The Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) have released for comment a draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (DEIR/EIS) relating to long-term water transfers from willing sellers upstream of the Delta, to water users south of the Delta and in the San Francisco Bay Area during times of Central Valley Project (CVP) shortages to meet existing demands.
The DEIR/EIS includes a list of potential buyers and potential sellers of water. Water would be made available for transfer through groundwater substitution, cropland idling, crop shifting, reservoir release, and conservation. The DEIR/EIS evaluates potential impacts of water transfers over a ten year period, 2015-2024.
Comments on the DEIR/EIS are due on December 1, 2014. The DEIR/EIS and related information can be accessed here.