Water Branch
Programs
- Bay-Delta Conservation Plan
- Delta Restoration and Mitigation Programs
- Ecosystem Restoration Program
- Statewide Water Planning
CDFW Water Branch
830 S Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Fax: (916) 445-1768
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ERP Implmenting Agencies
- California Department of Fish & Wildlife
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- National Marine Fisheries Service
Related Agencies & Programs
American Basin Fish Screen and Habitat Improvement Project
Natomas Mutual Water Company Sankey Diversion Fish Screen Facility
Photo by Mary Dunne, CDFW
ERP Highlighted Projects
- American Basin Fish Screen and Habitat Improvement Project
- Bahia Acquisition and Tidal Marsh Restoration
- Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project
- Fish Passage Improvement Program
- Hill Slough Restoration Project
- Management Tools for Landscape–Scale Restoration of Ecological Functions
- Patterson Irrigation District Fish Screen Project
- Real Time Flow Monitoring
- Salinity effects on native and introduced SAV of Suisun Bay and the Delta
- Wildlife and Vegetation Response to Experimental Restoration of Flooded Riparian Forest Habitat for the Cosumnes River Preserve
Location: Left bank of the Sacramento River near River Mile 78.4, approximately .25 mile south of the Natomas Cross Canal
Total Project Cost: $45.975 Million: $22.9875 Million Federal (Anadromous Fish Screen Program); $21.6 Million State (Ecosystem Restoration Program); $1.3875 local funds
Partners: Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, CDFW, Natomas Mutual Water Company
Project Summary: The Natomas Mutual Water Company (NMWC) is a non-profit mutual water company that controls surface water rights for over 250 landowners within the 55,000 acres known as the American Basin. The purpose of this Project is to improve fish passage conditions for at-risk species in the Sacramento River by replacing existing unscreened diversions with a consolidated fish screen and intake facility which meets or exceeds federal and state screening criteria. Components of the project include construction of a new 434 cfs screened pumping plant (Sankey Diversion) on the Sacramento River, construction of distribution facilities required to deliver water from the Sankey Diversion outfall to existing points of use, the decommissioning, demolition and site restoration of the Northern and Bennett Pumping Plants on the Natomas Cross Canal, and the decommissioning and removal of the Verona Diversion Dam.
Beginning in November 2001, the Ecosystem Restoration Program provided grant funding for the planning, design, and environmental compliance phases of this project. This construction phase is expected to be complete in 2014.