SGM Grant Projects
Wyandotte Creek GSA Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Funded Projects
Data Gap Identification and Data Improvement
Implementing Agency: Wyandotte Creek GSA
Aims to enhance groundwater subbasin knowledge and address groundwater data gaps through the installation of monitoring sites and equipment, coordinating with neighboring subbasins, revising the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) in line with Department of Water Resources’ feedback, preparing the five-year GSP Periodic Evaluation, and engaging stakeholders through an outreach program.
Consultant: Larry Walker Associates
Project Partner: Butte County Water and Resource Conservation
Total Project Budget: $1,978,750
Regional Conjunctive Use Project
Implementing Agency: Wyandotte Creek GSA
Focuses on reducing the dependency of the subbasin on groundwater through an Agricultural Surface Water Supplies study to utilize local surface water (i.e. from the Feather River) for agriculture, and an Agricultural Irrigation Efficiency initiative aimed at reducing water use via precision irrigation and evapotranspiration (ET) monitoring to improve groundwater sustainability.
Consultant: Larry Walker Associates
Total Project Budget: $400,000
Thermalito Water Treatment Plant Capacity Upgrade
Implementing Agency: Thermalito Water and Sewer District
Aims to double the Thermalito Water and Sewer District treatment plant's capacity from 4 to 8 million gallons per day by adding two filter racks and associated equipment, reducing groundwater demand by approximately 600 acre-feet in the Wyandotte Creek Subbasin through increased surface water utilization.
Consultant: Pall Water
Total Project Budget: $2,318,534
Construction Completed: 4/5/2024
Inter-Basin Coordination Analysis and Modeling
Implementing Agency: Butte County
Focuses on analyzing GSPs along the Sacramento River Corridor to support inter-basin coordination, and conducting integrated groundwater-surface water modeling, including refinements to the Butte Basin Groundwater Model. Also includes analysis along the Feather River Corridor funded by the Wyandotte Creek GSA SGM grant.
Consultant: Montgomery and Associates
Total Project Budget: $467,000
Data Management System Enhancement
Implementing Agency: Butte County
Activities to refine data management processes and database to ease reporting and sharing of information on subbasin conditions.
Consultant: Geosyntec
Total Project Budget: $125,000
Grant Administration
Implementing Agency: Butte County
Administration tasks for the overall grant that includes invoicing, quarterly reporting, closeout reporting, and environmental information form(s).
Total Project Budget: $200,000
WyC SGM Grant Projects Presentation.pdf