 100

 95 100

 90 100

 85 100

 80 100

 75 100
 

M&I Allocation 

(% of Historical Use)1

 70 95

 65 90

 60 85

 55 80
 

25-50 75

 20 70

 15 65

 10 60

 5 55

 0 50
 

For the most current information on Reclamation’s water allocation, visit the Mid-Pacifi c Regional 

Office website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/PA/water/index.html. 

M&I allocations are based on historical use when the agricultural allocation is 75% or below. 

Historical use is defined as the average quantity of CVP water put to beneficial use within the 

service area during the last three years of unconstrained CVP water deliveries. M&I allocations 

75% or below are subject to public health and safety considerations. 

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Chapter 2: Operational Actions that Support Allocation 

CHAPTER 2: OPERATIONAL ACTIONS THAT 

SUPPORT ALLOCATION
 

There are many factors that affect allocation, and 

Reclamation operates the CVP, considering all 

of the complex factors, to maximize allocations. 

Reclamation implements management actions 

that are intended to increase the quantity of water 

south of the Delta and improve San Luis Reservoir 

storage. This chapter discusses Reclamation’s 

on-going and new actions/operations that were 

developed or implemented to support early 

allocations. 

Operational actions that support water allocations 

include: Operations to increase South of Delta 

Water Supplies and San Luis Storage; DeltaMendota Canal (DMC)/California Aqueduct 

Intertie Operations; Joint Point of Diversion; and 

Securing Yuba Accord Component 1 water. 

Increasing South of Delta Water 

Supply and San Luis Storage 

Section 215 Water: Section 215 refers to a section 

in the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Public 

Law 97-293) which defines temporary water 

supplies that are unusually large and not storable 

for project purposes and, among other measures, 

allows non-storable water to be applied to lands 

otherwise ineligible to receive federal water. 

Reclamation makes Section 215 water available as 

soon as the federal share of San Luis Reservoir is 

nearly full and excess water is available via Jones 

Pumping Plant. If hydrology allows, upon request 

from CVP contractors or non-CVP contractors, 

Reclamation will enter into temporary water 

service contracts for delivery of 215 water. 

Rescheduling 

Rescheduling of CVP water is contractually 

allowed under the terms of Central Valley Project 

contracts. Since the mid-1990’s Reclamation 

has issued Rescheduling Guidelines to establish 

parameters and conditions applicable to 

rescheduling requests and to assist Contractors in 

planning their water year needs. 

Reclamation establishes a manageable water 

quantity that can be rescheduled from one year to 

the next and avoids impacts to annual allocations 

and supplies. Rescheduled water is a management 

tool that provides flexibility and sustainability of 

annual water supplies Reclamation has approved 

approximately 225,000 acre-feet of water for 

rescheduling from Contract Year 2012 to Contract 

Year 2013. This water will supplement a district’s 

2013 allocation. 

Delta-Mendota Canal/California

Aqueduct Intertie (Intertie)

Operations 

The Intertie connects the SWP and CVP 

conveyance facilities to alleviate capacity 

constraints in the DMC. The Intertie was 

completed in 2012 and provides water supply 

reliability and flexibility in the CVP and SWP 

conveyance facilities by increasing capacities and 

allowing for maintenance and repairs of the DMC 

and California Aqueduct. Approximately 38,000 

acre-feet of water has moved through the Intertie 

thus far in the 2013 Water Year. 

Joint Point of Diversion 

State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) 

Water Rights Decision 1641 (D-1641) authorized 

the Joint Point of Diversion (JPOD), which 

allows Reclamation and DWR to make their Delta 

pumping facilities available to the other agency for 

pumping and conveyance of water. Reclamation 

uses a JPOD Stage 1 action at DWR’s Harvey O. 

Banks Pumping Plant (Banks) that would increase 

south of Delta supplies by increasing pumping 

at Banks when capacity and water are available. 

Stage 1 diversions or re-diversions at Banks have 

historically been used to recover export reductions 

taken to benefit fish. 

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Chapter 2: Operational Actions that Support Allocation 

According to D-1641, some uses of JPOD are 

subject to an operations plan that protects fish 

and wildlife and other legal users of water. JPOD 

pumping occurs only under certain conditions, 

including acceptable salinity levels as determined 

by X2 locations. X2 is a measurement of the 

distance from the Golden Gate Bridge to the 

locations in the Delta where average near-bottom 

salinity measures 2 parts per thousand. 

In addition, exports to recover water due to fishery 

actions are subject to the following provisions: 

• Total exports may not increase above that 

which would have been exported without 

the use of Banks. 

• Recovery of export reductions must occur 

within 12 months of the time the exports are 

reduced. 

• Reclamation must consult with the 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(DFW), Fish and Wildlife Service, and 

National Marine Fisheries Service before 

using JPOD. Consultation with the 

CALFED Operations group satisfi es this 

requirement. Coordination with the SWRCB 

is also required. 

Dedicated capacity at Banks would improve 

allocations when capacity is available to increase 

pumping. This action would not be borrowing 

against the subsequent year’s water supply. The 

amount of water made available through JPOD is 

dependent on hydrology and the amount additional 

pumping capacity at Banks. (Reclamation and 

DWR work together to determine available 

capacity at Banks for JPOD.) In years past, JPOD 

resulted in an additional 30,000-60,000 acre-feet 

of water delivered to CVP contractors. 

