SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released an Environmental Assessment for the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel Nutrient Enrichment Project. The project’s purpose is to determine if the addition of nitrogen can stimulate plankton (fish food organisms) production in a section of the ship channel, which is isolated from the Delta in terms of water flow.
The project is an initial step in a broader effort to determine if, through the repair of the West Sacramento lock system, flows from the Sacramento River could be used to move fish food organisms through the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel to the Delta in order to benefit delta smelt and the Bay-Delta System. Project activities are anticipated to occur in late June.
The EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=33481.
Please email comments to ldavis@usbr.gov by close of business Wednesday, June 27, 2018. You can also mail comments to Luke Davis, Bureau of Reclamation, Bay-Delta Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140, Sacramento, CA 95814.
For additional information or to request a copy of the EA, please contact Luke Davis at 916-414-2429 or email ldavis@usbr.gov.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
