Department of Water Resources
Division of Integrated Regional Water Management
Financial Assistance Branch
July 17, 2012
Trevor Joseph, P.G., C.HG.
Agenda
 Draft Guideline and PSP Overview
 Schedule
 Future
2012 Guidelines Revisions
 Updated RAP
 Open filing
 Legislated Changes
 Eligibility
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Ag Water Management Plans
Surface Water Diversion Reporting
Calif Statewide GW Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM)
 Regions receiving water from the Delta
 Help reduce dependence on Delta for water supply
 Labor compliance requirements
 Changed for Prop 1E funds (P84 remains the same)
 All project proponent must adopt IRWM plan
4
Round 1 Economic Analysis
Comments
 Monetizing Benefits Difficult
 Cost of Preparation High – Especially for DACs
 Deemphasizes importance of qualitative benefits
 Same level of detail required regardless of project
cost/size
Round 1 to Round 2 Changes – Benefit Analysis
Start here
Submit analysis
results and
supporting
documentation
(including
Section D5)
RWMG
Selecting an evaluation method
RWMG
method or
DWR
method?
DAC
Project?
“Small”
Project?
DWR
No
Yes
Cost Effectiveness
Analysis (Section D1)
Repeat for each
project in the
Proposal and
complete Section
D5
Cost Effectiveness
Option
Non-monetized Analysis
(Section D2)
Full
Benefit
Option
No
Monetized Benefit-Cost
Analysis (Section D3)
No
Flood Damage Reduction
Benefit-Cost Analysis
(Section D4)
Flood
damage
reduction
?
Yes
Can the
benefit be
monetized?
(For each
benefit type)
Yes
Round 1 to Round 2 Changes – Disadvantage
Community (Guidance and Tools)
Remaining Funds
 Round 2
 IRWM Planning = $9M
 Local Groundwater Assistance = $4.7M
 SWFM = $91M Statewide
 IRWM Implementation = $131M
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10% DAC funding target
Maintain use of Funding Area Allocation Schedule
 Round 3
 IRWM Implementation = $472.5M
Public Comments
 Meetings on Draft GL and PSP in Aug
 Aug 14 – Santa Rosa
 Aug 15 – Sacramento (Web Cast)
 Aug 16 – Lancaster
 Comments due August 24, 2012
Tentative Solicitation Schedule
Revise Program Guidelines & SWFM PSPs
Draft Revised Guidelines and PSPs for Public Review &
Comment
Final Round 2 Guidelines & Implementation & SWFM PSPs
Proposed Schedule
July 2012
October 2012
SWFM Grants
Applications Due
December 2012
Draft Recommendations for Public Review & Comment
May 2013
Announce Final Awards
July 2013
IRWM Implementation Grants
Applications Due
March 2013
Draft Recommendations for Public Review & Comment
August 2013
Announce Final Awards
September 2013
Future
 Round 3 Implementation Solicitation
 $472.5M – contingent on future appropriation
 Approx $10.5M remains available to Lahontan Funding
Area (after future Rnd 2 awards)
 Starts process “immediately following” Round 2
 2 step – review quality of plan, review proposal
 End of P84 Funding
Future
 SB7x-2 (Water Bond 2014)
 Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of
2010
 Ch 6. Water Supply Reliability
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$1,050,000,000 for projects that implement IRWM plans, not
less than 10% to DACs
50% Funding Match
$44M Mountain Counties Overlay
$51M North/South Lahontan
$50M Interregional
Future
 SB7x-2 (Water Bond 2014)
 Ch 9. Conservation and Watershed Protection
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

$1,785,000,000 for expenditures and grants for ecosystem and
watershed protection and restoration projects
Includes Lake Tahoe Basin and Sierra Nevada Mountain
watersheds
Administered through California Natural Resources Agency,
DFG, Wildlife Conservation Board, CCC, Dept of
Conservation, Dept of Parks and Rec, Dept of Forestry and
Fire Protection, state conservancies
Future
 Act was to go to voters November 2010
 Delayed twice
 AB-1265 – moved to November 2012
 AB-1422 – moved to November 2014
 Changes before 2014 – unknown
 Would require reopening legislative package
Future
 Strategic Plan for the future
 Scoping workshops (anticipated August 2012)
 Release of the final scoping document
 Informational workshops

Kick off creation of the plan
 Vision and goals workshops
 Strategy workshops
 Plan formulation and review workshops
 Release of the final strategic plan (mid-2013)
Contact Info:
Trevor Joseph
(916) 651-9218
[email protected]