Yuba Accord Component 1 Water 

As part of the Yuba Accord, the Yuba County 

Water Agency (YCWA) entered into multi-tiered 

water purchase agreements for the purchase 

of transfer water. The purchase agreement 

with DWR provides up to 60,000 acre-feet of 

Component 1 (C1) water. C1 water is typically 

surface water stored in YCWA’s New Bullards 

Bar Reservoir and available quantities of C1 water 

are dependent on operational limitations of the 

YCWA’s Yuba Project. 

Beginning June 1, 2012, and through 2015, 

Reclamation and DWR agreed to share equally 

the C1 Water as defined in the water purchase 

agreement between DWR and the YCWA. DWR 

provides the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water 

Authority (SLDMWA) conveyance at Banks 

Pumping Plant for the delivery of Yuba Accord 

water to CVP contractors south of the Delta. CI 

water could potentially increase deliveries by 

30,000 acre-feet. 

For more information regarding Section 215 

water, rescheduling, the Intertie, JPOD, or 

Yuba Accord Water, contact Liz Kiteck, CVO, 

916-979-2684. 

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Chapter 3: Other Actions that Support Allocation 

CHAPTER 3: OTHER ACTIONS THAT 

SUPPORT ALLOCATION OR SAN LUIS 

RESERVOIR LOW-POINT MANAGEMENT 

In addition to those operational actions discussed 

in Chapter 2, Reclamation is working on or 

considering other actions to increase south of 

Delta allocations or help to manage Low-Point 

in San Luis Reservoir. (Low Point occurs in San 

Luis Reservoir typically in the late summer or 

early fall when water demands are at their highest. 

Operational difficulties occur when the water 

level is at or below 406 feet elevation.) These 

actions include a long-term fl exibility agreement 

with the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors 

(Exchange Contractors), SWP source shifting with 

Metropolitan Water District, and a Refuge Level 2 

water diversification project. 

Exchange Contractors Flexibility

Agreement 

This action includes the Exchange Contractors 

using alternative sources of water supply early 

in the year to delay use of CVP Delta water 

supplies. This provides more Delta water supplies 

for delivery to farmers on the west side of the 

San Joaquin Valley during the irrigation season. 

Delta water supplies are returned to the Exchange 

Contractors in the fall and winter. Reclamation 

approves an operational modification of scheduled 

deliveries of substitute water made available to 

the Exchange Contractors under the terms and 

conditions provided in the Cooperative Agreement 

between the United States of America and the 

Central California Irrigation District for the 

Conveyance of Wildlife Water Supplies, with 

the additional condition that any unused water in 

January through March may be rescheduled for 

delivery in April through December. 

The Flexibility Agreement is intended to maximize 

the operation of San Luis Reservoir for mutual 

benefit for both Reclamation and the Exchange 

Contractors. The Flexibility Agreement allows 

Reclamation to temporarily store additional 

quantities of CVP water that were dedicated to 

meet the Exchange Contractors’ demands and 

benefits the Exchange Contractors by allowing 

additional water deliveries during months when 

demands are higher than normal. 

Since 2008, Reclamation and the Exchange 

Contractors have agreed, on an annual basis, to 

operational parameters that provide fl exibility and 

benefits for both parties. In 2013, the Exchange 

Contractors and Reclamation are working to 

finalize a 5-year Flexibility Agreement. 

Next Steps 

• Reclamation to prepare and approve the 

5-year Flexibility Agreement (completed in 

January 2013) 

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

compliance on the Flexibility Agreement 

Action Responsible Parties 2013 Due Date 

- Issue Agreement and flexibility schedule to Reclamation January 

Exchange Contractors (Complete) 

- Finalize Environmental Assessment for the Reclamation June 

Flexibility Agreement 

For more information on the Flexibility Agreement, contact Sheri Looper, Resources Management 

Division, 916-978-5556 

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Chapter 3: Other Actions that Support Allocation 

State Water Project Source Shifting 

The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) could use 

alternative water supplies while all or a portion of 

their SWP supplies remain in San Luis Reservoir 

storage to augment early CVP allocations, 

allowing full use of CVP storage in the reservoir. 

MWD could take delivery of their supplies after 

Low Point is reached and prior to the end of the 

calendar year. The amount of water that could be 

called upon would be dependent on MWD’s SWP 

allocation and CVP allocations. The trigger point 

for MWD participation would occur when its SWP 

allocation reaches approximately 30 percent. 

This action could help to bolster an earlier, higher 

allocation by allowing Reclamation to support a 

lower federal storage in San Luis Reservoir. This 

action will not increase the available water to 

allocate since it will be returned to MWD after 

Low Point, but it will allow the delivery of water 

earlier in the irrigation season. 

March 2013 Update: The CVP and SWP 

are working to maintain current water supply 

allocations during this dry winter. A concern 

exists about potential limitations on CVP and 

SWP deliveries from San Luis Reservoir due 

to: a) reservoir drawdown rate constraints and, 

b) minimum San Luis Reservoir storage in 

mid-summer. The source shifting action was 

not pursued for potential benefits in the early 

allocation season; however, this tool may be useful 

to help address these more recent concerns about 

San Luis Reservoir constraints. The following 

steps and schedules will be modified as necessary 

if source shifting is needed later in the year. 

