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Article: Westlands Water District files draft EIR-EIS for water replacement supply project. (Environmental Impact Report; Environmental Impact Study; Westlands Water District Supply Replacement Project)
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- April 18, 1989
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WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT FILES DRAFT EIR/EIS
FOR WATER REPLACEMENT SUPPLY PROJECT
FRESNO, Calif., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Westlands Water District and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have filed a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the Westlands Water District Supply Replacement Project. The project seeks to identify short-term sources of water to ease a five-to-seven-year water shortage on 200,000 acres of prime farmland in the western San Joaquin Valley.
The temporary water shortage is the direct result of limited carrying capacity in the Delta Mendota Canal between the Delta ...