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The Bay DeltaThe Heart of California’s Water System
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Bay Delta Conservation Plan Briefing
October 5, 2013
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Paul HellikerDeputy Director
CA Department of Water Resources
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Areas of California served by water supplies from the Delta.
Over 24 million people depend on the Bay-Delta system for drinking water (two-thirds of the State’s population).
2.5 million acres irrigated at least in part by water from the Delta, supporting California’s $27 billion agricultural industry.
Water Supplies
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DWR, 2010
California Snowpack Predictions
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- 20 ft.
- 5 ft.
- 15 ft.
- 25 ft.
Below Sea Level
-30 -20 -10 -5 ft
Delta Islands Below Sea Level
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Data from DFG GrandTab 2012 Report
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Data from DFG GrandTab 2012 Report
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Source: DFW
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• Subsidence
• Earthquakes
• Climate Change
• Declining Species
• Regulatory Uncertainty
“64% chance of catastrophic failure due to earthquake or storm in the next 50 years.”
Delta Challenges
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Over 100,000 Acres of Restored
and Protected Habitat
Monitoring and Adaptive
Management
50 YearEcosystem-Based Plan
ESA-HCPNCCPA-NCCP
New North Delta Conveyance
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Bay Delta Conservation Plan
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• Large Scale Restoration • Alternative Conveyance
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BDCP Fundamental Components
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Habitat RestorationWater Facilities and
& Operations
Other Stressors
22 Conservation Measures
200 Biological Goals and Objectives for 56 species11 of which are aquatic species
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BDCP Conservation Strategy
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• 65,000 acres of Restored Tidal Habitat
• 10,000 acres of Restored Floodplain
• 20 Levee Miles Restored Channel Margin
• Enhanced Floodplain Habitat in the Yolo Bypass
• Thousands of acres of Restored and Protected Riparian & Terrestrial Habitat
• More than 100,000 acres of Restored and Protected Habitat in the Delta over 50 Years• Up to 30,000 acres of restored habitat
in next 15 years
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Habitat Restoration Goals
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Gravity Flow Benefits Include:• Reduced
energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
• Installation of fewer transmission lines
Preliminary Draft – Subject to Change
• Gravity flow • Three proposed intakes and three
proposed pumping plants for a total of 9,000 cfs capacity
• Three state-of-the-art fish screens held to performance standards to protect passing fish
• Intermediate Forebay for temporarily storing the water pumped from the river
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Current Proposal
Dual Conveyance with Pipeline/Tunnel
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• Two tunnels to carry water 35 miles to the existing pumping plants in the south Delta, where it would be moved into existing aqueducts
• 840-acre forebay at Byron Tract
• Total power requirement-50 MW
• Continued use of South Delta SWP/CVP facilities
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Current Proposal continued
Dual Conveyance with Pipeline/Tunnel
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• Reduce forebay from 750 to 40 acres
• Reduce tunnel shafts from 7 to 5
• Move alignment east –away from towns
• Reduce height of pump buildings from 60 to 30 feet
New Alignment
Preliminary Draft – Subject to Change
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10/1/2013 DRAFT - Not for distribution
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Shasta End of September Storage
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Evaluation
• 3,000 cfs tunnel option is covered in the BDCP EIR/S• Economic calculations of the cost/benefit of the portfolio proposal addressed
in Chapter 9 of the BDCP and accompanying documents• Other water use efficiency and supply alternatives (recycling, desalination)
are being facilitated in IRWM and regulatory programs
Problems
• Does not meet long-term needs/co-equal goals – reliability for all Delta diversions
• Has negative cost/benefit ratio• Does not address reverse flows and south Delta restrictions• Reduces habitat restoration by 60%• Cost estimates for local water supply offsets are significantly low• Funding source for local water supply projects is not identified
Response to NRDC Proposal
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Alternative Description Total Benefits and Costsa, b
AlternativeFacility
Size (cfs)Deliveries
(MAF)Total
Benefitsc Total Costsd
Net Benefits
BDCP Proposed Action High-Outflow 9,000 4.705 $18,011 $13,328 $4,684BDCP Proposed Action Low-Outflow e 9,000 5.591 $18,795 $13,343 $5,452A: W Canal 15,000 cfs 15,000 5.009 $23,820 $10,789 $13,030B: Tunnels 6,000 cfs 6,000 4.487 $14,967 $12,123 $2,844C: Tunnels 15,000 cfs 15,000 5.009 $23,820 $15,381 $8,438D: Tunnels 3,000 cfs 3,000 4.188 $8,918 $10,039 -$1,121E: Isolated 15,000 cfs 15,000 3.399 -$7,531 $15,436 -$22,967F: Through Delta N/A 4.172 $9,301 $4,887 $4,415G: Less Tidal Restoration 9,000 4.705 $18,011 $13,146 $4,865H: More Restoration 9,000 4.705 $18,011 $13,219 $4,792I: More Spring Outflow 9,000 4.338 $13,508 $13,182 $326Notes:
a Construction is assumed to begin in 2015. BDCP operations are assumed to begin in 2025.b All values are in 2012 $ (millions), and are discounted to present value using 3% real discount rate.
c Benefits are calculated out to year 2075. d Costs are calculated out to year 2075.e Benefits for the BDCP Proposed Action Low-Outflow Scenario are calculated relative to the Existing Conveyance Low-Outflow
Scenario, which assumes Scenario 6 operations, no Fall X2, no north Delta diversions.
cfs = cubic feet per second; MAF = million acre-feet
Present Value Benefits and Costs ($ millions)
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Hetch Hetchy Seismic upgrade: $4.5 billion This retrofit includes replacing pipes over SF Bay with a tunnel, a new dam
and upgrade of water treatment facilities.
Source: Mountain Cascade Inc.
Photo: abc News
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Project Cost Population Served
Per capita cost
MWD Diamond Valley Lake / Inland Feeder $3,100,000,000 18,000,000 $172
EBMUD $517,000,000 1,300,000 $398
SDCWA Emergency Storage Project $1,500,000,000 2,800,000 $536
BDCP 14,700,000,000 25,000,000 $588
CCWD Los Vaqueros Project $570,000,000 550,000 $1,036
SWP Coastal Aqueduct and CCWA Project $575,000,000 430,000 $1,337
SFPUC’s Hetch Hetchy Project $4,600,000,000 2,500,000 $1,840
Water Investment Projects
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Water Action Plan
• Brown Administration’s Action Plan for Next Five Years
• Addresses Storage, Conservation/Local Projects, Transfers, Flood Management, Water Quality, Etc.
• Complements Delta Conveyance and Ecosystem Restoration