Next Steps (if implemented) 

• Once the SWP allocation reaches 30 percent 

or better, MWD could enter into a source 

shifting agreement with the SLDMWA 

• Reclamation would help facilitate source 

shifting agreement 

• If CVP allocation increases, the amount of 

source shifting would be reevaluated 

• NEPA compliance 

• Secure temporary Consolidated Place of Use 

Action Responsible Parties 2013 Due Date 

- Complete a term sheet MWD, DWR, Reclamation, TBD 

SLDMWA 

- Determine costs and repayment MWD, DWR TBD 

responsibilities 

- MWD submits revised water schedules for MWD, DWR TBD 

DWR review and approval 

- Facilitate completion of environmental Reclamation TBD 

compliance 

- Secure temporary Consolidated Place of Use Reclamation TBD 

- Complete source shifting agreement with MWD, SLDMWA TBD 

MWD and SLDMWA and sign applicable 

contracts 

- Water Deliveries MWD From time 

implemented -

December 

For more information on State Water Project Source Shifting, contact Paul Fujitani, CVO, 

916-979-2197 

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Level 2 Refuge Water Diversification 

In 2013, four groundwater wells, constructed 

under the American Recovery and Re-investment 

Act, in the Grasslands Resource Conservation 

District and the Grassland Water District (GWD), 

will be available to produce additional water. Half 

of the water pumped will be used to meet refuge 

Level 2 water demands in lieu of using CVP water 

with a like amount of water going back into the 

CVP yield for allocation to the west side of the 

San Joaquin Valley. Reclamation can purchase 

and use the other half to meet refuge Incremental 

Level 4 water needs in the San Joaquin Valley. 

The estimated quantity of pumped ground water 

is up to approximately 4,000 acre-feet. The 

ground water will be discharged into the GWD’s 

water conveyance system and into the China 

Island Unit of the North Grasslands Wildlife 

Chapter 3: Other Actions that Support Allocation 

Management Area. Well operation, water quality 

monitoring, and associated mitigation measures 

will be implemented to insure that all Central 

Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board 

water quality standards are met. To limit any 

groundwater or water quality related impacts, use 

of these wells could be increased in dry years and 

decreased in wet years when CVP agricultural 

water allocations are higher. 

This action would increase the available CVP 

water supply. This water is “new” water available 

to allocate. 

Next Steps 

• Reclamation to complete Operations & 

Maintenance agreement with DFW 

• Complete water purchase agreement with 

GWD 

• Create water quality monitoring plan(s) 

Action Responsible Parties 2013 Due Date 

- Develop Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Reclamation July 

and water purchase agreements 

- Develop water quality monitoring plans Reclamation July 

For more information on Refuge Level 2 Water Diversification, contact Tim Rust, Resources 

Management, 916-978-5516 

Gray Lodge Wildlife Area 

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Chapter 3: Other Actions that Support Allocation 

Interim and Restoration Flows 

Exchanges/Transfers 

Interim and Restoration flows released from Friant 

Dam as part of the San Joaquin River Restoration 

Program and recaptured and made available for 

recirculation to the Friant Division Contractors in 

San Luis Reservoir could be used to augment the 

water supplies of the west side CVP contractors 

during the peak irrigation season and wildlife 

refuges. Reclamation will facilitate with Friant 

Contractors, west side CVP contractors, and the 

Refuge Water Supply Program (RWSP) interested 

in entering into mutually acceptable arrangements 

to exchange and/or transfer recirculation water 

available in San Luis Reservoir. 

Recirculation Water available in San Luis 

Reservoir could be used to bolster supplies 

for west-side contractors or refuges through 

exchanges and/or transfers, but these exchanges 

and/or transfers are not considered part of the 

allocation. If Recirculation Water was left in 

San Luis Reservoir and used later in the water 

year, this could be a helpful tool in managing 

Low Point. The San Joaquin River Restoration 

Program estimates that anywhere from 75,000 to 

155,000 acre-feet of Recirculation Water will be 

available this water year. Agreements are being 

negotiated for the transfer of approximately half of 

the volume of Recirculation Water available. 

Next Steps 

• Finalization of Water Year 2013 

Recirculation environmental compliance 

• Reclamation facilitating meetings among 

willing Friant Contractors, west side CVP 

Contractors, and the RWSP 

• Agreement among Friant Contractors, west 

side CVP contractors, and Reclamation 

on the terms and conditions for using 

recirculation water to augment west side 

CVP contractors’ and refuges’ water 

supplies 

Action Responsible Parties 2013 Due Date 

- Agreement among parties on terms and Friant Contractors, SLDMWA, March-August 

conditions Reclamation 

- Determine and make available quantities of Reclamation March-August 

water for use by west side CVP contractors 

- Ongoing water accounting DWR, Reclamation March-February 

2014 

- NEPA compliance	 Reclamation March 

For more information on Interim and Restoration Flows, contact Mario Manzo, San Joaquin 

River Restoration Program, 916-978-5462 

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Chapter 4: Actions to Facilitate Water Management 

CHAPTER 4: ACTIONS TO FACILITATE 

WATER MANAGEMENT

Actions to facilitate water management in the 

2013 water year include: North-of-Delta (NOD) 

operational flexibility, water transfers, water 

banking, integrated regional water management 

plans, and Warren Act Contracts. These actions 

are described below. 

North-of-Delta (NOD) Operational

Flexibility 

The NOD water contractors have sought to 

reduce the large variability in their project water 

allocations through the precipitation season. 

Reclamation is seeking to develop operational 

flexibility options to improve the early season 

water supply for the NOD water contractors to 

reduce the differences between the initial water 

supply allocations and the fi nal allocations. 

Options may include supplemental water supply 

actions such as offering Section 215 water or 

Article 3f water pursuant to Reclamation longterm water service contracts, which is water that 

can be made available in addition to contract 

amounts. Opportunities may develop to add 

operational flexibility in scheduling and delivery 

of water to NOD water contractors. 

Reclamation will continue to evaluate, monitor, 

and respond to hydrologic conditions in the 

Sacramento Valley. Reclamation will use this 

information to develop processes to improve NOD 

allocations earlier in the water year. 

Water Transfers 

Reclamation utilizes several administrative and 

programmatic procedures to facilitate, expedite, 

and streamline the approval process of water 

transfers in the Central Valley. Some of the key 

long-term environmental documents are outlined 

below. In addition to these long-term actions, 

Reclamation is holding regular meetings with 

Friant Division contractors to discuss recirculation 

program opportunities, and conducting sitespecific meetings with CVP contractors to discuss 

their contractual terms and conditions with respect 

to transfers and exchanges. 

Guidelines 

Reclamation uses established Interim Guidelines 

for Implementation of the Water Transfer 

Provisions of the Central Valley Project 

Improvement Act, Title XXXIV of Public Law 

102-575 (Water Transfer Guidelines) to address 

water transfers equitably, provide for more 

effective and efficient use of CVP water supplies, 

and to provide greater flexibility to water users 

participating in CVP water transfers. 

Accelerated Water Transfer Program 

Reclamation utilizes an accelerated water transfer 

program (AWTP) for transfers and exchanges for 

three groups of CVP contractors: (1) Sacramento 

Valley, (2) Friant Division and Cross Valley, and 

(3) South of Delta, including those contractors in 

the Delta Division, West San Joaquin Division, 

San Felipe Division, San Luis Unit, and Cross 

Valley. The program currently covers the transfer 

and exchange of up to approximately 500,000 

acre-feet of water annually. 

The AWTP facilitates efficient and timely 

water management practices between CVP 

contractors through programmatic environmental 

documentation. Reclamation finalized 

environmental assessments covering a 5- year 

period for the above watersheds to allow 

Reclamation to acknowledge the proposed 

transfers and exchanges without any additional 

environmental analysis. The AWTP reduces costs 

and redundant environmental reviews associated 

with CVP water transfers and/or exchanges, 

thereby streamlining Reclamation’s process 

and avoiding lost opportunities for transfers or 

exchanges. 

CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT, WATER PLAN 2013 13 
Chapter 4: Actions to Facilitate Water Management 

Long-term North to South Transfers 

Reclamation and the San Luis & Delta- Mendota 

Water Authority are preparing an Environmental 

Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report 

(EIS/EIR) to analyze the effects of water transfers 

from water agencies in northern California to 

water agencies south of the Delta and in the San 

Francisco Bay Area. 

The EIS/EIR will address transfers of CVP and 

non-CVP water supplies that require use of 

CVP or SWP facilities to convey the transferred 

water. Water transfers would occur through 

various methods, including, but not limited to, 

groundwater substitution (replacing surface water 

with groundwater) and cropland idling, and would 

include individual and multiyear transfers through 

the year 2022. 

The EIS/EIR will identify potential selling 

parties in northern California, methods by which 

water could be made available for transfer, and 

maximum amounts of water available through 

each method. Water transfers under this program 

that involve conveyance through the Delta 

would be implemented within the operational 

parameters of the biological opinions on the 

continued long-term operations of the CVP/SWP 

and any other regulatory restrictions in place at 

the time of implementation of the water transfers. 

Reclamation anticipates that the EIS/EIR will be 

completed in the spring of 2014. 

25-Year Exchange Contractors Water 

Transfer Program 

Reclamation and the Exchange Contractors are 

completing California Environmental Quality 

Act and NEPA requirements on the proposed 25-

Year Water Transfer Program (WTP). The EIS/ 

EIR evaluates the annual development of up to 

150,000 acre-feet per year of substitute water from 

water conservation measures, including tailwater 

recovery, and temporary land fallowing. 

The purpose of the 25-year WTP is to provide 

multi-year environmental compliance for transfer 

and/or exchange of up to 150,000 acre-feet of 

substitute water from the Exchange Contractors 

to the San Joaquin Valley wildlife refuges, to 

other CVP contractors (Friant Division and San 

Luis Unit), and/or selected SWP contractors - 

specifically Kern County Water Agency (SWP), 

Santa Clara Valley Water District (CVP/SWP), 

East Bay Municipal Utility District (CVP), Contra 

Costa Water District (CVP), and Pajaro Valley 

Water Management Agency (CVP). 

