iid quechan tribe_salton sea update-5.4.16
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Salton Sea Backbone Infrastructure Project information & update
presentation to Quechan Indian Tribe
Graeme R. DonaldsonProgram Manager Salton Sea
InitiativeMay 4, 2016
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Salton Sea Activities Overview • Legislative/state agencies status and update• Restoration proposals
SSWIFT plan (development funded by SSA, but not adopted)
Salton Sea Restoration & Renewable Energy Initiative (IID/IC)
• Near-term projects Red Hill Bay Project (RHB) Species Conservation Habitat (SCH) Salton Seawater Marine Habitat Pilot Project (MHP) IID Backbone Infrastructure Project development
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Salton Sea activities June, 2002 – Salton Sea legislation giving state responsibility for restoration under the QSA. November 18, 2014 – IID submits a Petition to the State Water Resources Control Board requesting it
exercise its continuing authority over the water transfers to ensure the state of California live up to its Salton Sea restoration obligation in order to avoid devastating air quality and habitat impacts.
March 18, 2015 – SWRCB holds Salton Sea workshop. May 2015 – Governor establishes Salton Sea Task Force that includes CNRA, CDWR, CDFW, CEC,
CARB, EPA and SWRCB. September 2015 – Governor appoints Bruce Wilcox assistant secretary for Salton Sea policy. October 9, 2015 – AB1095 (Garcia) signed into law by Governor Brown.
The Salton Sea Restoration Act requires the Secretary of the CNRA in consultation and coordination with Salton Sea Authority (SSA), to lead Salton Sea Restoration efforts.
The Act will require on or before March 31, 2016 the CNRA to submit to legislature a list of “shovel ready” Salton Sea restoration projects.
January 4, 2016 – IID Board of Directors approve on a 5-0 vote the initiation of Backbone infrastructure project, phase #1.
January 5, 2016 – State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) held public workshop to receive updates from (CNRA/CRRWQCB/CARB/CEC) & public comment re: Task Force actions.
March 31, 2016 – AB1095 deadline for CNRA to submit to legislature a list of “shovel ready” Salton Sea restoration projects. Most important will be the backbone infrastructure implementation.
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Salton Sea Task Force Agency Actions• Begin immediate implementation and further development
of Salton Sea management plan• Improve public outreach and local partnership• Accelerate project implementation and delivery • Meet a short-term (2016-2017) goal of 9,000-12,000 acres of
habitat creation and dust suppression projects at the sea • Set medium-term (2018-2023) goal of 18,000-25,000 acres
of habitat creation and dust suppression projects at the sea Ensure Oversight by Regulatory Agencies
• Consider opportunities for increasing renewable energy development at and around the Salton Sea.
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SSWIFT Lake Concept (SSA)
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SSRREI proposal (IID/IC)
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IID Grant Projects
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Aerial View of Red Hill Bay Restoration Site
The US Fish and Wildlife Service, in partnership with the Imperial Irrigation District, intends to restore the habitat values of the Red Hill Bay with blended water from the Salton Sea and nearby drain water from the Alamo River. Red Hill Bay is located on the southeast shore of the Salton Sea and is part of the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge.
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Species Conservation Habitat phase #1 (640-acres)
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Ariel photograph of Species Conservation Habitat
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Species Conservation Habitat Future phase up to 3,100-acres
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Salton Sea Backbone InfrastructureWhat is it?
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Background & Goals• State has been slow to initiate Salton Sea restoration projects.• Develop the infrastructure required to collect, store, manage
and release IID drainage water to accommodate future uses leading to and onto the Salton Sea playa including: Uses by IID consistent with its core water delivery and drainage
functions. Uses by the State of California to fulfill its obligations related to or
consistent with the restoration of the Salton Sea. Uses by other public and private entities related to and consistent
with the restoration of the Salton Sea.
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Project Objectives• Enable and ensure continued functionality of IID’s drains, including
existing and anticipated operations and maintenance of the system.• Reconfigure the existing IID drainage system to the extent required to
incorporate the backbone infrastructure facilities and functions.• Incorporate flexibility and durability into the reconfigured IID drainage
system to accommodate anticipated fluctuations in drainage flows and incremental development of restoration and other uses over time.
• Provide water of sufficient quality to protect existing infrastructure and support identified uses, including specific habitats.
• Design infrastructure to minimize effects on species of fish and wildlife dependent on the Salton Sea and promote habitat where possible.
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Salton Sea Backbone Infrastructure Project
Define (goals, objectives, purpose and needs) Design (up to approximately 15% to 20%) Engineer (up to approximately 15% to 20%) Permitting strategy to be defined and worked out jointly
with both State and Federal agencies.
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Intended Scope (phase #1 Jan-Jun 2016)
• Develop Backbone Infrastructure a) definition, b) purpose, c) limitations, d) uses
• Develop goals, objectives and metrics• Develop conceptual designs and operations and linkages
to other projects. Feasibility analysis to complete• Develop compliance plans • Develop NEPA/CEQA and 404 alternatives jointly with the
State and Feds.
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Water Management
• Allows for all current and required uses• Manages IID water and land efficiently
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SALI
NITY
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CES Tilapia survival
Emergent vegetation
Mosquito control Mosquitoes Survive
SUPPRESS MOST VEGETATION
Selenium Loading
OPTIMAL SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION
SCH OPERATIONS Salinity in Ponds
0 ppt 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Cardno/ENTRIX 2011
LESS RISKMORE RISK
MOSQUITO SUPPRESSION
Salinity Constraints and Thresholds California Department of Water Resources
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The Source of the Problem
Reduced Sea inflows due to Water Transfers
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The Related Problem Salinity rises until the Salton Sea is a Dead Sea
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LandOwners of Playa
to beExposed
Orange: IIDGreen: Federal (USBR)These lands will be exposed when the Sea recedes to its lowest forecast level or No Action scenario
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Questions?Please contact Graeme Donaldson Cell # 760 457 6565,
or e-mail [email protected]