Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Passage Project
This project implements two of the highest priority projects identified in the 2006 Settlement. The project includes a fish screen on the Arroyo Canal to prevent entrainment of juvenile Chinook salmon in the canal and modifications to Sack Dam to allow for fish passage around the structure. The project furthers the Department of the Interior’s efforts to restore Chinook salmon and other fish to the San Joaquin River and is authorized in the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (P.L. 111-11). Arroyo Canal and Sack Dam are owned and operated by Henry Miller Reclamation District #2131. Therefore, the District wil be the co-lead agency for California.
The dam and canal are the sole diversion and conveyance facilities for the District that provides agricultural water supply to approximately 47,000 acres of highly productive lands in the San Joaquin Valley along with conveyance of water supply to Federal and State wildlife refuges and private duck clubs.
A draft joint Environmental Assessment/Initial Study is anticipated for public release and comment in the spring of 2012.
Track this project on the White House Office of Management and Budget's new Dashboard website for priority Federal infrastructure proejcts across the country; click on the Water Conservation and Delivery link.
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San Joaquin River Restoration Program
December 5, 2011
