Aquaterra Water Bank

Aquaterra Water Bank

The Proposed Project would include construction and operation of a water bank on approximately 4,600 acres located within an agricultural region of the mid-northern portion of Fresno County, California. As part of the Proposed Project, MAGSA would create approximately 63.5 miles of conveyance canals, install 19 pump stations, 88 recovery wells, and 3,480 acres of recharge basins. Water from San Luis Reservoir or O’Neill Forebay would be delivered by bank subscribers from the Mendota Pool, distributed into recharge basins, and stored at the project site as groundwater until it was recovered by Bank depositors when needed and conveyed to the Mendota Pool. Once completed, the Bank would have the capacity to store up to 800,000 acre-feet (AF) of water, with annual recharge of up to 208,000 AF. Up to 148,000 AF could be recovered in any given year. At least 10 percent of the banked water would be left behind to replenish the aquifer.

Raisin City

Fresno

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Water Facilities (Water Bank)(Type Water Bank, MGD 449)

Water Bank

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