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Elimination of the Use of Upper Miocene Canal and Alternate Point of Measurement for Delivery of PG&E Non-Project Water to California Water Service

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In 2017, Butte County entered into an agreement with the Department of Water Resources to facilitate the delivery of non-project water from Pacific Gas & Electric to the California Water Service Company’s Oroville District via Lake Oroville, originally routed through the Miocene Canal. Following the destruction of the Miocene Canal’s middle section during the Camp Fire in November 2018, an emergency amendment was enacted under Executive Order B57-18 to reroute approximately 3,000 acre-feet of water annually from the Upper Miocene Canal through a spillgate into the West Branch of the Feather River, ultimately reaching Lake Oroville and the CWS Filtration Plant. This temporary measure was formalized through a series of amendments—SWPAO #17021-A, #17021-B, and #17021-C—extending the diversion authorization through December 31, 2027, with the latest amendment taking effect January 1, 2022. The current action seeks to permanently eliminate reliance on the Upper Miocene Canal by allowing the non-project water to continue naturally down the West Branch of the Feather River past the Miocene Canal Head Dam without any diversion, using the existing CDEC WFR gauge for accurate flow measurement. The arrangement supports the water needs of approximately 75 percent of Oroville’s residents served by CWS and is certified as exempt under CEQA Sections 15301(b), 21080(b)(1), (b)(3), (b)(4), and 15269(b)(c), due to operation of an existing facility and the prior emergency conditions. No monetary value or commercial pricing is attached to the water delivery, as it operates under a regulatory water rights framework rather than a procurement contract. The agreement is administered by Butte County’s Department of Water and Resource Conservation, with oversight aligned to state-level environmental compliance and no standard federal acquisition clauses, payment systems, solicitation processes, or contractor representations required.

General Info

Permanently reroute 3,000 acre-feet of non-project water through Feather River to serve Oroville residents without canal diversion.

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California → Butte County

NAICS

221310 - Water Supply and Irrigation SystemsView NAICS

Place of Performance

Various, Oroville, CA, 95965

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NONE

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Elimination of Use of Upper Miocene Canal for PG&E Non-Project Water Delivery

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PostedNov 3

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AgencyCalifornia → Butte County

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California → Butte County

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Kamie LoeserDirector

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Pat NeuEngineer - Water

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Arian ZamanianSenior Engineer

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Full Description

In 2017, the County of Butte entered into an Agreement (SWAPO #17021) with the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to utilize Lake Oroville, a State Water Project facility, to deliver water from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to the California Water Service Company (CWS) Oroville District. On November 14, 2017, the Butte County Board of Supervisors adopted a Negative Declaration for the project (Resolution No. 17-193). The Negative Declaration and the Agreement specified that the delivery to Lake Oroville would occur at PG&Es Lime Saddle Powerhouse from the Miocene Canal. The Camp Fire incident, November 8, 2018, destroyed the middle portion of the Miocene Canal which prevented water from being delivered to the Lime Saddle Powerhouse. Due to the State of Emergency resulting from the Camp Fire (Executive Order B57-18), DWR and Butte County temporarily amended the Agreement to allow the CWS to redirect approximately 3,000 acre-feet of its 33,000 acre-feet contract PG&E water from the Upper Miocene Canal via a spillgate to the West Branch of the Feather River (Figure 2 - Upper Miocene Head Dam and Spillgate Location) through to Lake Oroville into the Thermalito Power Canal, and to CWSs Filtration Plant (Water Treatment Plant WTP). On December 14, 2021 the Butte County Board of Supervisors directed staff to extend the existing agreement to continue to allow for the diversion of water from Upper Miocene Canal spillgate into the West Branch of the Feather River for the duration of the original agreement (2018-2027). The extended agreement went into effect on January 1, 2022. PG&E is proposing to discontinue use of the Upper Miocene Canal for the conveyance and measurement of non-project water. The proposed project is to allow the non-project water that is delivered to CWS to remain in the West Branch of the Feather River continuing past the Miocene Canal Head Dam (where it would have been diverted into the Upper Miocene Canal) and continue down into Lake Oroville without any diversion. The non-project water would be measured by an existing California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) Gauge WFR (Figure 3 Existing Point of Diversion and Flow Measurement and Proposed Flow Measurement Location). CWS Oroville District provides water service to approximately 75 percent of the City of Oroville residents, the continued use of PG&E non-project water will benefit the residents of Oroville that rely on CWS for domestic water needs.