FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for one-year exchange agreements with the Mendota Pool Group.
Under the proposed one-year exchange agreements, groundwater pumped annually into Mendota Pool, minus losses, would be used by Reclamation to offset existing water contract obligations at the Mendota Pool. Reclamation would then reduce Central Valley Project deliveries to the Mendota Pool by the quantity exchanged and make an equivalent amount of up to 25,000 acre-feet per year of CVP water available to the Mendota Pool Group and Peracchi lands in Westlands Water District for irrigation purposes via the San Luis Canal.
The Final EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=21181.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EA/FONSI, please contact Jennifer Lewis at 559-487-5049 (TTY 800-877-8339).
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
