[OldNorth] Fwd: Public Meeting on the Davis-Woodland water supply project

[sheryl lynn gerety]

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. 
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> 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
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> 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. 
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> The project includes:
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> *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.
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> 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.
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> A few of the key findings in the DEIR are:
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> *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.
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> Please send out to your lists.
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