Public Notices & Information

Friant Water Authority – 2023 Annual Meeting April 13. 2023 for information or rsvp go to friantwater.org/annual-meeting before March 31

NOTICE REGARDING LANDFLEX GRANT PROGRAM: The California Department of Water Resources has announced a grant program called LandFlex. It is a land fallowing and groundwater reduction program for 2023. Per the guidelines, the GSA will apply for funding, and then, separately, landowners in the GSAs can apply to participate. More information can be found at: https://water.ca.gov/landflex 

PUBLIC NOTICE Please take notice that the Board of Directors of the Terra Bella Irrigation District (TBID) has approved water transfers for reasonable and beneficial use within the Friant Division service area to other Central Valley Project water contractors of up to 18,000 acre-feet of TBID’s water under its Central Valley Project water supply contract with the United States Bureau of Reclamation for contract year 2023 beginning March 1, 2024.  Environmental review of the transfers has been completed, but acknowledgment of the Secretary of the Interior is required. These transfers are authorized under Section 3405(a) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Title 34 of Public Law 102-575), and in accordance with the terms and requirements of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s “Interim Guidelines for Implementation of the Water Transfer Provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act”. Members of the public are invited to submit comments, ask questions or provide relevant information concerning the proposed transfers described in this notice.  The deadline for responding to this notice shall be April 30, 2023.