SCH Number 2025040994

Project Info

Title

Infiltration Gallery Demonstration Project

Description

The Infiltration Gallery Demonstration Project (Proposed Project) would evaluate the biological and engineering performance of an alternative method to diverting water in an estuarine system such as the Delta that is less harmful to fishery resources. Water diverted through the infiltration gallery will flow by gravity into a vault (a tank or sump). That is, there will be no suction on the perforated pipes. Hydraulic theory indicate that in this kind of system, flow into and through the pipes, will be controlled by the hydraulic head over the pipes so that if the pipes are at a uniform elevation, flow into the pipes will be uniformly distributed. Water will be pumped from the collection facility through a pipe and discharged re-routed into either a nearby wetland or directly back into Italian Slough directly or through the adjacent wetland. No water consumption would occur as a result of the Proposed Project. At completion of the pilot testing, all equipment and infrastructure will be removed from the Project Site and the site revegetated and returned to agricultural grazing land.

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