This new 25-year program is an extension of an 

existing 10-year program. This new program 

expands the existing program by 20,000 acre-feet 

and is expected to benefit the RWSP with between 

9,000-50,000 acre feet per year of Incremental 

Level 4 water acquisitions. Reclamation 

anticipates the EIS/EIR will be completed in 

February of 2013 and the Record of Decision will 

be signed in March of 2013. 

Water Banking 

Water banks serve as a valuable mechanism to 

facilitate water transfers through direct recovery 

by a transferee or through voluntary exchange. 

Reclamation continues to approve the banking of 

CVP water. In recent years, Reclamation approved 

the banking of over 170,000 acre-feet. 

For Water Year 2013, the Meyers Farms Family 

Trust and Madera Irrigation District are working 

with Reclamation to bank CVP and non-CVP 

water in banks that are either being expanded or 

developed. Once approved, the contractors can 

bank water over a 25-year period. 

Integrated Regional Water 

Management Plans (IRWMP) 

Several CVP contractors on the east side of the 

San Joaquin Valley are participants in Poso Creek 

Region within the Kern County IRWMP and 

have sought Reclamation approval for the longterm approvals of groundwater banking, water 

exchanges, and water transfers among members 

of the Poso Creek Regional Water Management 

Group. The members include three CVP 

contractors (Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District, 

Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, and KernTulare Water District), four non-CVP contractors 

(Semitropic Water Storage District, Cawelo Water 

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District, North Kern Water Storage District, and 

North West Kern Resource Conservation District), 

and one representative for the 16 disadvantaged 

communities located within the Poso Creek 

Region. 

Warren Act Contracts 

Reclamation is authorized to enter into contracts 

with municipalities, public water districts and 

agencies, other federal agencies, and private 

entities pursuant to the Warren Act of 1911 for the 

use of excess capacity in the CVP facilities for the 

impoundment, storage, and conveyance of nonCVP water for agricultural, domestic, municipal, 

industrial, fish and wildlife, and other beneficial 

purposes. 

On an on-going basis and as requested, 

Reclamation executes Warren Act Contracts 

and facilitates the completion of any necessary 

environmental compliance documents. 

American River 

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Chapter 5: Long-Term and Future Planning Efforts 

CHAPTER 5: LONG-TERM AND FUTURE 

PLANNING EFFORTS
 

Reclamation and water users are concurrently 

taking actions and conducting long-term planning 

efforts to improve water supplies and management 

SOD. Some of these long-term efforts are 

discussed in this chapter. 

Increasing Surface Water Storage 

The CALFED Bay-Delta Authorization Act of 

2004 (Public Law 108-361) directed Reclamation 

to study four of the five surface storage 

investigations recommended in the CALFED 

Record of Decision. These storage investigations 

include the expansion of Shasta and Los Vaqueros 

dams and reservoirs, the possible development of 

an upper San Joaquin River Basin storage, and the 

NOD offstream storage. These planning studies 

are ongoing. 

Project purposes include water supply reliability 

for M&I, agricultural, and environmental 

uses. Other purposes include water quality 

improvement, flood damage reduction, recreation, 

emergency water supply, and the integration of 

hydroelectric power with renewable energy. 

Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) completed 

construction of a 60 thousand acre-feet expansion 

of Los Vaqueros Dam and Reservoir in May 

2012. This expansion was done as a local project 

which provides dry-year water supply reliability 

and emergency water storage only. As discussed 

above, a larger expansion investigation is currently 

underway. 

Bay Delta Conservation Plan

(BDCP) 

The BDCP is currently investigating water 

conveyance alternatives to move CVP and SWP 

water through, around, and/or under the Delta 

while restoring the Delta ecosystem. The BDCP 

is expected to result in a 50-year, ecosystembased plan designed to restore fish and wildlife 

species in the Delta in a way that also provides 

for the protection of reliable water supplies 

while minimizing impacts to Delta communities 

and farms. The BDCP is being developed in 

compliance with Section 10 of the Federal 

Endangered Species Act (ESA), the California 

ESA, and the California Natural Community 

Conservation Planning Act. 

Options currently being considered include (1) 

new dual conveyance facilities using existing 

south Delta intakes, new intake facilities in the 

north Delta, and a new isolated conveyance 

facility around, through, and/or under the Delta; 

(2) restoration of tidal marsh, seasonal floodplain, 

and riparian habitats; and (3) measures addressing 

other stressors such as pollutants, introduced 

species, predation, and hatcheries management. 

The BDCP will serve as the basis for incidental 

take permits for a new water conveyance 

facility, new conveyance operations, and habitat 

restoration activities in the Delta under Section 

10 of the ESA. Information developed as part 

of the BDCP process will also help inform the 

ESA Section 7 consultation on the coordinated 

long-term operation of the CVP and SWP. A draft 

BDCP is expected to be released later in 2013. 

San Luis Low Point Improvement

Project 

Reclamation is investigating alternative ways to 

convey water from San Luis Reservoir to Santa 

Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) to prevent 

water service interruptions during Low Point 

conditions. The authority to conduct a feasibility 

study was granted in the CALFED Bay-Delta 

Authorization Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-361). 

