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CABY’s IRWM Project Management Application

On June 30th, 2017, Sierra Water Workgroup (SWWG) completed development of an interactive Watershed Data Management System (DMS) to support IRWM project stakeholders in the CABY regional integrated watershed. SWWG has worked closely with the CABY IRWM members to create this data management system, in support of and customized to needs of CABY IRWM stakeholders. SWWG will also be producing another application which will integrate all Sierra Nevada IRWM groups with this tool sometime in the future.

The CABY IRWM has primarily funded this application, as a robust data management system was called for in CABY’s IRWM Plan. CABY IRWM stakeholders will be using this app to manage project data in the visual context of regional natural resource, community resource, and environmental assessment data. This DMS serves as a basic platform for publishing spatial and tabular data as needed to promote collaboration and data sharing between IRWM areas, IRWM stakeholders, State Agencies, and the public. Users may view or download a to guide to using the Application from the document gallery on this site.

On August 7, 2015, The Sierra Fund submitted a grant to DWR on behalf of CABY to implement two projects in the region. DWR received 37 grant applications requesting a total of $306.5 million in IRWM grant funds for proposals totaling in excess of $1.1 billion for the 2015 Grant Solicitation. On October 29, 2015, DWR released the Draft Funding Recommendations and the Proposal Evaluations for submitted applications and we are pleased that the CABY proposal was awarded $945,510 for two projects submitted by Nevada Irrigation District and Placer County Water Agency.  Work on the projects will start in early 2016.

On October 29, 2015, DWR announced their preliminary Round 3 funding recommendations. The CABY region grant, prepared and submitted by The Sierra Fund (as project applicant), included two projects which if affirmed after public review process, will be the fourth successful Implementation Grant for the CABY region from Proposition 84.

In March 2014, CABY submitted the final consensus-developed and PC/CC approved IRWMP document to DWR for review to assure that it was fully compliant with all guidelines. In May, CABY received a letter from DWR indicating that the document was deemed guideline compliant, with no further comments or necessary changes. On May 30, 2014, the CABY Planning and Coordinating Committees adopted the 2014 IRWMP Update. This marks the close of the planning process and a move into implementation activities. Full text of documents is included in the 2014 Plan.

On September 25, 2013, DWR announced their preliminary Round 2 funding recommendations. The CABY region grant, prepared and submitted by The Sierra Fund (as project applicant), included seven projects totaling $8,572,348 with a total request for state fund of $5,543,032. The Sierra Fund application was one of the highest scoring in the state and, if affirmed after public review process, will be the second successful grant for the CABY region from Proposition 84.

The seven projects included in the application and the total funds requested for each project are as follows:

Camptonville Water System Improvement Project: $789,341

City of Placerville Waterline Replacement: $950,000

El Dorado County Small Hydro Development Program: $380,000

Water Efficiency, Water Quality, and Supply Reliability in the CABY Region: $997,500

Wolf Creek Watershed: Restoration, Stormwater Source Control, and Flood Management: $342,499

CABY Mercury and Sediment Abatement Initiative: $1,498,524

Meadow Restoration, Assessment and Prioritization in the American, Bear, and Yuba Watersheds: $308,016

The CABY region with Nevada City as the overall project sponsor was successfully awarded a Proposition 84 Implementation Grant in late 2011. The project application included a variety of projects from four individual CABY stakeholder/member groups: Nevada City (8 projects), Washington County Water District (6 projects), Placer County Water Agency (1 project), and American Rivers (1 project). At the time of submittal, Nevada City, the community of Washington and the community of Colfax were all considered disadvantaged communities with an income of equal to or less than 80% of the median household income of California. Additionally, the community of Washington was and is considered severely disadvantaged with an income of equal to or less than 60% of the median household income of California.

Each of the funded projects will have its own dedicated page within this website as of mid-October 2013. These pages are currently under construction. As the various projects all have different start and end dates, the project-specific pages will be created and updated based on the individual project implementation schedule.

A list of the projects follows organized by sponsor.

Nevada City

1. Gracie Road Intertie

2. South Pine Street Distribution System Improvement

3. Park Avenue Distribution System Improvement

4. Prospect Street Distribution System Improvement

5. Install Altitude Valves with Integrated SCADA Systems on Storage Tanks

6. Leak Detection Program

7. Installation of Water Meters on City Facilities

8. Integrated Water Shortage Contingency, Drought Preparedness

Washington County Water District

1. Maybert Road Transfer and Distribution Line Replacement

2. Relief Hill Road – Flow Control Pressure System Improvements

3. Level-Control Altitude Valve Improvements

4. System-wide Installation of Water Meters

5. Downtown Leak Detection and Repair

6. Comprehensive Water Conservation Planning Program

Placer County Water Agency

1. Leak Detection & Repair in the Communities of Alta/Colfax

American Rivers

1. CABY Water Trust

Click here for detailed work plans.