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Water Dialogue Meeting February 22, 2006 All-American Canal Lining Project Dan Hentschke General Counsel San Diego County Water Authority. All-American Canal. 82-mile long canal located in the southeast corner of California
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Water Dialogue Meeting February 22, 2006 All-American Canal Lining Project Dan Hentschke General Counsel San Diego County Water Authority
All-American Canal • 82-mile long canal located in the southeast corner of California • Conveys water from Colorado River to Imperial and Coachella Valleys • Operated and maintained by the Imperial Irrigation District under contract with Bureau of Reclamation
Canal Lining • 23 miles of parallel, concrete-lined canal will be constructed next to existing canal • Capture water lost to seepage with earthen canal • Water will be conveyed through exiting Colorado River aqueduct system to San Diego
Public Law 100-675 • Adopted 1988 • Congress authorized the Secretary “in order to reduce seepage” to “construct a new lined canal or to line the previously unlined portions of the All American Canal from the vicinity of Pilot Knob to Drop 4” • Conservedwater to be consumptively used in California
Environmental Review • JULY 29, 1994 FEIS/EIR – ROD • Five alternatives including linings, parallel canal, well field and no action • Parallel Canal Alternative Selected • Funding by Metropolitan • 1998 State Law (Wat. C. § 12562) $200 million • 1999 Reexamination • 2001 Determination for Funding Agreements • Jan. 12, 2006 USBOR Supplemental Information Report
Public Law 106-377 • H.R. 4733 (Packard Amendment) • October 2000 • Notwithstanding any other provision of law • 16,000 acre-feet permanently and annually to the SLR Settlement Parties • Sufficient power from Parker-Davis Project to convey water to Lake Matthews
Quantification Settlement Agreement • Signed October 2003 • Provides diversification of San Diego supply portfolio: • Total of 277,700 AF in 2021 • IID Transfer - up to 200,000 AF/yr for 75 years • Coachella Canal Lining – 26,000 AF/yr – (4,500 to SLR) • All-American Canal Lining – 67,700 AF/yr – (11,500 to SLR)
Related Agreements • Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement • US, IID, CVWD, MWD, and SDCWA • Allocation Agreement • US, MWD, CVWD, IID, SDCWA, and SLR Settlement Parties • MWD assigns canal lining water to SDCWA
Current Timeline • USBOR Supplemental Information Report – 1/12/06 • Construction and finance agreements approved - SDCWA, IID and USBOR – 1/06 • Construction Contract Award -- May - June • Notice to Proceed -- June 2006 • Completion deadline Dec. 31, 2008
Effect on QSA? • YES! Domino Effect • Significant delay can terminate QSA • “TRANSFER STOPPAGE” • On termination of QSA, related agreements unravel • QSA Conservation Benchmarks • Suspension of Interim Surplus Guidelines • Loss of Inadvertent Overrun/Payback Policy
Water Conserved from Lining the All-American Canal 67,700 Acre-Feet per Year – 97 cfs diverted at Parker (>2% avg. mo. flow) – 10 – 12 % reduction in “recharge”
Construct Lining Existing AAC New AAC
Proposed Lined Section13/4H or 2H:1V side slope Existing Unlined Section2H:1V side slope 136-164’ Spoils 130’ +/- 50’ All-American Canal typical sections 24’ O&M Road
Litigation • Original complaint 8 counts • 1-4 water law counts • 5-8 environmental law counts • Feb. 8, 2006 Judge Roy dismisses all but Count 5 (NEPA/APA Count) • Amended Complaint? • Status Conference March 3, 2006