USBR Water Management Plan

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USBR Water Management Plan

The entire plan is available for download in Acrobat PDF format(about 1.6 MB) or in smaller sections for faster downloading in the links below:

Introduction (PDF, 29K)
Section 1 - Background (PDF, 321K)
Section 2 - Water Resources Inventory (PDF, 110K)
Section 3 - Agricultural Best Management Practices (PDF, 99K)
Section 4 - Urban Best Management Practices (PDF, 17K)
Section 5 - Plan Implementation (PDF, 11K)
Section 6 - Exemption Process (PDF, 8K)
Section 7 - Regional Criteria (PDF, 18K)
Appendix A thru D (PDF, 242K)
Appendix E (PDF, 1.8Mb)
Appendix F thru G (PDF, 124K)

Section 210 of the RRA requires districts with certain types of Bureau of Reclamation contracts to prepare and submit Water Management Plans with definite goals, appropriate water conservation measures, and timetables. "Guidelines" for preparing these plans were prepared and are updated by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region every 5 years. Districts were asked to submit updated Plans every 5 years to reflect the specifics in the revised Guidelines. Westlands current plan is a 5-year update using the 1996 guidelines.

Section 3405 (e) of the CVPIA requires that the Secretary of the Interior establish criteria to evaluate Plans by April 30, 1993, and that these Criteria be reviewed and revised, if necessary, at least every 3 years.
This law specifies that the Criteria identify best management practices (BMPs) including, but not limited to, eficient water management practices being developed according to California State law or reasonable alternatives. In addition, the Criteria are to grant substantial deference to the recommendations included in A Management Plan for Agricultural Subsurface Drainage and Related Problems on the Westside San Joaquin Valley (September 1990).
Reclamation has been unable to wait for a conclusion to the California Agricultural/Public Interest Group Task Force consensus discussions (instituted by Assembly Bill 3616) before issuing and revising these Criteria but has incorporated the majority of the current AB 3616 language. Westlands has also submitted this plan to the Agricultural Water Management Council to satisfy provisions of theMOU .


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	The entire plan is available for download in Acrobat PDF format(about 1.6 MB) or in smaller sections for faster downloading in the links below: Introduction (PDF, 29K) Section 1 - Background (PDF, 321K) Section 2 - Water Resources Inventory (PDF, 110K) Section 3 - Agricultural Best Management Practices (PDF, 99K) Section 4 - Urban Best Management Practices (PDF, 17K) Section 5 - Plan Implementation (PDF, 11K) Section 6 - Exemption Process (PDF, 8K) Section 7 - Regional Criteria (PDF, 18K) Appendix A thru D (PDF, 242K) Appendix E (PDF, 1.8Mb) Appendix F thru G (PDF, 124K) Section 210 of the RRA requires districts with certain types of Bureau of Reclamation contracts to prepare and submit Water Management Plans with definite goals, appropriate water conservation measures, and timetables. "Guidelines" for preparing these plans were prepared and are updated by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region every 5 years. Districts were asked to submit updated Plans every 5 years to reflect the specifics in the revised Guidelines. Westlands current plan is a 5-year update using the 1996 guidelines. Section 3405 (e) of the CVPIA requires that the Secretary of the Interior establish criteria to evaluate Plans by April 30, 1993, and that these Criteria be reviewed and revised, if necessary, at least every 3 years. This law specifies that the Criteria identify best management practices (BMPs) including, but not limited to, eficient water management practices being developed according to California State law or reasonable alternatives. In addition, the Criteria are to grant substantial deference to the recommendations included in A Management Plan for Agricultural Subsurface Drainage and Related Problems on the Westside San Joaquin Valley (September 1990). Reclamation has been unable to wait for a conclusion to the California Agricultural/Public Interest Group Task Force consensus discussions (instituted by Assembly Bill 3616) before issuing and revising these Criteria but has incorporated the majority of the current AB 3616 language. Westlands has also submitted this plan to the Agricultural Water Management Council to satisfy provisions of theMOU .