Turlock Irrigation District

Turlock Irrigation District Proposes to Construct the Lateral 5.5 Regulating Reservoir Project (the Project) on a 40-ACRE Turlock Irrigation District Owned Property Strategically Located Midway Along Lateral 5.5, Directly Benefitting Sustainable Water Management and Drought Resilience at the Epicenter of These Challenges. Overall, the Project Is Expected to Provide 6,000 Acre Feet Per Year (AFY) of Benefits in the Lateral 5.5 Region Through Improved Management of Water Supplies, Allowing Turlock Irrigation District to Reduce Supplemental Groundwater Pumping and Surface Water Diversions for Lateral 5.5 the Project Will Allow Direct Capture of Water That Would Have Otherwise Been Lost to Spillage (4,000 Afy), Conserving That Water for Deliveries to Turlock Irrigation District?s Customers and Preserving Groundwater Storage and Surface Water in Don Pedro Reservoir for When It Is Needed Most. in Addition, the Location Was Selected to Allow the City of Turlock to Transfer 2,000 Afy of Recycled Water From an Adjacent Pipeline for Agricultural Irrigation, Providing Turlock Irrigation District Access to a New Water Supply Source to Further Enhance Drought Resilience in the Region. in Terms of Groundwater Pumping Along Lateral 5.5 the Project Benefits (6,000 Afy) Exceed Turlock Irrigation District?s 20-YEAR Average Groundwater Pumping on Lateral 5.5 (4,300 Afy). in Terms of Total Water Deliveries on Lateral 5.5, the Project Benefits (6,000 Afy) Represent 15% of Turlock Irrigation District?s 20-YEAR Average Deliveries on Lateral 5.5 (26,800 Afy).