TO: Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
FROM: Richard Thomasser - District Manager
REPORT BY: Christopher Silke - Engineering Manager - Water Resources
SUBJECT: Reservoir Capacity Discussion
RECOMMENDATION
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District Manager requests a discussion at the request of the Flood District Board with Napa area reservoir managers regarding reservoir capacity. Discussion will be centered on local and statewide planned projects that augment and/or restore existing source water volume to mitigate multi-year drought cycles.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Record rainfall and snowpack across the State of California has spurred interest and discussion how to be more efficient storing excess runoff in local reservoirs for future use during critically dry years.
FISCAL IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
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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
Napa Valley water managers have retained hydrologists, environmental scientists and engineers to study future water demands, analyze local water resource yields and imported supplies and identify reservoir storage expansion opportunities. Reports such as Urban Water Management Plans, Water Shortage Contingency Plans, Napa Valley Drought Contingency Plan and system specific Master Plans publish content related to reservoir capacity. The panel assembled for today’s Flood District Board meeting will speak to specific storage capacity actions and project participation underway by water suppliers.