Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan Washington State Water Resources Association December 2, 2015 Presented by: Tom Tebb, Washington Department of Ecology Wendy Christensen, Bureau of Reclamation Yakima River Basin Overview 6,155 sq. miles w/464,000 irrigated acres 5 reservoirs w/ 1M AF capacity, irrigation deliveries 1.7M AF Droughts in 1992 1994, 2001, 2005, and 2015 Reduced Fisheries 1
An Emerging Solution Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan Goals: Provide opportunities for ecological restoration and enhancement, including fish passage Improve water supply during drought years (70% proratable supply) Provide for efficient and adaptable water supply management Contribute to sustainable economy and environment Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Timeline 1977 Adjudication 2
YRBWEP Workgroup Members Federal Agencies Bureau of Reclamation National Marine Fisheries Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service Yakama Nation Yakama Nation Natural Resources Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project Washington State Agencies Department of Ecology Department of Agriculture Department of Fish and Wildlife Department of Natural Resources Local Governments Benton County Kittitas County Yakima County City of Yakima Irrigated Agriculture Kennewick Irrigation District Kittitas Reclamation District Roza Irrigation District Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Other Stakeholders American Rivers Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board Yakima Basin Storage Alliance Trout Unlimited July 2013 to June 2015 3
Yakima River Basin Water Resource Management Act SSSB 5367 Water supply provisions Water supplies developed through storage allocated for both instream and out-of-stream use Water Supply Facility Permit and Funding Milestone Permitting and funding must be in place for one or more water supply facilities to provide at least 214,000 ac-ft of water supply by January 30, 2025 If Milestone not met, Teanaway Valley Acquisition may be transferred from Community Forest Trust to Common School Trust Integrated Plan Element Habitat Fish Passage Operational Modifications Surface Storage Aquifer Storage and Recovery Water Conservation Preliminary Budget 2013-2015 Focus Allocation $99,344,000 Outright purchase Teanaway Valley lands. Implement numerous habitat projects* $9,400,000 Cle Elum Reservoir Passage construction ready $650,000 Prepare K-to-K Conveyance EIS $18,800,000 Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Cle Elum Pool Raise construction ready $400,000 Regional siting study. Construct one project* $2,500,000 Construct numerous projects* Market Driven Reallocation $350,000 Develop banking and exchange programs Total State Contribution $131,444,000 *Additional funding being sought through other sources 4
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (IP) Surface Area: Up to 14% less surface area than existing minimum pool 5
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (IP) Alt. 1 - East Shore Pumping Plant Alt. 2 - South Pumping Plant Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (IP) South Shore Pumping Plant 6
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (IP) Area between upper and lower reservoirs Keechelus-to- Kachess Conveyance 7
Keechelus-to-Kachess Conveyance Update Initial Assumptions Create more storage Improved stream habitat in the upper Yakima River Results of modeling show 10,000 AF on average per year Timing of fish access to upper reach, potential issue Concerns about overall cost Keechelus-to-Kachess Conveyance North Tunnel and South Tunnel Alternatives 8
KKC Intake and Discharge Works (not to scale) Potential Milestones KDRPP and KKC Jan 2015 Mar 2015 Jun 2015 TBD DEIS Comment Period 1 Comment Period 2 Supplemental DEIS Comment Period Final EIS ROD 9
Bull Trout Enhancement Bull Trout Enhancement Reclamation and Ecology have coordinated with USFWS, USFS, Yakama Nation, WDFW, and NMFS to formulate Bull Trout Enhancement program. Gold Creek Cold Creek Nutrient Assessments BTE is part of all action alternatives in KKC/KDRPP EIS MOU with Reclamation, Ecology, YN, USFWS, WDFW, USFS signed October 2015 10
Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Facilities Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Facilities On August 27, 2015 the Yakama Nation, Reclamation, and Washington State Department of Ecology hosted a ceremony to mark the first phase of construction of fish passage at Cle Elum Dam The event included several speakers, a salmon bake, and numerous displays, including the 1:9 scale model of the helix. Construction contract awarded July 2015. Construction of Phase 1 roads and bridges in progress. 11
