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Water Storage Project

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Project Overview

Basics

CLEAN AND ABUNDANT WATER FOR HUMAN COMMUNITIES
Ensure Water Supply Reliability and Quality
Water Storage Project

  • Address Climate Change and Extreme Event Effects, Impacts and Vulnerabilities
  • Ensure that Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Communities Benefit from Initiatives
  • Improve Drinking Water Quality and Water Related Infrastructure to Protect Public Health
  • Promote Local Energy Independence, Water/ Energy Use Efficiency and Infrastructure Enhancements
  • Respect Local Autonomy and Local Knowledge in NCRP Planning and Implementation

NCRP IRWM Prop 1 Round 1 (DWR)
Implementation
BLR will install 250,000 gallons of water storage to complete its water distribution system. project will help ensure an uninterrupted and affordable water supply for the Blue Lake Rancheria. The water storage project, as a component of the larger Smart Water Grid project, will help insure an uninterrupted and affordable water supply for the BLR. The project will provide approximately 21.5-afy of storage for the BLR.

2019
2021
5/23/2026

Project Attributes

General Information

Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
The Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) has little control over its water supply. Domestic and Fire water is purchased from the City of Blue Lake, which receives water from the Humboldt Municipal Water District. The City of Blue Lake and all service areas north of the Mad River rely on a single main crossing the river, and BLR is at the end of the line, subject to any interruption in the system. Until recently, BLR was experiencing a major leak in its water system, losing up to 20,000 gal/day that it was being charged for by the City. This project will construct a bolted steel 250k gal water storage tank on BLR land. NEPA has been completed for the SWG project including storage tank.
Solutions
Capacity - Tribal Capacity, Capacity - Year-round Local Capacity, Climate Action - Adaptation, Community Health and Safety - Community Infrastructure

Spatial Information

Tribal Region
Central
Project Size (Acres)
None

Location

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  • Blue Lake Rancheria

  • Humboldt
N/A Tribal land

  • Disadvantaged Community

  • Mill Creek-Mad River (180101020408)

  • Mad-Redwood (18010102)

Organizations

Contract Manager
  • County of Humboldt
Funder
  • California Department of Water Resources
Partner
  • US Bureau of Reclamation
Project Sponsor
  • Blue Lake Rancheria

Contacts

Cybelle Immitt - North Coast Resource Partnership (NCRP) (CImmitt@co.humboldt.ca.us)

Project Benefit Performance Measures

Expected Project Benefit Performance Measures

Community Health and Safety - # of projects Project type: Drinking water supply/ quality protection/ improvements 1 count
Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects Activity focus: Infrastructure improvement 1 count
Firefighting capacity/infrastructure improved - # of projects 1 count
Honoring & incorporating Tribal priorities - # of projects 1 count
Jobs created or retained (FTE) 1
Water supply - infrastructure improvements Project type: Increased storage 0.77 acre-ft

Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures

Community Health and Safety - # of projects
Project type 2022 Units
Drinking water supply/ quality protection/ improvements 1 count
Total 1 count

Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects
Activity focus 2022 Units
Infrastructure improvement 1 count
Total 1 count

Firefighting capacity/infrastructure improved - # of projects
2022 Units
1 count
Total 1 count

Honoring & incorporating Tribal priorities - # of projects
2022 Units
1 count
Total 1 count

Jobs created or retained (FTE)
2022 Units
0 number
Total 0 number

Water supply - infrastructure improvements
Project type 2022 Units
Increased storage 0 acre-ft
Total 0 acre-ft

No accomplishments to report for:
Year(s): 2021
Explanation: no reported accomplishments.

Financials

Budget

$382,085.00
$382,085.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
IRWM Proposition 1 Round 1 (DWR) (Inactive) $382,085.00 $0.00 $382,085.00
Total $382,085.00 $0.00 $382,085.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.


Note: No expenditures yet reported

Project Types

Project Types

Additional storage is an infrastructure improvement
Water supply reliability promotes climate resiliency.

Project Details

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