1. Kern Fan Groundwater Storage Project
Presentation to the California Water Commission
July 24, 2018

2. Presentation Overview
Project Overview and Benefits
Preferred Funding Allocation Approach
Potential Allocation of Funding Shortfall and Impacts

3. Project Highlights Groundwater storage project with:
New conveyance from California Aqueduct
1,050 acres of recharge basins
12 groundwater recovery wells
Store water otherwise lost to the ocean
Improve flexibility in operation of State’s water system
Existing partnerships with State Water Contractors
Dudley Ridge Water District
Kern County Water Agency

4. Project Benefits Public Benefits
Spring and Winter-run Chinook Salmon Survival
Intermittent Wetland Habitat
Drought Emergency Water Supply
Delta Failure
Non-Public Benefits
Additional water supply
Supplemental Public Benefits
Steelhead Trout Survival

5. Project Provides Early Public Benefits
Phase 1 operational by February 2023
Project can borrow water from applicants to begin providing public benefits as soon as it is operational in 2023
Project completed by 2025

6. Impact of Potential Funding Allocations to Kern Fan Project
Proposed Cost Allocation
WSIP Funding
Applicant Cost-Share
Applicant Percent Cost Share
Impact to Kern Fan Project
Preferred Approach: Largest Request Absorbs Shortfall
$85.66
$85.67
50%
None
Proportionate to Funding Request
$74.53
$97.80
56%
Significant impacts to rate payers
MCED Assigned by Application Score
$62.70
$108.63
63%
Substantial impacts to rate payers
50:25:25 Distribution
$49.10
$122.23
71%
Serious impacts to rate payers
All values in $ millions

7. Benefits of Preferred Approach to Allocate Shortfall
Fully fund smaller projects and allocate shortfall to largest funding request
Smaller projects can be operational and deliver public benefits sooner
If any higher ranked projects fail to progress and unused funding becomes available in the future it could be allocated to largest project
Other potential approaches
Rate impacts to applicant
Smaller projects may not be able to benefit from possible future WSIP funding due to timing and scale

8. Contact Information
Rosedale Rio Bravo
Water Storage District:
Eric Averett
General Manager
Office: (661)
Irvine Ranch Water District: Paul Weghorst Executive Director of Water Policy Office: (949) Fiona Sanchez Director of Water Resources Office: (949)
Dan Bartel, P.E.
Engineer/Assistant Manager
Office: (661)