Fish Passage Fun Facts How many seconds, on average, will it take fish to travel downstream via the helix? Approximately 110 seconds What is the maximum speed, in miles per hour, for fish going through the helix? 26 miles per hour How many cubic yards of concrete are in the juvenile fish passage facility? Approximately 18,000 cubic yards How many gallons of water will go through the helix in a day? 100 cfs for 24 hours is about 65 million gallons of water. At 400 cfs, that is 260 million gallons of water What is the maximum operating range, in feet, of reservoir fluctuation for the juvenile fish passage facility? 63 feet Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Ceremony Left to right: Tom Tebb (WA Dept. of Ecology), Urban Eberhart (Kittitas Reclamation District), Phil Rigdon (Yakama Nation), Lorri Lee (Bureau of Reclamation), and Tom Iseman (U.S. Dept. of the Interior) 12
Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage - 2015 2013 - First Sockeye to be born and raised in the Yakima River Basin in over 100 years to return, released into Cle Elum Lake Year Spawning sockeye Returning Sockeye released in reservoir 2009 1,000 2010 2,500 2011 4,100 2012 10,000 2013 4,000 800 2014 10,000 2,600 13
Tieton Dam Fish Passage Facilities Tieton Dam Fish Passage Facilities Appraisal Assessment Draft Alternatives: One Upstream Alternative Trap and Haul Whooshh Two Downstream Alternatives Floating Collector - preferred Fixed Collector Appraisal Assessment completed October 2015 14
Cle Elum Pool Raise Cle Elum Pool Raise Modify radial gates Shoreline protection Land acquisition 15
Cle Elum Pool Raise Final EIS; Record of Decision signed June 2015 Radial Gate Modification Awarded contract in September 2015 Construction to start next year Shoreline Protection Bid packages being prepared Continued coordination with USFS and landowners Working on permits Teanaway Community Forest 16
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Accomplishments by Element Plan Overview 18
Structural & Operational Changes Raise the Cle Elum Pool by 3 feet, adding 14,600 acrefeet to storage Final EIS released, ROD signed June 2015 Radial gate modification design complete Construction to 2016 Modify Kittitas Reclamation District canals for efficiency savings Manastash Creek Restoration - construction complete on Lateral 13.8 and project is operating successfully KRD working on developing other projects with coordination with NMFS and Yakama Nation Successful pilot project complete for tributary enhancement during drought year 19
Structural & Operational Changes (con t) Construct a pipeline from Keechelus to Kachess to reduce flows and improve habitat conditions during high-flow releases below Keechelus and to provide more water storage in Lake Kachess for downstream Draft EIS released to public Feasibility study draft final Decrease power generation at Roza Dam and Chandler Power Plants to support outmigration of juvenile fish Chandler Reviewing Chandler Pumping Plant electrification Roza Conducted 3-year study; draft final report - May 2015 Defined flow-to-survival rate in reach Survival rate based on dam operations Reservoir Fish Passage Clear Lake Dam Third year of study completed Cle Elum Dam Construction began October 2015 Bumping Dam Tieton Dam Appraisal Assessment completed October 2015 Keechelus Dam Conceptual Design Report completed June 2015 Kachess Dam Conceptual Design Report completed June 2015 20
Surface Water Storage Build 162,500 acre-feet off-channel surface storage facility at Wymer on Lmuma Creek Key Consideration Analysis and WDFW surveys in process Access an additional 200,000 acre-feet of water by tapping into inactive storage at Kachess Draft EIS released to public Feasibility study draft final Construct a new dam at Bumping Reservoir to increase capacity to 190,000 acre-feet Key Consideration Analysis and WDFW surveys in process Groundwater Storage Construct pilot projects to evaluate recharging shallow aquifers via groundwater infiltration. Full-scale implementation may follow. Initial siting analysis complete, pilot studies in progress Build an aquifer storage and recovery facility allowing City of Yakima to withdraw water from the Naches River during high-flow periods and store it under-ground for use during low-flow periods. City of Yakima began recharging water to the aquifer in March 2015, under a temporary ASR permit issued by Ecology. 21
Groundwater Managed Recharge Proposed Areas for managed recharge modeling Pilot studies ongoing at Kittitas Reclamation District and Wapato Irrigation Project Habitat Enhancement Projects 1 Gap-to-Gap Outfall Relocation 2 Toppenish Fan(Spring 2016) 3 Bateman Island Causeway Modification Conceptual Design 4 Bull Trout Task Force Habitat Improvements (Oct 2015) 5 Gold Creek Habitat Assessment and Conceptual Design 6 Reed Diversion design Barrier Removal (Fall 2015) 7 Little Rattlesnake Road Decommissioning(Fall 2015) 8 Cle Elum River Side Channel Restoration Project, Phase 2 9 Gap-to-Gap Property Acquisitions (Spring 2016) 10 Upper Wapato Riparian Restoration (Spring 2016) 11 Ellensburg Water Company / Coleman Creek Restoration (Spring 2016) Yakima Integrated Plan Habitat Enhancement/Enhanced Agricultural Conservation Projects 