Oakdale Irrigation District
Water Resources Plan
Slide 1
The Plan Will be Completed in November 2005
TASKS
PHASE I
Month 1
Month 3
Month 5
Month 7
Month 9
Month 11
Month 13
Notice to Proceed
Public Involvement
Assessment
Data Collection and
System Assessment
Public Input and Involvement
Resource Inventory
On Farm Systems
Evaluations
Historic Land Use
Trends and Forecasting
Water Balance
Infrastructure Plan
Water Rights Portfolio
Development of CEQA
Strategy
Draft Organizational Plan
Financial Plan
Draft Water Resources Plan
Draft Water Resources Plan
Public Involvement and
Initiation of CEQA Process
Issue Draft Water Resources Plan
PHASE II
Programmatic CEQA
Document
Final Water Resources Plan
Slide 2
Activities in the Assessment Phase
 Activities
 Public Outreach:
• Data collection
• Initial field evaluation
• Draft public outreach plan
• Assessment (interviews, town
hall meetings, media briefing)
• Communication tools
• Communication plan
 Assess available information
and needs
 Evaluate/Assess Water
Balance to determine info
gaps
Slide 3
Reasons for a Water Resources Plan
The Math is SimpleExternal Issues
+ Internal Issues
= Water Resources Plan
The complexity of water issues, both locally and at the
state level, necessitates a rethinking of OID’s current
practices and priorities in order to guarantee full
protection of the District’s and the region’s water
supplies into the future.
Slide 4
Understanding the Issues Facing
OID is the First Step
Slide 5
Review of External Issues
 Water Quantity
 Water Quality
 Economics
 Environmental
 Legislative
Slide 6
Review of External Issues
Water Quantity
♦ All around us, agencies are planning for their water
futures … using irrigation district water!
- CCSF
- City of Stockton
- SEWD
- USBR
♦ SJ River Restoration
♦ Bay Delta
Slide 7
Review of External Issues
Water Quality
 Ag Waiver
 Aquatic Herbicides
 TMDL’s Implemented in the Basin
DO, Salt, Boron, Turbidity, Diazinon, OPs, chlorpyrifos,
nutrients, sediment (TSS), pH, Temperature
 1995 Water Quality Control Plan
Slide 8
Review of External Issues
Economics
 Agricultural economy and water changes:
– Less Ag  changing regional economic foundation
– Less Ag  generates surplus water
– Less Ag  may generate less OID income
 How will Tri Dam Authority/Project power
revenues to be spent?
Slide 9
Review of External Issues
Environmental Conditions
 Air Quality
 Regional/Local Groundwater Management Needs
 Surface Water Supply for Community/Region?
 ESA
– Salmon
– Steelhead
– Delta Smelt
Slide 10
Review of External Issues
Legislative
 Fees for DOD, Calfed, SWRCB and ???s
 AB 3030, AB 3616
 Appropriate water measurement initiatives
 State Water Plan
 State/Regional/Local land use planning
initiatives
Slide 11
Review of Internal Issues
 Water usage
 Changing land use and cropping
 Changing customer needs
 Condition of OID facilities
 Financial stability
 Requests for annexation
 Organizational needs
 Community support
Slide 12
Review of Internal Issues
 Water Usage
– OID’s water use is high for the crops grown
– Substantial amount of water leaves OID’s
service area without benefit to OID
– Limited flexibility of current rotation delivery
system - customer service constraints
Slide 13
Review of Internal Issues
 Changing land use and cropping
– Average parcel size is 15 acres
– Pasture conversion to trees
– Surface to Drip irrigation in trees
 Changing Customer needs
– Weekend irrigators
– More flexibility
– Filtration needs for drip
Slide 14
Review of Internal Issues
 Condition of OID facilities
– Years of deferred maintenance due to lack of
funds
– Lifecycle demand for replacement is $6
million/year
 Financial Stability
– Whatever OID does it must be justifiable,
defensible and affordable
– Affordability of needed improvements
Slide 15
Review of Internal Issues
 Organizational needs
– Staffing needs to meet the challenges?
 Community Support
– OID needs to be an asset to the community
– One stop water agency for the future?
Slide 16
The Water Resources Plan
is a Roadmap
Full Protection
of Constituent’s
Needs
Internal
Issues
Options
Alternatives
External
Issues
Public Outreach
Starting Point
Slide 17
Public Outreach Program
 Conduct stakeholder interviews (grower
representatives, staff, agencies, all Board
members, and community members)
 Media Briefings
 Town Hall Workshop
 Communication Plan
Slide 18
Answers require integration of
public outreach, technical,
and institutional activities
Public
Involvement
Technical
Analyses
Institutional
Activities
Successful Implementation
Slide 19
The Water Resources Plan Responds
to the Issues and Benefits OID
Requires broad-based public support
Provides excellent irrigation and domestic
water service to OID customers
Protects OID water rights
Identifies implementable programs
Achieves excellence in O+M
Benefits regional economy
Positions OID as a community asset
Slide 20
Oakdale Irrigation District
Water Resources Plan
Slide 21