The non-federal sponsor is SCVWD. 

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Chapter 5: Long-Term and Future Planning Efforts 

Basin Studies 

Congress recognized climate change and related 

impacts on water supplies with the passage of the 

SECURE Water Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-

11), which authorizes federal water and science 

agencies to work together with state and local 

water managers to plan for climate change and 

other water supply challenges. 

With WaterSMART, all agencies of the Interior 

work with states, tribes, local governments, 

and non-governmental organizations to pursue 

a sustainable water supply for the Nation. 

Reclamation plays a key role in the WaterSMART 

program as the Interior’s water management 

agency. Focused on improving water conservation 

and helping water and resource managers make 

wise decisions about water use, Reclamation’s 

portion of the WaterSMART program is achieved 

through administration of grants, scientifi c studies, 

technical assistance, and scientific expertise for the 

Basin studies. As one of several programs under 

WaterSMART, Basin Studies are a 50/50 cost 

shared program developed in cooperation with 

one or more non-federal partner agencies. Basin 

Studies assess potential impacts of climate change 

to water supplies and demands in Reclamation’s 

major river basins. Where impacts are identified, 

a Basin Study will identify structural and nonstructural adaptation strategies designed to 

mitigate climate change impacts. 

Sacramento-San Joaquin Basins Study 

In 2011, a Plan of Study (a planning document 

for completing a Basin Study) was completed 

for this three-basin, 59,000 square mile area in 

cooperation with five major non-federal cost-share 

partners including DWR, California Partnership 

for the San Joaquin Valley, Stockton East Water 

District, the El Dorado County Water Agency, 

and the Madera County Flood Control and Water 

Conservation Agency. Funding for the full Basin 

Study was approved in 2012, and the SacramentoSan Joaquin Basin Study began in September 

2012. The completion of this study is expected in 

September 2014. 

Klamath Basin Study 

A Plan of Study was completed for the proposed 

Klamath Basin Study in 2011, focusing on the 

27,000 square mile watershed. With exports 

occurring from the Trinity River Basin to the CVP, 

the Klamath Basin Study will address climate 

change impacts in this to both the Klamath Project 

and the CVP. Non-Federal partners participating 

with Reclamation include DWR’s Northern 

California Office and the State of Oregon’s Water 

Resources Department. Funding for the Klamath 

Basin Study was approved in 2012, and the 

expected completion date is September 2014. 

Truckee Basin Study 

A Plan of Study was completed in 2011 for the 

Truckee Basin Study. Funding for the Basin 

Study was also approved in 2011. Non-Federal 

Partners include the Placer County Water Agency, 

the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, the Truckee 

Meadows Water Authority, and the Truckee River 

Flood Management Authority. The Truckee Basin 

Study encompasses over 3,000 square miles, 

including the Lake Tahoe Basin, and will evaluate 

potential climate impacts to water supplies and 

demands in a risk-based framework. Expected 

completion for this Basin Study is September 

2014. 

Water Reuse and Water Use 

Efficiency 

Water Reuse 

Water reuse is an essential action in stretching 

the limited water supplies in the Western United 

States. The Bureau of Reclamation’s Title XVI 

Water Reclamation and Reuse Program (Title 

XVI) is an important part of WaterSMART. 

For purposes of the Title XVI program, a 

water reuse project is a project that reclaims 

and reuses municipal, industrial, domestic, or 

agricultural wastewater and naturally impaired 

groundwater and/or surface waters. Reclaimed 

water can be used for a variety of purposes, such 

as environmental restoration, fish and wildlife, 

groundwater recharge, municipal, domestic, 

industrial, agricultural, power generation, or 

recreation. 

Water Use Efficiency 

The Water Use Efficiency (WUE) Program offers 

grant opportunities for water conservation and 

water use efficiency projects. The goal of the 

Program is to accelerate the implementation 

of cost-effective actions that provide water 

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management benefits through conservation. Water 

use efficiency implementation by water purveyors, 

both federal and non-federal, is intrinsically linked 

to other benefits such as water quality, water 

supply reliability, and in stream flows. 

Once completed, water conservation and water 

use efficiency projects provide improved water 

management for several decades. In FY 2011 and 

2012, Reclamation awarded Mid-Pacifi c Region 

water purveyors $28 million in grants for projects 

that are expected to conserve or better manage 

546,000 acre-feet of water on an annual basis. 

In FY 2013, there is approximately $2 million in 

CALFED funding available to the Mid-Pacific 

Region. There is also $21 million available on a 

Reclamation-wide basis for water use efficiency 

and water conservation grants through the 

WaterSMART program. 

Demand Management and San Luis

Drawdown Capacities 

In certain convergent conditions of hydrology, hot 

weather, and regulatory stipulations, it is possible 

for water demands SOD to exceed recommended 

San Luis Reservoir drawdown rates and Delta 

export pumping. When demands exceed exports 

and reservoir drawdown rates, it may be necessary 

to restrict project water deliveries temporarily 

which can impose negative impacts on water users 

SOD during critical irrigation periods. 

