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Owens River Delta Habitat Area
The goal for the Delta Habitat Area under the MOU is to enhance and maintain
approximately 325 acres of existing wetland habitat within the Delta. The
management action for creating and enhancing habitats in the Delta is to
establish baseflows to the Delta with an average annual flow of 6 to 9 cfs, as
specified in the MOU. Within the 6 to 9 cfs annual average flow, four pulse
flows of 20 to 30 cfs will be released to the Delta for short periods of time.
The daily baseflow would be the amount necessary to maintain Delta conditions
and to conserve water for use in the Delta during other times of the year
(within the 6-9 cfs annual average and a minimum of 3 cfs) and for delivery to
Los Angeles. In addition, higher flows may pass through the pump station to the
Delta during the annual seasonal habitat flows in the Lower Owens River of up to
200 cfs.
Pump Station
The MOU includes a pump station to be located between Keeler Bridge and the
Lower Owens River Delta. The facility is designed to capture flows in the river
and divert the water to the Owens Lake dust control project, or to the Aqueduct
for use by LADWP. Water that is not captured will be by-passed to the Delta. The
pump station will include a rock/earthen/concrete diversion structure placed
across the river, a facility pad with an enclosed pump building, and ancillary
facilities including service roads, in-channel sediment basins, a power line,
and pipelines.
For further information on the Delta, see the
EIR-EIS Chapter 6
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