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NOTICE OF PETITION FOR TEMPORARY CHANGE
INVOLVING THE TRANSFER OF UP TO 3,520 ACRE FEET OF WATER
FROM TULE BASIN FARMS TO
STATE WATER CONTRACTOR AGENCIES UNDER LICENSE 2840 (APPLICATION 10030)
On April 18, 2018, Tule Basin Farms (TBF) fled a petition for temporary change to transfer up to
3,520 acre feet of water pursuant to Water Code section 1725 et seq., under water right License
2840 (Application 10030). TBF proposes to transfer the water from July through September
2018 to the following State Water Contractor Agencies: Dudley Ridge Water District and
Kern County Water Agency. The transfer water would be made available at a proposed
additional point of diversion and a point of rediversion by groundwater substitution under TBF's
License 2840. The proposed transfer would include the following temporary changes to TBF's
License 2840: (1) add the State Water Project's Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant as a point of
diversion; (2) add San Luis Reservoir as a point of rediversion; (3) add a portion of the service
area of the State Water Project as an additional place of use; and (4) add municipal, industrial,
and domestic purposes of use.
TBF's petition, License 2840, and related project information can be viewed at:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/applications/transfers—tLi—not
ices/index.shtml
Pursuant to California Water Code section 1726(f), any interested person may file a comment
regarding the petition. Comments filed in response to this notice should be submitted to
the persons listed below and must be received by 4:30 p.m. on May 28, 2018.
Send comments to both:
Michael Meza Tule Basin Farms
Division of Water Rights c/o Darren Cordova
P.O. Box 2000 MBK Engineers
Sacramento, CA 95812 455 University Avenue, Suite 100
michael.meza@waterboards.ca.gov Sacramento, CA 95825
Cordova@mbkengineers.com
For more information regarding this matter please contact Michael Meza at (916) 341-5427 or
by email at michael.meza@waterboards.ca.gov.
Date of Notice: April 26, 2018
FELICIA MARCUS,CHAIR I EILEEN SOBECK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
1001 1 Street,Sacramento,CA 95814 { Mailing Address:P.O.Box 100,Sacramento,CA 95812-0100 E www.waterboards.ca.gov
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