2013-2015 5 14 7 8 5 4 6 7 12 3 13 6 1 2 2 11 9 10 4 Basinwide Project Agricultural Conservation Projects 1 Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) Division IV Lining 2 Wapato Irrigation Project (WIP) Piping Lateral 4-414C 3 Wapato Irrigation Project Piping Satus East Lateral E73 (Spring 2016) 4 Manastash Creek, Anderson Diversion Irrigation Water Acquisition(Spring 2016) 5 Manastash Creek Sprinkler Conversions 6 Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District (YTID) Feasibility Study Tieton to Ahtanum Exchange 7 Manastash Consolidated Pipeline & Manastash Water Ditch Association (MWDA) Pipeline Construction 12 Reed Diversion Barrier Removal (Fall 2016) 13 Trout Meadows Acquisition / Enhancement (Spring 2016) 14 Manastash/ Little Naches Land Acquisition 1 3 22
Enhanced Water Conservation Implement an agricultural water conservation program designed to conserve up to 170,000 acre-feet of water in average water years Completed 5 out of 7 projects for 2013-2015 Water savings 2,874 acre-feet, in addition to the 40,000 acre-feet that has been acquired through YRBWEP. Habitat/Watershed Protection and Enhancement Protect ~ 70,000 acres of land by acquiring highelevation portions of the watershed and forest and shrub-steppe habitat Over 55,000 acres of land has been acquired Create a habitat enhancement program to address reach-level floodplain restoration priorities and restore access to key tributaries 5 out of 14 projects for 2013-2015 have been completed 3,170 acres of floodplain connectivity 47,921 acres forested lands in little Naches 1.9 cfs winter stock in trust Nov-Mar in Manastash Creek 5 miles of improved instream flow in Cle Elum River side channel 23
Market Reallocation Employ a water market and/or a water bank to improve water supply in the Yakima River basin. Market reallocation would be conducted in two phases. The near-term phase would continue existing water marketing and banking programs in the basin, but take additional steps to reduce barriers to water transfers. The long-term program would focus on facilitating water transfers between irrigation districts. This would allow an irrigation district to fallow land within the district and lease water rights for that land outside the district. Yakima County and Kittitas County continue to work on procedures to enable property development that rely, in part, on acquisition of water or mitigation credits from willing sellers. Governor Inslee issued a drought declaration affecting the Yakima River basin, and this will enable the Department of Ecology to lease water from willing sellers to meet certain needs within the basin this year. DC Leadership Group Provides the Regional Leadership and the Implementation Committee with assistance on addressing questions of national policy, clarifying and strategizing on authority issues, and identifying potential funding opportunities. ~ Excerpt from Charter Reclamation YRBWEP BIA Wapato Irrigation Project improvements USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife and Yakama Nation Fish Passage Program BLM Water Conservation BPA Northwest Power and Conservation Council s Fish and Wildlife Program NMFS Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program USFS Land and Water Conservation Total FY 2015 estimated Federal funding approximately $45M Last meeting was November 9, 2015 24
Moving Forward 2015-2017 Washington State Budget 2015-2017 $30M for Integrated Plan $9.5M Water Supply Projects (CEPR and others) $9.5M Fisheries Projects (CEFP and others) $5M Water Conservation Projects $5M Habitat Projects $1M Groundwater Storage and Market Reallocation Appropriated Funding FY 15 - $4.3M Cle Elum Fish Passage FY 16 - $5.4M Cle Elum Fish Passage and Water Supply Reliability Draft Federal Legislation S. 1694 To amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Introduced by Senator Cantwell June 25, 2015 Press Conference held in Yakima July 1, 2015 Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee Hearing July 7, 2015 Out of Committee Nov 18, 2015 Companion House Bill being prepared 25
S. 1694, the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Phase III Act of 2015 The Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Phase III Act of 2015 builds on existing water legislation in the Basin and authorizes the initial phase of a long-term water management plan that will provide drought relief and address long-standing water supply challenges in the Yakima Basin. Activities authorized by the bill include: Improvements in water infrastructure and management for agriculture, communities, and the environment; Increased water conservation and marketing; and Restoration of ecosystems and fisheries, including construction of permanent fish passage at two dams and restoration of basin tributaries. Questions? For further information on the web: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/2011integratedplan/ http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cwp/ybip.html 26