Water Purchase Agreement With Woodbridge Irrigation District
Summary
SCH Number
2025070656
Public Agency
North San Joaquin Water Conservation District
Document Title
Water Purchase Agreement With Woodbridge Irrigation District
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/16/2025
Document Description
On June 30, 2025, the Board of Directors for
NSJWCD approved a Water Purchase
Agreement ("Agreement") with WID. WID and
NSJWCD are both Groundwater Sustainability
Agencies with adjacent service areas and shared
landowners and growers, and an interest in
achieving groundwater sustainability.
NSJWCD is unlikely to receive an allocation of
water under its water right for 2025, whereas
WID expects to receive its full 60,000 acre-feet
allocation for 2025 and have some water
available to transfer as a result of fallowing and
other interim conservation measures in WID.
NSJWCD will purchase up to 3,000 af of WID
water for use in NSJWCD during 2025. The
water will be diverted by NSJWCD from
existing diversion facilities and used for
irrigation or recharge activities in NSJWCD on
existing irrigated lands or in existing recharge
facilities.
Operations and diversion and use of WID Water
pursuant to this temporary Agreement will be
consistent with NSJWCD's historic, ongoing,
and periodic diversions using its existing
infrastructure ("Baseline Conditions"). Total
diversions of WID water from the Mokelumne
River will also
Contact Information
Name
Shasta Burns
Agency Name
North San Joaquin Water Conservation District
Job Title
Board Clerk
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Lodi
Counties
San Joaquin
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
See attached map
Zip
95240
Waterways
Mokelumne River
Other Location Info
Project location- County; San Joaquin County and City of Lodi
Other Information
Attached map to the Notice of Exemption shows diversion facilities
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, 14 Cal. Code Regs 15301 (Existing Facilites)
Reasons for Exemption
Not a project- 14 Cal Code Regs., 15378
Categorical exemption- Class 1, 14 Cal. Code Regs 15301 (Existing Facilites)
Other- Explanation- 14 Cal. Code 15061 (b)(3) (common sense explanation)
The project is exempt from environmental review under CEQA, Public Resources Code section 21000et seq., and Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, sections 15000 et seq.,("State CEQA Guidelines")
County Clerk
San Joaquin
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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