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East Bay Municipal Utility District

Water Rights (section)

Since, 1956 the State Water Resources Control Board issued rights permit 10478 to EBMUD. The 10478-permit allowing 125 million gallons of water per day. This permit now provides 1.4 million customers of the East Bay from Alameda and contra Cota Counties. In addition, EBMUD has rights to divert Mokelumne River water under License 11109. This license gave appropriative rights to allow the water to be diverted to the East bay.

In 1924, EBMUD initiated the water permit to use the Pardee Reservoir which lead to issued license 11109 in 1981. This license allowed 200 MGD of water to be diverted to EBMUD. From the Mokelumne River license 11109 it limited to 224,037 acre-feet per year of diversion or withdrawal. With the Permit 10478 EBMUD is able to divert 194 cfs from the Mokelumne River to be directly used from December 1st to July 1st, diverting 353,000 AFY to be stored on Pardee and Camanche reservoirs. With the Permit the Mokelumne River license 10478 and the License 11109 is able to deliver 325 MGD. EBMUD runs able to divert its municipal supply from Pardee Reservoir and Camanche Reservoir to help divert water to satisfy the downstream senior rights.

In the early 1960s EBMUD released obtaining water from the Mokelumne River was not enough to supply water to its customers by the year 1985.In order for EBMUD to supply more water EBMUD entered an agreement with the United States Bureau of Reclamation bureau. The bureau planned to construct the Auburn Dam and Reservoir to store 2.3 million-acre feet. After the completion of the Auburn-Folsom- South project on the American River provided 150,000 acre feet to water annually for the length of 40 years. The water was delivered to the East Bay by the Folsom-South Canal.

From the established Permit 10478 in December 1, 2000 EBMUD has to request an extension to the permit to keep its water rights. To stay consistent with the California Water Code section 1398 EBMUD requested the extension to the permit. In November 2000 EBMUD file to the State Water Board to extend the 10478 permit to the year 2040. The petition ensures EBMUD water rights and being able to deliver it to its customers On September 30, 2013 EBMUD released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) with the proposed extension of the permit 10478. With this extension it stated it would maintain all the water rights the same, not change any operation or create new facilities to the year 2040. The DEIR continues the permit to continue to the term 2040.

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