Conveyance for Refuge Water Supply Alternatives Sample Clauses

Conveyance for Refuge Water Supply Alternatives. The No Action Alternative would involve continued use of existing conveyance systems that would limit refuge water supplies to Level 2 amounts or less during some months. Two alternatives were considered for the Xxxx NWR: • Use existing Buena Vista Water Storage District facilities, enlarge Main Drain, and use existing West Side Canal when Main Drain capacity is exceeded. • Use existing Lost Hills Irrigation District facilities and clean Burhan Canal to reduce water losses. The alternative that uses existing Buena Vista Water Storage District facilities, enlarges the Main Drain, and uses existing West Side Canal when Main Drain capacity is exceeded was selected as the recommended alternative because of the greater potential for interaction with agricultural return flows. Four alternatives were considered for the Xxxxxx NWR: • New pipeline from Xxxxxx-Xxxx Canal to refuge • Shared Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District facilities plus new pipeline to refuge