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Napa seeks better tap for Delta water; Local cities teaming up to pursue new water canal

Posted by: Maven on July 10, 2009 at 6:42 am

From the Napa Valley Register:

Napa is teaming up with other cities in Napa and Solano counties to find a new spot in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta where it can draw its water supply.

It will cost $9 million to design a new intake site for the North Bay Aqueduct and perform environmental studies, with Napa’s share at about $1 million, Phil Brun, the city’s deputy director of public works, told the Napa City Council Tuesday.

Napa will also participate in a statewide planning effort to find a more efficient, environmentally superior way to transfer State Water Project supplies through the delta. This mammoth project surfaced several decades ago as the “peripheral canal,” becoming a lightning rod for environmental criticism that killed it. The planning effort is now called the Delta Habitat Conservation and Conservation Plan, with Napa’s share of the preliminary design and environmental impact report amounting to $400,000, Brun said.

Napa had to temporarily suspend draws of delta water through the North Bay Aqueduct for two months earlier this year when odor and taste issues made it unpalatable.

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July 10, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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