Refuge Water Supply Prog

Refuge Water Supply Prog2012 Annual Work Plan 2012 Annual Work Plan

CVPIA 3406 (b)(3) & (d)(1)
Refuge Water Refuge Water

Supply Program

(RWSP)

GOAL:Provide firm water supplies of suitablqy p uality to maintain and improve wetlahabitat areas on certain Central Valley wildlife refuges 

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CVPIA Refuges

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RWSP Partners 

Bureau of Reclamation Bureau of ReclamationU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceCalifornia Department of Fish & Game California Department of Fish

& Game

Grassland Resource Conservation DistCentral Valley Joint Venture Central Valley Joint Venture

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RWSP Interagency Management 

Bureau of Reclamation

Tim RustFish & Wildlife Program Manager

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Dale GarrisonRefuge Water Supply Co

Sonya NechanickyRefuge Water Conveyance Lead

CA Department of Fish & Ga

Paul Forsberg

Senior Environmental Sc

Linda ColellaWater Acquisitions LeadNS h

Senior Environmental ScBrian CaryCVPIA Refuge Coordinat

Nate 

Sengsamout

h

Facilities Construction LeadPaula Strang

Grassland Water District

Ricardo Ortega

Paula Strang General ManagerRWSP Support Specialist

General Manager

Central Valley Joint Venture

Dan Taylor

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Defining Level 2, Incremental Level 4, and 

Refuge Water Supply

800 000

Refuge Water Supply

600,000700,000800,000

For Incremental Level 4 Water Losses : 15,000 AF 

Water 

400,000500,000600,000

Incremental Level 4: 133,000 AF 

eet of W 

200,000300,000

Acre Fe

Level 2: 422,000 AF 

0

100,000

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RWSP Status RWSP Status

• 15 of 19 refuges are able to receive full Lev• 32 of 46 constr ction projects completed 32 of 46 construction projects completed• Biggs-West Gridley Water District design & 

construction activities ongoing construction activities ongoing

• 9 long-term conveyance agreements• Incremental Level 4 water purchased annu

Incremental Level 4 water purchased annu

• Gray Lodge Wildlife Area (WA) and Pixley

National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) n National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) new groun

ew groun

wells under construction

• Volta Wasteway new groundwater wells in 

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production
RWS Status RWS Status

Refuges Not Able to Receive Full Level 4 • Gray Lodge WA Gray Lodge WA• Mendota WA• Pixley NWR Pixley NWR• Sutter NWR

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RWSP FY 2011 Accomplishm

Facilities Construction Facilities Construction• East Bear Creek Pumping Plant/Pipeline East Bear Creek Pumping Plant/Pipeline

o Completed the pumping plant platform inso On-going repairs to pumping plant due to 

mechanical and electrical control failures

• Vo tal WA

o Completed construction of 2 wells 

• Gray Lodge WA and Pixley NWR Gray Lodge WA and Pixley NWR

o On-going construction for 5 ground

water wells (ARRA funding)

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water wells (ARRA funding)
RWSP FY 2011 Accomplishments

Water Acquisitions Water Acquisitions

– Incremental Lev

Incremental Lev

Contractor Source Quantity Contractor Source Unit Cost 

(AF) Unit Cost 

San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors

Surface Water 50,333 39,833 AF@ $101.83/AF

9,750 AF 

@ $179.38/AF

750 AF @ $65/AF

Grassland Water District Groundwater 7,309 $75/AF East Side Canal & Irrigation Surface Water 3,291 $100/AF 

CompanyPanoche Water District Surface Water 4,250 $75/AF Merced Irrigation District Surface Water 1,628 $100/AF San Luis Water District Surface Water 5,000 $69/AF Santa Clara Valley Water District

Surface Water 10,000 $75/AF 

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TOTALS 81,811 
RWSP FY 2011 Accomplishmen

Refuge Conveyance Refuge Conveyance• Delivered 367,592 AF Level 2 Water, compared to 

AF delivered in FY2010

o 312,249 AF -- Central Valley Project (CVP) Yieo 55,343 AF -- Diverse (Non-CVP) Sources

• Delivered 101,854 AF Incremental Level 4 Water, a

compared to 58,021 AF delivered in FY2010

• Continued water quality monitoring at Gray Lodg

Grasslands Ecological Area

• I iti t d d i f th N th G l d W t Initi

a

t

e

d

design 

for the 

North

Grasslan

ds 

W

a

ter 

Conservation & Water Quality Control Project

• Initiated installation of flow meters in Bear Creek 

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Initiated installation of flow meters in Bear Creek 

determine conveyance losses
RWSP FY 2012 

Construction Activities• Complete North Grasslands Water Conse

Complete North Grasslands Water Conse

Water Quality Control Project’s Value EngStudy (conducted in December 2011[FY 1

• East Bear Creek on-going improvement ac• Gra Lodge WA Wells (ARRA f nded) Gray Lodge WA Wells (ARRA

f

unded)

• Pixley NWR Wells (ARRA funded)• Volta WA Wells discharge outlet and 

flowmete

r im

provement 

plans

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RWSP FY 2012

Water Acquisition Activities Potential Sources Potential Sources• San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors• Grassland Water District• Panoche Water District• Merced Irrigation District• Madera Irrigation District• New & Rehabilitated ARRA Wells• Friant (SJRRP Recaptured water)• Other Willing Sellers 12
RWSP FY 2012 RWSP FY 2012

Conveyance Activities• Convey approximately 399,000 AF Level 2• Convey between approximately 37,000 to 70,

Incremental Level 4, depending on Reclamatrevised water supply allocations for WY2012

• Evaluate flow data at East Bear Creek NWR t

determine losses in Bear Creek

• Complete Phase II (design) of North Grasslan

W t C ti & W t Q lit C t l 

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W

a

ter 

Conservation 

&

W

a

ter 

Quality 

Con

trol 
RWSP Monitoring Project

RWSP Monitoring Project• Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Gray Lodge Wildlife Area

o Quality of delivered groundwater and surf

water

• Grassland Ecological Area (GEA)

o Real-time water 

q y ualit

y

o Measuring volume and salt load of source

entering and draining the GEA

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RWSP FY 2012 Budget RWSP FY 2012 Budget

• Reclamation and U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service Labor = $2,205,218

• Refuge Construction (Facilities

Construction & SJBAPL) = $5,635,8

• Water Acquisition = $7,956,675• Water Conveyance = $7 986 233 Water Conveyance

= $7,986,233

• Water Quality Monitoring = $30,000

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RWSP Three-Year Budget

($ amounts in thousands)

2013 2014 

Labor 1,679 1,722 Water Acquisition 20,253 20,500 Planning 100 100 Construction 12,400 18,489 Monitoring 19 20 Conveyance 10,080 10,484 Total $44,531 $51,315 $

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QUESTIONS?

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RWSP Contacts

Tim RustBureau of Reclamation

Brian CaryCA Department of Fis

916-978-5516trust@usbr.gov

916-445-1747bcary@dfg.ca.gov

Dale GarrisonUS Fish & Wildlife Service916-414-6728

Ricardo OrtegaGrassland Water Dist209-826-5188

Dale_Garrison@fws.gov rortega@gwdwater.or

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