In 2002, Denver Technical Services conducted 

to establish a “safe” drawdown rate that would 

not risk embankment slope stability of San Luis 

Reservoir. This study was inconclusive, and the 

2005 Standard Operating Procedure for San Luis 

Reservoir states that the average drawdown rate 

should be limited to less than approximately two 

foot per day. 

Current regulatory conditions, recent operations, 

and embankment conditions may warrant an 

investigation of drawdown data and impacts to 

the reservoir over the last 30 years. A cursory 

review of drawdown data in combination with a 

monitoring plan could help determine if operations 

can exceed two feet per day during certain 

conditions. 

Reclamation is in the process of consulting 

with the Technical Service Center regarding the 

drawdown rate. In addition, Reclamation and 

stakeholders formed a work group to determine 

appropriate actions to minimize water supply 

impacts due to limitations on San Luis Reservoir 

operations. 

Stakeholder Actions with Possible 

Federal Interests 

East to West Conveyance 

Depending on funding availability, Reclamation 

could assist local districts in preparing 

appraisal studies, which may ultimately result 

in the construction of additional conveyance 

infrastructure. If studies indicate a federal interest 

and Congress provides authorization, federal 

funding could be appropriated for construction 

and/or use of new conveyance facilities that 

extend to the DMC. Such facilities could be used 

to convey water from the San Joaquin River to the 

DMC before it reaches the Delta. The following 

districts have indicated an interest in expanding 

their conveyance facilities: 

• Banta-Carbona operates a 200 cubic feet 

per second (cfs) pumping plant with a 60 

cfs conveyance facility that extends into 

the CVP service area. This conveyance 

facility can be used for wheeling water to 

other users for transfers or other transactions 

as needed. Banta-Carbona is in the design 

process for increasing the capacity from 60 

cfs to 200 cfs. Constructing the increased 

capacity would be dependent on local, state, 

or federal support and interest in using the 

facilities on a long term basis. 

The use of Banta-Carbona facilities for 

east to west transfers has raised questions 

regarding water right issues and other 

regulatory compliances. Reclamation and 

DWR are evaluating the use of BantaCarbona’s conveyance facilities for 

transfers from the San Joaquin River and 

its tributaries as it relates to CVP and SWP 

operations. The Banta-Carbona intake is 

located 3 miles north of Vernalis on the 

San Joaquin River, and Vernalis defi nes the 

regulatory boundary of the Delta. Some 

D-1641 regulations are linked to flows 

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and water quality at Vernalis, and water 

transferred from the San Joaquin River 

through Banta-Carbona may affect SWP and 

CVP operations based on meeting D-1641 

requirements. 

• Patterson Irrigation District currently has 

the ability to convey 40 cfs from the San 

Joaquin River to the Delta Mendota Canal. 

This conveyance facility is available to 

other water users for wheeling transfer or 

restoration waters. In the spring of 2013, 

Patterson Irrigation District will complete 

a feasibility study that will contemplate 

main canal modernization and reliability 

improvements, as well as costs for 

increasing the east-to-west conveyance 

system by up to 200 cfs. If implemented 

to full scale, this increase in capacity could 

convey up to 95 thousand acre-feet of 

water from east-side water purveyors for 

agricultural use on the west side. 

• West Stanislaus Irrigation District has a 

fully designed facility to convey 250 cfs to 

the DMC. Construction is planned for late 

2013 or early 2014 and is expected to cost 

approximately $8 million. 

Use of Los Vaqueros Reservoir 

The recently completed expansion of Los 

Vaqueros Reservoir provides the opportunity 

for CCWD to provide water storage services 

to improve water delivery efficiencies for the 

CVP. However, before such a project could be 

implemented, CCWD, DWR, and Reclamation 

need to agree on Delta operational parameters for 

Los Vaqueros that ensures no impacts to the CVP 

or SWP. 

Using existing facilities only, CCWD could 

provide storage that is currently available to 

allow additional supplies for Bay Area CVP 

contractors, refuge supplies, or other supplies as 

allowed under Los Vaqueros Reservoir operating 

rules. This would be accomplished via a throughDelta exchange of CVP water, which has two 

components: 

1. CCWD foregoes diversion of its CVP 

Contract water at its Delta intakes, instead 

meeting all of its customer demands by 

releasing stored CVP water from Los 

Vaqueros Reservoir. 

2. The foregone water is then exported at Jones 

or Banks (under JPOD) for use by the CVP. 

This exchange would provide a water supply 

benefit to the CVP when undertaken under the 

following conditions: 

• When export capacity is available, 

• When the Delta is in balanced conditions, 

and 

• When CVP and SWP operations are 

governed by outflow or water quality 

objectives, or exports are limited by water 

supply availability. 

Following the through-Delta exchange, CCWD 

would refill Los Vaqueros Reservoir by the amount 

released for the exchange only when the Delta is in 

surplus conditions, resulting in no change to CVP 

or SWP upstream storage or export operations 

during the refill period. This operation allows for 

increased storage of surplus flows for delivery 

when export capacity is available. Reclamation 

and CCWD are currently discussing the possibility 

of a 2013 pilot program. 

Construction of additional facilities could also 

enhance opportunities for delivery of stored water. 

