TO: Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
FROM: Richard Thomasser - District Manager
REPORT BY: Christopher Silke - Engineering Manager-Water Resources
SUBJECT: State Water Project Update
RECOMMENDATION
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District Manager will provide an update regarding the State Water Project and recent curtailment actions by the State Water Resources Control Board affecting the North Bay Aqueduct.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff will provide an update regarding the status of water supplies that are contracted for with the Department of Water Resources, including the current status of curtailment actions that occurred in March 2022 affecting the North Bay Aqueduct.
FISCAL IMPACT
Is there a Fiscal Impact?
No
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On the afternoon of Friday, March 25, 2022, District staff were contacted by the State Department of Water Resources (DWR) by e-mail with a request to meet over video for a briefing on the Notice of Water Unavailability Notice (curtailment) ordered by the State Water Resources Control Board. District staff, Solano County Water Agency management and DWR officials agreed to a Monday, March 28, 2022 video informational exchange regarding the SWRCB curtailment action brought upon State Water Project Legal Delta junior water rights. What staff learned during the DWR meeting was as follows: 1) Water Boards curtailment affected Lindsey Slough Appropriative Water Right A017514A held by DWR, which permits Delta diversions from North Bay Aqueduct to member cities in Napa and Solano counties, 2) the curtailment was retroactive to March 2, 2022, 3) while Lake Oroville was filling from snowpack melt runoff building storage there would be no Table A water released for NBA delivery, 4) DWR personnel filed an exception petition with SW...
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