Transfer of Santa Clara Valley Water District’s 2025 State Water Project Table A Water to Dudley Ridge Water District and/or Kern County Water Agency
Summary
SCH Number
2025080287
Public Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Transfer of Santa Clara Valley Water District’s 2025 State Water Project Table A Water to Dudley Ridge Water District and/or Kern County Water Agency
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/7/2025
Document Description
SWP Agreement #25027 provides for a non-permanent transfer of up to 20,000 acre-feet of Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (Santa Clara’s) approved 2025 SWP Table A water to KCWA and/or Dudley Ridge for the benefit and use of Dudley Ridge, KCWA member units Lost Hills Water District (Lost Hills) and Berrenda Mesa Water District (Berrenda Mesa), and Westside Mutual Water Company, a mutual water company with members who are landowners within Berrenda Mesa, Lost Hills, and Dudley Ridge. The transfer of water shall be completed by December 31, 2025.
Contact Information
Name
Patrick Luzuriaga
Agency Name
CA Dept of Water Resources
Job Title
Section Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Gavin Downs
Agency Name
Valley Water
Job Title
Senior Water Resources Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Kern, Kings
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
From the Delta to Kern County Water Agency’s (KCWA) turnout(s) at Reaches 9A through 13B of the California Aqueduct and Reach 31A of the California Aqueduct’s Coastal Branch and/or Dudley Ridge Water District’s (Dudley Ridge) turnout(s) at Reach 8D of the California Aqueduct of the State Water Project (SWP).
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
a. SWP long-term water supply contracts include provisions for delivery within SWP place of use, including transfers between SWP contractors.
b. No construction is required to implement the proposed delivery.
c. The facilities are existing facilities that have not been expanded or modified to implement the proposed delivery.
d. There will be no change in land use.
County Clerks
Kern, Kings
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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