Sonoma County Gazette, December 2010

Low Flow Project becomes “Fish Flow Project”

by Brenda Adelman

Public Environmental Review Process to Begin….
SCWA is now beginning the environmental review process needed to petition the State Water Board to PERMANENTLY lower flows to 70 cubic feet per second (cfs), a 45% decrease from what is normally a minimum of 125 cfs. Decision 1610 (D1610) is the State Law they expect to alter.

In order to fulfill requirements of California and national environmental law, SCWA as lead agency is legally required to conduct a public review of their proposal.  The Notice of Preparation (NOP) is the first step in this process for  the newly named “Fish Habitat Flows and Water Rights Project” and was released September 29, 2010.  Comments are due by Nov. 15, 2010.