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California Water Commission

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM

Water Advisory Committee of Orange County January 4, 2019

Joe Yun, Executive Officer

• Provides a public forum

for discussing water issues.

• Advises the Department of

Water Resources.

• Takes appropriate statutory

actions to further the development of policies.

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California Water Commission consists of nine members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate

Regional water reliability: $810 million Safe drinking water: $520 million Water recycling: $725 million Groundwater sustainability: $900 million Watershed and ecosystem protection, restoration: $1.495 billion Flood management: $395 million

Water Storage Investment Program: $2.7 billion

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Proposition One: The Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act

• f 2014

The California Water Commission will allocate $2.7 billion through the Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP), which will fund projects based on the expected return provided by their public benefits.

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WSIP: Water Storage Investment program

Proposition 1 defines public benefits as:

• Ecosystem improvements
• Water quality improvements
• Emergency response
• Recreational purposes
• Flood control benefits

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2016

• Commission drafts WSIP regulations
• Public comment and review
• Regulations adopted

2017

• Application period opens
• 12 applicants seek a total of $5.8 billion in WSIP funding

Review teams consisted of subject matter experts from the:

• Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Department of Water Resources
• State Water Resources Control Board
• California Water Commission

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In May 2018, the Commission determined each project’s Public Benefit Ratio.

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Public Benefit Ratio: The value of the public benefits divided by the applicant’s funding request.

Relative Environmental Value + Resiliency + Implementation Risk + Public Benefit Ratio =

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Total Return on Public Investment Score

• Chino Basin Conjunctive Use Program
• Kern Fan Groundwater Storage Project
• South County Agriculture Program
• Willow Springs Water Bank
• Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion
• Pacheco Reservoir Expansion
• Sites Reservoir
• Temperance Flat Reservoir

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4.3 million acre-feet

• f new water

storage capacity

WSIP Initial Breakdown

Project MCED Early Funding

Chino Basin Conjunctive Use Program $206,900,000 Kern Fan Groundwater Storage Project $67,537,315 Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project $459,000,000 $13,650,309 Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project $484,550,000 $24,200,000 Sites Project $816,377,686 $40,818,884 South County Agriculture Program $280,500,000 Temperance Flat Reservoir Project $171,330,000 Willow Springs Water Bank Conjunctive Use $95,405,999

Total MCED $2,581,601,000

Statewide Bond Costs (Treasurer’s Office) $54,000,000 Program Delivery (State Operations) $64,399,000

Total Proposition 1, Chapter 8 $2,700,000,000

• Inland Empire Utilities Agency
• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Water Quality Improvements
• Emergency Response
• 15,000 AF/year in Chino Basin

Water Bank

• Total Project Cost: $480 million
• WSIP MCED: $206.9 million

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Chino Basin

Conjunctive Use Program

• Increased Emigration
• f Juvenile Chinook

Salmon

• Stray Rate Reduction
• Protection of

Groundwater

• 50,000 acre-feet/year
• f Stored Water

Proposed Public Benefits

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Ecosystem Water Quality Emergency Response

• Irvine Ranch Water District/ Rosedale-

Rio Bravo Water Storage District

• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Emergency Response
• Store up to 100,000 AF of

Article 21 water

• Total Project Cost: $171 million
• WSIP MCED: $67.5 million

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Kern Fan Groundwater

Storage Project

• Spring and Winter Run

Chinook Salmon Survival

• Incidental Wetland Habitat
• Drought Emergency Water Supply
• Stored Water for Delta Failure

Emergency Response

Proposed Public Benefits

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Ecosystem Emergency Response

• Contra Costa Water District
• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Emergency Response
• Recreation
• Increase storage from 160,000 AF

to 275,000 AF

• Total Project Cost: $795 million
• WSIP MCED: $459 million

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Los Vaqueros

Reservoir Expansion

• Refuge Water Supplies
• Reduced Salmonid

Entrainment

• Increased

Visitor Days

• Delta Outage and Drought

Emergency Water Supply

Proposed Public Benefits

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Ecosystem Recreation Emergency Response

• Santa Clara Valley Water District
• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Emergency Response
• Increase storage from 6,000 AF

to 141,600 AF

• Total Project Cost: $969 million
• WSIP MCED: $484.55 million

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Pacheco Reservoir

Expansion Project

Ecosystem Emergency Response

• Steelhead Habitat
• Refuge Water Supply
• Storage for Emergency Response

Proposed Public Benefits

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Sites Project

• Sites Project Authority
• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Water Quality Improvements
• Flood Control
• Recreation
• 1.8 million AF storage capacity
• Total Project Cost: $5.176 billion
• WSIP MCED: $816.37 million

• Anadromous Fish
• Refuge Water Supply
• Yolo Bypass Flows
• Oroville Cold Water Pool
• Increased

Visitor Days

• 9,570 Acres of

Reduced Flood Risk

Proposed Public Benefits

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Ecosystem Recreation Flood Control

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South County

Ag Program

• Sacramento Regional County

Sanitation District

• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Water Quality Improvements
• Total Project Cost: $373 million
• WSIP MCED: $280.5 million

• Increased Flows for Fall-Run Chinook Salmon
• Wetland and Riparian Habitat Enhancement
• Greater Sandhill Crane Habitat Improvement
• Vernal Pool Habitat Improvement
• Reduced Salinity Load

to Surface Water

Proposed Public Benefits

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Ecosystem Water Quality

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Temperance Flat

Reservoir Project

• San Joaquin Valley Water

Infrastructure Authority

• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Flood Control
• Emergency Response
• Total Project Cost: $2.66 billion
• WSIP MCED: $171.3 million

• Refuge Water Supply
• Reduction in

Flood Damages Downstream of Friant Dam

• Increase in Water

Supply at Friant Dam

Proposed Public Benefits

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Ecosystem Flood Control Emergency Response

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Willow Spring

Water Bank

• Southern California

Water Bank Authority

• Public Benefits:
• Ecosystem Improvements
• Emergency Response
• Total Project Cost: $343 million
• WSIP MCED: $95.4 million

Ecosystem Emergency Response

• Increased Emigration of

Juvenile Chinook Salmon

• Stored Water for

Drought Emergency

Proposed Public Benefits

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Applicants must now obtain:

• Required permits
• Environmental documents
• Feasibility studies
• Public benefit contracts
• Funding commitments

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Proposition One Statutory Requirements

• Completed feasibility

documents

• Draft of environmental

documents for public review

• Commitments for at

least 75 percent of non-WSIP funding

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January 1, 2022 Statutory Progress Deadline

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The Sites Project projected timeline

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For more information, visit: cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage