From winterety at sbcglobal.net Sun Apr 29 14:32:14 2007 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:32:14 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] Fwd: Public Meeting on the Davis-Woodland water supply project Message-ID: <81212fb510233d3cd109deeec7fbad30@sbcglobal.net> FYI: Old North?Davis neighbors: > In case you have not heard, the draft environmental impact report for > the Davis-Woodland water supply project is available.? The comment > period started April 9 and ends May 29, 2007.? This is a critial issue > in Davis.? Growth is putting a strain on our groundwater supplies,? > many intermediate wells no longer provide enough or good water, our > deep wells are unpredictable.? Davis (along with?UC Davis) and > Woodland are looking at bringing in Sacramento River water to provide > sufficient water resources to support continued sprawl.? > ? > Please get a copy of the DEIR and comment.? (Review the DEIR online at > www.daviswoodlandwatersupply.com.? The DEIR is also available at: > *City of Davis Public Works Department, 1717 Fifth Street, Davis > *City of Davis Community Development Department, 23 Russell Blvd. Davis > *Yolo County Public Library, Davis branch, 315 E. 14th Street, Davis > *U.C. Shields Library, 100 NW Quad, UC campus, Davis > *Yolo County Public Library, Woodland branch, 226 Buckeye St., Woodland > *City of Woodland Public Works Office, 300 First St. Woodland > *City of Woodland Community Development Office, 300 First St. Woodland > *Water Resources Association of Yolo County, 34274 State Highway 16, > Woodland > ? > Please plan to attend a public?meeting on the issue.? There will be a > meeting in Woodland on May 2 at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 300 > First Street.? The meeting in Davis is May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the > Community Chambers, 23 Russell Blvd.? > ? > The project includes: > ? > *a diversion/intake facility to divert water from the Sacramento River. > *a conveyance pipeline connecting the intake with a water treatment > plant. > *transmission pipelines conntecting the WTP with the project partners' > service areas. > ? > The potential cost of this project currently is $150 million, and this > does not include the cost of the water purchases.? The projected > increase in our water bills with this project is at least a tripling. > ? > A few of the key findings in the DEIR are: > ? > *diversion of up to 46.1 thousand acre feet of water per year from the > river for water use. > *No significant impact on fish, aquatic resources, and habitats, > hydrology, or water quality in the Sacramento River or downstream > Delta (!?)? > *short-term construction impacts such as dust and noise.? (No mention > of the impacts of building the pipeline across those miles of > habitat?) > *summer water purchases will not result in significant environmental > impacts. > ? > Please send out to your lists. > ? > Pam > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4095 bytes Desc: not available URL: