STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
ABRIDGED NOTICE OF WATER RIGHT APPLICATION A025517X01
Notice is hereby given that the Sites Project Authority (Authority) has filed with the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board or Board), Division of Water Rights (Division) an application to appropriate water by permit (A025517X01). The application was filed in conjunction with a petition requesting partial assignment of state-filed application A025517 (priority date of September 30, 1977) to application A025517X01; and petitions requesting release from priority of state-filed applications A025513, A022514, A022235, A023780, A023781, and any unassigned portion of state-filed application A025517 in favor of application A025517X01 of Sites Project Authority.
Summary of Water Right Application A025517X01
Name and Address of Applicant: Sites Project Authority – P.O. Box 517, Maxwell, CA 95955
Date of Filing: The Authority filed Application A025517X01 on May 11, 2022. The Authority filed amended application material on January 6, 2023, in response to a request from the State Water Board for information necessary to address incomplete aspects of the initial application filing, and application errata on May 4, 2023, to correct or otherwise clarify information contained in the initial and amended application filings.
Sources of Water Supply: The sources of water applied for are the Sacramento River, Funks Creek, and Stone Corral Creek. Funks Creek is tributary to Stone Corral Creek, which is tributary to the Sacramento River.
Amount: The maximum amount of water requested for diversion is 1,500,000 acre-feet per year, to be diverted from the Sacramento River at a rate not to exceed 4,200 cubic feet per second and from Funks Creek and Stone Corral Creek at rates equivalent to the rate of inflow at the points of diversion specified below.
Season of Diversion: The season of diversion applied for is from September 1 of each year to June 14 of the succeeding year.
Points of Diversion: The application proposes diversion at four points:
1. Golden Gate Dam (Funks Creek) located at North 2,250,718 feet and East 6,471,642 feet by California Coordinate System, Zone 2, North American Datum 1983, within the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 4 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian
2. Sites Dam (Stone Corral Creek) located at North 2,238,160 feet and East 6,468,808 feet by California Coordinate System, Zone 2, North American Datum 1983, within the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 20, Township 17 North, Range 4 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian
3. Tehama-Colusa Canal (Sacramento River) located at North 1,940,053 feet and East 6,502,708 feet by California Coordinate System, Zone 1, North American Datum 1983, within the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 33, Township 27 North, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, near Sacramento River Mile 243.3
4. Glenn-Colusa Main Canal (Sacramento River) located at North 2,413,589 feet and East 6,547,497 feet by California Coordinate System, Zone 2, North American Datum 1983, within the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 2, Township 22 North, Range 2 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, near Sacramento River Mile 205
Points of Rediversion: The application proposes rediversion at Sites Dam, Golden Gate Dam (listed above), and fifty-two other points located in Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Madera, Merced, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties.
Purpose of Use: The purposes of (water) use applied for are irrigation, municipal, domestic, industrial, water quality, fish and wildlife preservation and enhancement, and recreational. Incidental uses applied for are power, aquaculture, frost protection, stockwatering, and fish and wildlife preservation and enhancement.
Place of Use: The place of use applied for consists of 32,691,036 acres within Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba, Sacramento, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Alameda, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial Counties.
Date of Notice: June 2, 2023
Issuance of the application notice initiated a 60-day public review period. Protests against the approval of the subject water right application and accompanying petitions can be filed by August 1, 2023, with copy provided to the applicant.
Access to Full-Length Notice
In addition to the abridged information provided here, the full-length notice includes detailed location information for all proposed points of rediversion; instructions for accessing documentation related to the subject water right application and petitions; procedures for filing protests; information pertaining to anticipated adjudicative proceeding; and contact information for the Authority and State Water Board staff. The full-length application notice is available on the State Water Board website at:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/applications/notices/
06/08/2023, 06/15/2023, 06/22/2023 – CCPR # 2023-0358