For example, with the construction of a pipeline 

from Los Vaqueros Transfer Facility to Bethany 

Reservoir, deliveries of surplus water stored in 

Los Vaqueros Reservoir would not be limited by 

availability of capacity at the export pumps or 

CCWD service area demand. The Los Vaqueros 

Transfer Facility regulates the flow of water 

pumped to Los Vaqueros Reservoir from CCWD’s 

Delta intakes and water released from the reservoir 

to CCWD’s service area. A Los Vaqueros Transfer 

Facility Bethany Reservoir connection to South 

Bay water agencies was already analyzed in the 

Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project EIS/ 

EIR, completed in 2010. Reclamation and CCWD 

are also currently investigating the feasibility of 

further expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir. 

Los Banos Detention Dam Project 

Members of the Exchange Contractors and San 

Luis Water District propose to make use of flood 

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releases from Los Banos Creek Detention Dam 

and improve ground water recharge in their area 

by: 

• Pumping from Los Banos Creek into the 

DMC and Central California Irrigation 

District Outside Canal when flood releases 

are made above benefi cial recharge 

capability. 

• Pumping into the reservoir from the San 

Luis Canal (by use of water transfer 

between DMC and San Luis Canals) via San 

Luis Water District and using storage in the 

reservoir outside of flood control season. 

• Recharging local groundwater by releasing 

water from the reservoir in the fall, drawing 

it down to the level required by the Army 

Corps of Engineers flood control criteria. 

The project consists of three phases. Phase I 

consists of three parts. Part one is the addition 

of a pump station to pump water from Los Banos 

Creek into the DMC. Parts two and three involve 

modifying Los Banos Creek Detention Dam 

operations to pump water into the reservoir. The 

reoperation plan is within current operating 

levels for the reservoir. The reoperation plan is 

designed to minimize non-beneficial spills and 

to increase beneficial recharge. Reclamation’s 

Technical Service Center has approved the 

reoperation plan pending the construction of 

an additional monitoring well. Phases II & III 

involve increasing the use of space above the top 

of conservation pool. 

The Exchange Contractors are preparing an 

Environmental Assessment and are requesting a 

license from Reclamation to install a pump station 

on the Reclamation right of way to complete part 1 

of Phase I. 

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Chapter 6: Hydrologic Information 

CHAPTER 6: HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION
 

In the Central Valley, the average annual 

precipitation ranges from five inches in the 

southern end to more than 30 inches in the 

northern end, with the majority of the precipitation 

falling in December through April. Rainfall and 

snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade 

Ranges form the basis of the water supply for the 

CVP. The status of the hydrology in the Central 

Valley is critical to determining operations and 

water allocations for the CVP. The following 

information/links provide a variety of information 

on the status and projections for the hydrology 

affecting the CVP. 

Reclamation’s Central Valley Operations 

Office 

This website provides a multitude of summaries 

including CVP water supplies, reservoir data, 

operational data, and flow schedules. 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/ 

California Bulletin 120 

This document provides a complete summary of 

the water supply conditions for California. 

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow/bulletin120/ 

Hydrologic Conditions Executive Update 

This table provides a summary of the hydrologic 

conditions for the various regions of California, 

including precipitation, snowpack, and runoff 

forecasts. 

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/reports/ 

EXECSUM 

The Water Supply Forecast Update 

The tables present current runoff forecasts for the 

Central Valley. 

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/iodir/B120UP 

Current Reservoir Conditions 

This map provides information on the current 

reservoir conditions throughout the CVP and 

SWP and compares current conditions to reservoir 

capacities and historic averages. 

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/ 

rescond.pdf 

Daily Water Supply Report 

These tables present current release, storage, 

inflow, and precipitation data for CVP reservoirs 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/vungvari/dayrpt.pdf 

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Acronyms and Abridgments 

ACRONYMS AND ABRIDGMENTS 

AWTP 

Banks 

BDCP 

C1 

CCWD 

CFS 

CVO 

CVP

CVPIA 

D-1641 

Delta 

DFW 

DMC 

DWR 

EIR 

EIS 

ESA

Exchange Contractors 

GWD 

Interior 

JPOD 

M&I 

MAF 

MWD 

NOD 

NEPA 

Reclamation 

RWSP 

SCVWD 

SLDMWA 

SOD 

SWRCB 

SWP

WUE 

WTP

YCWA

Accelerated Water Transfer Program 

Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant 

Bay-Delta Conservation Plan 

Component 1 Water 

Contra Costa Water District 

Cubic Feet per Second 

Central Valley Operations 

 Central Valley Project 

Central Valley Project Improvement Act 

Water Rights Decision 1641 

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife 

Delta Mendota Canal 

California Department of Water Resources 

Environmental Impact Report 

Environmental Impact Statement 

 Endangered Species Act 

San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors 

Grasslands Water District 

U.S. Department of the Interior 

Joint Point of Diversion 

Municipal and Industrial 

Million Acre-Feet 

Metropolitan Water District 

North of Delta 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Refuge Water Supply Program 

Santa Clara Valley Water District 

San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority 

South of Delta 

State Water Resources Control Board 

 State Water Project 

Water Use Efficiency 

 Water Transfer Program 

 Yuba County Water Agency 

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