Menifee and Watson Road II Booster Pump Station and Matthews Transmission Pipeline Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026051110
Lead Agency
Eastern Municipal Water District
(EMWD)
Document Title
Menifee and Watson Road II Booster Pump Station and Matthews Transmission Pipeline Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Vacant and Developed/High Density Residential (HDR) and Business Park (BP)/20.1-24 dwelling units/acre Residential and Business Park. Public roadway ROW for pipelines.
Document Description
The Proposed Project consists of construction of two new booster pump stations (BPSs), “Watson Road II BPS” and “Menifee BPS,” within a new building on a vacant parcel west of the Antelope Road/Watson Road intersection; decommissioning/removal of the existing Romoland BPS; and construction of approximately 1.85 miles of transmission pipeline. Once constructed, the new BPS facility would be fitted with a new 36-inch-diameter pipeline to connect it back to the existing Perris Valley North/South Pressure Zone located near the intersection of Antelope Road and Ethanac Road. The new 36-inch pipeline would serve both BPSs. A new 30-inch-diameter transmission main would be constructed within Watson Road to connect the new Watson Road II BPS to the existing Watson BPS located approximately one-third of a mile east of the Watson Road and Menifee Road intersection. In addition, a new, approximately 300-foot-long, 36-inch steel pipeline would be constructed to connect the new BPSs to the Romoland Feeder via the Romoland Feeder pipeline adjacent to the Antelope Road/Watson Road intersection. The new BPSs would utilize this connection when the old station is demolished/abandoned.
Contact Information
Name
Martha Vilchis
Agency Name
Eastern Municipal Water District
Job Title
Water Resources Specialist Assistant I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Shanna Guiler
Agency Name
LSA
Job Title
Associate/Environmental Planner, AICP
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Menifee
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
Antelope Road, Watson Road, Ethanac Road
Zip
92585
Total Acres
3
Parcel #
329-050-049, 329-050-048, 329-141-005
State Highways
74
Railways
BNSF
Airports
N/A
Schools
Romoland ES, Harvest Valley ES and Heritage HS
Waterways
unnamed drainages, San Jacinto River
Township
5S
Range
3W
Section
10,11,
Base
Perris,
Other Location Info
Section (cont.) 12, 14, 15
Base (cont.) Perris, Romoland, Winchester, and Lakeview, California
Zip Code (cont.): 92585
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (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 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Water Facilities (Booster Pump Station and associated water pipelines; Initial MGD)(Type BPS and Pipeline, MGD 20.6)
Local Actions
Encroachment Permits
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Archeological/Historical, Forest Land/Fire Hazard, Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading, Toxic/Hazardous, Traffic/Circulation, Water Quality, Water Supply/Groundwater
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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