Eastside Aquifer Restoration Initiative Project

Eastside Aquifer Restoration Initiative Project

The Eastside Aquifer Restoration Initiative (EARI) Project is a groundwater sustainability project proposed by the Eastside Water District (EWD), in partnership with the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) and East Turlock Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETSGSA), to convey replenishment water to agricultural areas south of the TID Main Canal and enhance in lieu and direct groundwater recharge within the eastern portion of the Turlock Subbasin. The Project would involve construction and operation of a new turnout on the TID Main Canal, a pump station, conveyance pipeline, regulating basin, turnouts along the pipeline and Mustang Creek to deliver replenishment water to agricultural lands, turnouts on Sand Creek and Mustang Creek, and re-channelization of portions of Mustang Creek to continue the conveyance of replenishment water to Mustang Lake, when available. Replenishment water would be used to offset groundwater pumping during the irrigation season and to facilitate direct groundwater recharge during the non irrigation season.

Turlock

Merced, Stanislaus

Citywide, Countywide, Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 10, 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 (Groundwater recharge and water conveyance facilities)(Type Conveyance, MGD 32)

Infrastructure

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire