bay delta conservation plan september 2009
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BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN SEPTEMBER 2009. Getting Oriented – The Delta. SACRAMENTO. SUISUN BAY. STOCKTON. STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS. BDCP – Overview. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLANSEPTEMBER 2009
SUISUN BAY
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STOCKTON
STATE & FEDERAL PUMPING PLANTS
Getting Oriented – The Delta
BDCP – Overview
• Science-based, long-term conservation plan promoting recovery of fish species and Delta habitat while restoring reliable water supplies
• Follows nationally recognized habitat conservation planning process – Several hundred similar plans developed across country
• Being developed in an open and public process
• Implemented throughout next 50 years
• One of the most ambitious and far-reaching ecosystem restoration efforts ever undertaken
BDCP – Objectives
• Comprehensive ecosystem approach provides best opportunities to recover fisheries and assure water supplies
• Separate water delivery system from Delta freshwater flows; new conveyance facility would bypass Delta
• Restore thousands of acres of habitat
• Restore river flows to more natural patterns
• Address the many other stressors impacting fish populations – invasive species, pesticides, ammonia discharges, etc.
BDCP - Steering Committee • California Bay-Delta Authority• California Natural Resources Agency• California Department of Water Resources• California Department of Fish & Game• State Water Resources Control Board• US Bureau of Reclamation• US Army Corps of Engineers• US Fish & Wildlife Service• National Marine Fisheries Service• California Farm Bureau Federation• Mirant Delta• Contra Costa Water District
• Kern County Water Agency• Metropolitan Water District of So Cal• North Delta Water Agency• San Luis & Delta Mendota Water
Authority• Santa Clara Valley Water District• Westlands Water District• Zone 7 Water Agency• American Rivers• Defenders of Wildlife• Environmental Defense• Natural Heritage Institute• The Bay Institute• The Nature Conservancy
BDCP – 3 Key Components • Restore Habitat
• Address Other Stressors
• Construct New Water Conveyance System
BDCP - Habitat Restoration
BDCP goes beyond bare-bones compliance with individual endangered species laws: it aids the recovery of numerous species at once. Comprehensive habitat restoration effort will include:
•Restoring up to 80,000 acres of tidal marsh, seasonally inundated floodplain and riparian habitat distributed throughout the Delta
•Enhancing 11,500 – 21,000 acres of existing seasonal floodplain habitat in the Yolo Bypass
•Enhancing up to 20 miles of Delta channels to create a more natural riverbank with overhanging shade, instream woody debris and shallow benches
BDCP – Habitat Restoration
Fish grow bigger and faster in restored habitat areas than in the river itself.
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DUAL CONVEYANCE – East Alignment
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DUAL CONVEYANCE – Central Tunnel Alignment
BDCP – Financing• Several financing options being explored – beneficiaries to
share costs
• Public water agencies committed to paying for new conveyance facilities
• Habitat restoration funded by the public
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