Federal Investments for the California Bay-Delta Region

The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Bay-Delta) region of California is an ecosystem of national significance. It is also the hub of the nation’s largest water delivery system—infrastructure that is the foundation for economic activity in the agricultural, industrial, and recreational sectors of the economy, and provides drinking water to a population of over 25 million Californians. This document is intended to provide an overview of the federal land and water programs in and around the Bay-Delta region, their purpose, options for future programs or actions, and an overview of the actions in which agencies are engaged already. Successful long term management of water resources and the environment to achieve the co-equal goals of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and overall Delta sustainability requires continued improvement in managing California’s finite water supply.

Contents

I. Introduction

II. Bay Delta-Big Picture: A Holistic Approach

• State and Federal Integrated Water Management
• Reducing Water Demand
• Increasing Water Reliability and Supply
• Improve Operational Efficiency and Transfers/Exchanges
• Potential Federal Water and Ecosystem Management Actions

III. Role of the Federal agencies

• Department of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Department of Agriculture
Natural Resource Conservation Service
U.S. Forest Service
Rural Development
Farm Services Agency
Agriculture Research Service

IV. Conclusion