The federal environmental review for Central Valley Project contractors’ water sales has been released. All of the sales include selling Sacramento River water and substituting ground water to continue growing crops in the Sacramento Valley — ground water that growers don’t need except to make extra money on water sales. The table below from the Environmental Assessment lists the participating water districts with water sale amounts in acre-feet. Comments are due by 5 p.m. on May 21st — a short window. Glenn Colusa Irrigation District and all other districts must also produce state environmental review documents. AquAlliance is exploring all options to halt the water mining of the Northstate’s aquifers. The water districts and state and federal agencies are pushing hard to open Pandora’s box.
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Groundwater Substitution Sacramento River Area:
| Water Agency | County | Acre-Feet |
| Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District | Shasta | 2,400 |
| Conaway Preservation Group | Yolo | 8,000 |
| Eastside MWC | Colusa | 1,100 |
| Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District | Glenn & Colusa | 5,000 |
| Pelger MWC | Sutter | 1,730 |
| Pleasant Grove-Verona MWC | Sutter | 8,100 |
| Reclamation District 1004 | Glenn & Colusa | 7,175 |
| Sacramento River Ranch | Yolo | 4,000 |
| TOTAL | 37,505 |