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Panel hears support for HR 4970 to allow Orland Project water transfers to Central Valley Project
Summary
Interior officials and regional water managers told the House subcommittee HR 49 70 would let the Orland Project sell surplus water to the Central Valley Project on a temporary basis, increasing flexibility for irrigation, groundwater recharge and drought resilience without requiring new conveyance infrastructure.
WASHINGTON — The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries heard testimony supporting HR 49 70, legislation introduced by Rep. Doug LaMalfa that would amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to permit transfers of surplus water from the Bureau of Reclamation's Orland Project to the Central Valley Project (CVP).
Dustin Scheer, senior adviser to the assistant secretary for water and science at the Department of the Interior, told the committee the Orland Project supplies roughly 21,000 acres via East Park and Stony Gorge reservoirs and that transfers could…
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