Final Environmental Assessment: Contra Costa Water District Transfer with Alameda County Water District. EA-14-028

摘要

Alameda County Water District (ACWD) is a State Water Project (SWP) contractor located in southern Alameda County. Normally, ACWD receives about 40% of its water supply from the SWP via the South Bay Aqueduct. Due to extraordinarily dry hydrologic conditions, ACWD's SWP initial 2014 allocation was set to zero, later raised to 5% in April. In addition, due to the lack of rainfall, ACWD's local groundwater levels are at critically low levels, and the groundwater basin is at risk of overdraft and seawater intrusion.