Yuba County Water Agency

 CURRENT PROJECTS 

Yuba-Wheatland Canal Construction Bid Solicitation - Posted 3/24/08

Colgate Penstock Shutoff Valve Project Bid Solicitation - Posted 4/14/08 

New Bullards Bar Dam Spillway Gate Rehabilitation Project - Posted 5/1/08

SWRCB Approves Lower Yuba River Accord - Posted 3/20/08

View The Lower Yuba River Accord Final EIR/EIS - Posted 10/17/2007

Overview

After 5 years in development, the 17-party consensus based proposed lower Yuba River Accord (Yuba Accord) is now under way.  California's State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) approved a 1-year pilot program for the Yuba Accord in April 2006, and this program is working well.

The 2006 Pilot Program establishes higher minimum instream flows, which exceed state and federal requirements, for the lower Yuba River's Chinook salmon and steelhead.  it also provides operational information on the program, and funding for an environmental review of he Yuba accord required under state and federal law. 

The SWRCB is scheduled to consider the approval of a second 1-year pilot program for 2007. All 17 conservation groups, agricultural interests, and state and federal agencies participating in the Yuba Accord support the 2006 and 2007 pilot programs. The Yuba Accord is scheduled to go into effect in 2008.

Public Notice - Posted 2/15/08

The Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA) and other water management entities within Yuba County have prepared the Yuba County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP).  To ensure stakeholder involvement throughout the process, local water managers formed a stakeholder group called the Regional Water Management Group (RWMG).  The RWMG prepared a public review draft, provided a public comment period, considered public comment, and now intends to adopt the IRWMP.  The YCWA Board of Directors, in coordination with the RWMG, will hold a public hearing as to whether or not to adopt the IRWMP.  Interested parties are encouraged to participate in this hearing and provide comments.