Russ Stein, Acting Deputy Director Delta and Statewide Water Management

1. Bay Delta Conservation Plan Overview “Briefing on a Delta Fix” ACWA Regions 9 & 10 Joint Program October 19, 2012 Russ Stein, Acting Deputy Director Delta and Statewide Water Management California Department of Water Resources

2. Presentation Outline • Brief overview of the State Water Project • Delta overview and history • Current efforts • BDCP update • BDCP EIR/S overview

3. DWR Mission and Operations Goals DWR Mission To manage the water resources of California in cooperation with other agencies, to benefit the State's people, and to protect, restore, and enhance the natural and human environments DWR Operation Goals Collect water when available and deliver when needed Operate and maintain system to achieve maximum safety, reliability, and flexibility Supply good quality water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses and environmental benefit Operate within regulatory and system constraints 3

4. DWR Project Overview Nation’s largest state owned and operated water delivery system Serves 25 million Californians and 755,000 acres of farmland Includes: Storage Facilities, Pumping Plants, Pumping-generating Plants, Hydroelectric Plants, about 700 miles of Canals and Pipelines California’s fourth largest energy producer of hydropower Other benefits include: flood control, recreation, Delta salinity control, environmental benefits, and power grid stability 4

5. Redding San Francisco LosAngeles San Diego The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Sacramento Sacramento River Stockton San Joaquin River San Francisco

6. Delta Challenges • Declining Species • Regulatory Uncertainty • Subsidence • Earthquakes • Sea Level Rise • “64% chance of catastrophic failure due to earthquake or storm in the next 50 years.”

7. Bay Delta Conservation Plan 50 Year Ecosystem-Based Plan 113,000 Acres of Restored and Protected Habitat Monitoring and Adaptive Management New North Delta Conveyance NCCPA-NCCP ESA-HCP

8. Current Efforts HCP/NCCP Application EIR/EIS Consideration of diverse set of alternatives Analysis of impacts of alternatives Selection of Preferred Alternative • Design of Conservation Measures • Detailed Effects Analysis for Proposed Project • Does Project meet requirements for contribution to recovery?

9. BDCP Structure Bay Delta Conservation Plan DHCCP – Delta Habitat Conservation & Conveyance Program HCP & NCCP CM 2 - 22 CM1 – Facility Engineering Programmatic Project Specific EIR & EIS

10. BDCP Conservation Strategy – Major Elements 200 Biological Goals and Objectives for 57 species 11 of which are aquatic species 22 Conservation Measures WATER FACILITIES &OPERATIONS 10 11 HABITAT RESTORATION 1 OTHER STRESSORS

11. Habitat Restoration Goals • More than 100,000 acres of Restored and Protected Habitat in the Delta over 50 Years • Up to 30,000 acres of restored habitat in next 15 years • 65,000 acres of Restored Tidal Habitat • 10,000 acres of Restored Floodplain • 20 Levee Miles of Restored Channel Margin • Enhanced Floodplain Habitat in the Yolo Bypass • Thousands of acres of Restored and Protected Riparian & Terrestrial Habitat

12. Conservation Measure 1: Dual Conveyance 10 Alternatives - Various Alignments and Capacities N The North Delta Diversionwould be the primary diversion point and would be subject to strict water operations rules S The North Delta Diversion would be used in conjunction with the existing South Delta Diversionwhen it is necessary to maintain water quality and safe for fish N S N The South Delta Diversion would be preferentially operated when safe for fish and when theNorth Delta Diversion is restricted S

13. Dual Conveyance with Pipeline/Tunnel • Gravity Flow Benefits Include: • Reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions • Installation of fewer transmission lines Current Proposal • Gravity flow • Three proposed intakes and three proposed pumping plants for a total of 9,000 cfs capacity • Three state-of-the-art fish screens held to performance standards to protect passing fish • Intermediate Forebay for temporarily storing the water pumped from the river Preliminary Draft – Subject to Change

14. Dual Conveyance with Pipeline/Tunnel Current Proposal (continued) • Two tunnels to carry water 35 miles to the existing pumping plants in the south Delta, where it would be moved into existing aqueducts • 840-acre forebay at Byron Tract • Total power requirement-50 MW • Continued use of South Delta SWP/CVP facilities Preliminary Draft – Subject to Change

15. Environmental Review Process Proposed Action: Bay Delta Conservation Plan

16. Results of Initial Screening Analysis

17. Comparison (current proposal)

18. Thank You