Welcome to the Department of Water Resources Bay-Delta Office
Proposition 84 Program website.
The purpose of this website is to provide background and information
on the purpose, status, schedule, guidelines and grant application process
for the Proposition 84 funded Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers
Water Quality Grant program.
What's New
Last site update: January 24, 2011.
Funding for this program has become available for Group I – Delta Region Projects, those projects outlined in Public Resources Code (PRC) 75029 subsection (d). Funding is currently not available for projects outlined in PRC 75029 subsections (a) through (c).
The Department released the Group I – Delta Region Projects proposal solicitation package (PSP) on July 13, 2010 and received applications for funding potentially eligible projects on or before August 16, 2010. The Department evaluated the applications in accordance with the PSP criteria and issued award letters for 3 eligible applicant projects. The following projects and applicants were selected for funding:
Middle River Intake and Pumping Plant – Contra Costa Water District: $28,894,738
Delta Water Supply Project Intake and Pump Station Facility – City of Stockton Municipal Utilities Department: $12,521,052
North Bay Aqueduct Alternate Intake – Solano County Water Agency: $4,334,210
Background
For Proposition 84, in Chapter 2, Section 75029, the sum of $130 million shall be available to the Department for grants to implement Delta water quality improvement projects that protect drinking water supplies. Eligible projects are: a) Projects that reduce or eliminate discharges of salt, dissolved organic carbon, pesticides, pathogens and other pollutants to the San Joaquin River; b) Projects that reduce or eliminate discharges of bromide, dissolved organic carbon, salt, pesticides and pathogens from discharges to the Sacramento River; c) Projects at Franks Tract and other locations in the Delta that will reduce salinity or other pollutants at agricultural and drinking water intakes; and d) Projects identified in the June 2005 Delta Region Drinking Water Quality Management Plan, with a priority for design and construction of the relocation of drinking water intake facilities for in-delta water users.
Schedule
Group II – Franks Tract and other Delta projects – PSP to be released Winter 2011/Spring 2012
Grant Guidelines and
Application Process
Click
here to obtain an electronic copy of the final guidelines released
on July 13, 2010.
Click
here to obtain an electronic copy of the final Group I – Delta
Region Projects PSP released on July 13, 2010.
Click here
to view a map showing the general geographic area for potentially eligible
projects.
Frequently Asked Questions
To be developed.
Links
CALFED Bay Delta Program
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Public Resource Code Section 75020-29
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Contact
Us
The Bay-Delta Office welcomes input concerning specific projects and
proposals that may be anticipated from local agencies. This preliminary
information will be used to more efficiently accomplish program objectives.
Requests for information and questions concerning this
Proposition 84 funded Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers Water
Quality Grant program may be directed to:
Genevieve Schrader, PE
Proposition 84 Program
Department of Water Resources
Bay Delta Office
1416 Ninth Street, Room 215-30
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-Mail: BDOp84grants@water.ca.gov
Telephone: (916) 653-2118
Fax: (916) 653-6077 |
