The recipient will construct upgrades to the conveyance facility that connects the SAN joaquin river to the delta mendota canal

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $43,074,644 Cooperative Agreement to the Patterson Irrigation District (PID) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on January 16, 2025. The purpose of the award is for PID to construct upgrades to the conveyance facility that connects the San Joaquin River to the Delta Mendota Canal, expanding the conveyance capacity from 35 CFS to 195 CFS. The project will increase flexibility in water deliveries and water trading, support habitat restoration and aquatic species protection, and assist with Reclamation's drought plan by recirculating water for a drought pool. Key tasks include an appraisal study, final design services, and environmental compliance activities. This infrastructure project aims to enhance water supply reliability and drought resilience for agricultural, municipal, and environmental uses in the region.

Activities

Task 1 appraisal studywork under this task will be performed by a contractor and will include performing an appraisal study, including preparing an appraisal report, consistent with reclamation standards set forth in CMP 09-01. The appraisal study will evaluate the feasibility of completing the project in support of sjrrs restoration flow recapture and contribution toward the south of delta drought plan. A draft and final appraisal report with findings will be provided to reclamation.task 2 design serviceswork under this task will be performed by a contractor and will include final design for all components of phase 1 schedule c and phase 2 of the project. This task includes all costs and activities necessary to develop and deliver final design documents for phase 2.task 3 environmental compliancework under this task will be performed by a contractor and will include national environmental policy act (nepa) environmental compliance for phase 1 schedule c and phase 2 of the project, and california environmental quality act (ceqa) compliance for phase 2 of the project. IT anticipates preparing an environmental assessment finding of no significant impact (EA fonsi) to comply with nepa, with reclamation serving as the nepa lead agency and an initial study mitigated negative declaration (is MND) to comply with ceqa, with PID serving as the ceqa lead agency. Task 4 bidding servicestask 5 constructionwork under this task will be performed by a contractor and will consist of constructing phase 1 schedule c and phase 2 of the project. Major components of phase 1 schedule c include:approximately 1.9 miles of concrete lined canalfour canal lateral headingsfour farmer turnouts major components of phase 2 include:right-of-way acquisition for a pumping plant and pipelineapproximately 2 miles of 72-inch diameter pipelinea new 160 CFS pump stationapproximately 3,500 linear feet of canal lateral improvementsdmc turn-in turn out facilitytask 6 construction managementdeliverables and expected outcomes:the objective of this project is to expand the conveyance facility at PID to fit the needs of the drought plan and provide other ecosystem benefits. Improving conveyance of SAN joaquin river supplies will benefit south of delta water users by expanding the drought pool, enhance function of sjrrp restoration flows, and provide additional supplies to cvpia water refuges. The drought pool will be made up of multiple sources including voluntary reduction in diversions and recirculating made possible by expanded conveyance at PID. The project will modernize pids aging main conveyance system facilities and increase the capability to convey flows from the SAN joaquin river to the DMC for the benefit of reclamation and the public. PID will expand conveyance between the SAN joaquin river and the DMC from 35 CFS to 195 CFS. .beneficiaries: the publicsubrecipient activities (if known or specified at time of award): n a