Water + Treatment Plants Resiliency and Improvements Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022040138
Lead Agency
City of Sacramento
Document Title
Water + Treatment Plants Resiliency and Improvements Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
4/22/2026
Document Description
The project consists of significant improvements at both of the City's drinking water treatment plants: Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP), located north of downtown, and E. A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant (FWTP), located east of Sacramento State University. These improvements replace critical treatment
infrastructure past its useful life, improve resiliency to address environmental and regulatory changes impacting drinking water, and increase the drinking water treatment capacity at the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant in order to ensure sufficient water supply to support projected water use increases through 2050.
The initial phase would improve treatment reliability by replacing facilities at the end of their effective lives. This phase of work would also provide treatment resiliency through the addition of ozone treatment to both the E. A. Fairbairn Water Treatment P1ant (FWTP) and the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP). In parallel with the initial reliability and resiliency improvements at both water treatment plants, the SRWTP raw-water supply and treatment capacity would be increased from 160 million gallons per day (MGD) to 235 MOD. Timing of the components of this phase will depend on available funding and project timing.
Additional phases would be staged to meet the increasing City potable water demand through 2050 for an ultimate capacity of310 MGD at the SRWTP. No expansion of treatment capacity at the FWTP would be implemented due to limitations placed on withdrawal amounts from the American River. Specifically, implementation of the proposed project would involve the following components:
Replacement of aging infrastructure at both FWTP and SRWTP;
Integration of ozone into the treatment process at both FWTP and SRWTP;
Conversion from chlorine gas to sodium hypochlorite as the primary chemical for disinfection of the water at both FWTP and SRWTP;
Construction and operation of a secondary intake in the Sacramento River and pipelines for transferring water to SRWTP;
Expansion of existing treatment processes at SR WTP to accommodate the additional capacity (including the grit basins, flocculation and sedimentation basins, filtration, and finished water storage);
Installation of pipelines between the existing Sacramento River Intake and the replacement intake and SRWTP; and
Improvement of the water transmission and distribution system in the vicinity of SRWTP to address critical hydraulic constrictions.
Contact Information
Name
Scott Johnson
Agency Name
City of Sacramento
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Megan Thomas
Agency Name
City of Sacramento
Job Title
Senior Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Sacramento
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Citywide
Total Acres
80
Other Location Info
The Project area includes existing and proposed facilities at Fairbairn Water
Treatment Plant (FWTP), 7501 College Town Drive and Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP), l Water Street in the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County.
Other Information
Nearby features include the Sacramento River to the west; the American River and
Richards Boulevard to the north, 7th Street to the east, and Railyards Boulevard to the south.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Sacramento
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Sacramento
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/clerk/records-management/records-management
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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