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Overview
The Southern California
Integrated Watershed Program (SCIWP) was developed by SAWPA as a series of
projects that would be required to achieve SAWPA's goal of making the
watershed drought-proof (by requiring no imported water during drought
years). The intent is to complete this program within 10 years,
providing that sufficient funding was acquired to make this possible.
Proposition 50
Proposition 50,
the Water Quality,
Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and
Protection Bond Initiative Statute
was passed by California voters on November 5, 2002. This $3.44 billion
initiative includes the following funding categories:
| 1.
WATER QUALITY |
$955 million |
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A. Water Security
|
$50
million |
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B. Safe Drinking
Water |
$435
million |
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C. Clean Water and
Water Quality |
$370
million |
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D. Contaminant and
Salt Removal Technologies |
$100
million |
| 2.
CALFED BAY-DELTA PROGRAM |
$825
million |
| 3.
REGIONAL PROJECTS: |
$710 million |
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A. Integrated
Regional Water Management
Water supply reliability, storm
water capture
Wetland restoration, pollution reduction
Groundwater recharge, salt removal and reclamation
Water banking and exchange
Integrated flood management
Fish and wildlife enhancement
|
$640
million |
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B. Colorado River |
$70
million |
| 4.
COASTAL PROTECTION |
$950
million |
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TOTAL |
$3.44
billion |
In 2002, SAWPA completed
its
Integrated Watershed Plan (IWP)
as the primary watershed
planning tool for furthering the goals of the SCIWP. As part of the plan
development, SAWPA conducted outreach to a broad coalition of stakeholders
in the watershed to support funding for water projects through Proposition
50. In January 2003, SAWPA sent out a call for project information to
approximately 500 stakeholders in the watershed. Click
here for a PDF of the document.
Over 50 agencies submitted
approximately 180 projects to SAWPA for potential funding. The amount of
requested funding totaled over $713,000,000. Based on Prop 50 funding limits
for the IRWMP Implementation program, each region was limited to $25 million
grant. Through an extensive two step grant application process administered
by the SWRCB and DWR in 2005-07 in which the new projects were included in
IWP, SAWPA was successful in applying for and acquiring $25,000,000 for the
implementation of water priority projects in the region.
SAWPA went through an extensive and comprehensive process to prioritize
projects to recommend for funding. Projects were weighted according to
the amount of water produced and other beneficial impacts to the watershed.
Seven priority projects
were selected to help meet the water resource needs of the region. These
projects are summarized below.
|
Project Name |
Constructing Agency |
Description |
Water generated (AF/Y) |
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Yucaipa Valley Regional
Water Supply Renewal Project |
Yucaipa Valley Water
District |
Desalting Treatment Facility
and Brineline |
5,600 |
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Central Feeder, Phase 1
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San Bernardino Valley
Municipal Water District |
Regional Integrated
Distribution System |
28,000 |
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Recycled Water Program;
Water Pumping, Storage and Conveyance Facilities |
Inland Empire Utilities
Agency |
Regional Recycled Water
Distribution |
16,700 |
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Hemet/San Jacinto RWRF
Tertiary Expansion |
Eastern Municipal Water
District |
Regional Recycled Water
Distribution |
15,687 |
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Burris Recharge Pit
Recontouring |
Orange County Water District |
Develop Recharge Facilities
and Habitat |
9,000 |
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Arundo Removal and Habitat
Restoration |
Santa Ana Watershed
Association |
Invasive Species Habitat Mgt
and Water Conservation |
7,500 |
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Riverside Corona Feeder
Phase 2 |
Western Municipal Water
District |
Regional Water Distribution
System (Recharge ) |
40,000 |
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TOTAL |
122,487 |
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