Water Quality Camptonville’s quality suffers during heavy rain Ecosystem Restoration events, requiring the treatment plant to be shut down Flood Risk Management due to turbidity Forest Management Increased algae could reduce delivery capacity and Land Use Planning and increase the need for filtering of irrigation Management infrastructure in localized areas Pollution Prevention Peak events may increase transport of mercury Urban Run-off Management from stream channels, with related potential for Watershed Management increased methylmercury Decreased overall supply would likely result in a higher concentration of pollutants Increased water temperatures may significantly impact aquatic ecosystems Fluctuating reservoir levels due to increased climate variability could result in increased sedimentation and reservoir storage and maintenance problems Removal of vegetation from increased wildfire could result in increased erosion and sedimentation Infrastructure storage infrastructure was designed for a historic Agricultural Stewardship storage and demand, and may not accommodate increased winter Surface Storage Regional/Local conveyance) peak flows, or have adequate carryover storage for Conveyance Delta drought periods Conveyance Regional/Local The conveyance system was designed for a certain Flood Risk Management demand; therefore, inadequate peaking capacity may Land Use Planning and exist during times of extraordinary heat (for irrigation Management demand) System Reoperation Conflicts over storage may increase among agricultural, Water Transfers domestic, hydropower, flood control, and Watershed Management environmental needs Flooding Increased storm intensity and severity puts Conveyance Regional/Local communities, critical infrastructure, and protective Flood Risk Management levees at greater risk Surface Storage Regional/Local Responses to increased flood risk could impact water System Reoperation delivery for regional demands and hinder YCWA’s Water Transfers ability to transfer stored water Watershed Management Flooding infrastructure was designed for historic regimes and to protect substantially less human development, and may increase conflicts/complexity in managing for both storage and flood control Species and Vegetative communities are expected to move upslope Conjunctive Management and Habitat with significant loss of subalpine and alpine vegetation Groundwater Storage and large increases in hardwoods and grasslands Conveyance Delta Climate variation is projected to affect foothill Conveyance woodland and chaparral vegetation and the rare and Ecosystem Restoration unique species they support Forest Management Decreases in surface may threaten fish and other Land Use Planning and aquatic life Management Recharge Area Protection System Reoperation Watershed Management
Water Quality Camptonville’s quality suffers during heavy rain events, requiring the treatment plant to be shut down due to turbidity Increased algae could reduce delivery capacity and increase the need for filtering of irrigation infrastructure in localized areas Peak events may increase transport of mercury from stream channels, with related potential for increased methylmercury Decreased overall supply would likely result in a higher concentration of pollutants Increased water temperatures may significantly impact aquatic ecosystems Fluctuating reservoir levels due to increased climate variability could result in increased sedimentation and reservoir storage and maintenance problems Removal of vegetation from increased wildfire could result in increased erosion and sedimentation Ecosystem Restoration Flood Risk Management Forest Management Land Use Planning and Management Pollution Prevention Urban Run-off Management Watershed Management Infrastructure storage and conveyance) storage infrastructure was designed for a historic demand, and may not accommodate increased winter peak flows, or have adequate carryover storage for drought periods The conveyance system was designed for a certain demand; therefore, inadequate peaking capacity may exist during times of extraordinary heat (for irrigation demand) Conflicts over storage may increase among agricultural, domestic, hydropower, flood control, and environmental needs Agricultural Stewardship Surface Storage Regional/Local Conveyance Delta Conveyance Regional/Local Flood Risk Management Land Use Planning and Management System Reoperation Water Transfers Watershed Management Flooding Increased storm intensity and severity puts communities, critical infrastructure, and protective levees at greater risk Responses to increased flood risk could impact water delivery for regional demands and hinder YCWA’s ability to transfer stored water Flooding infrastructure was designed for historic regimes and to protect substantially less human development, and may increase conflicts/complexity in managing for both storage and flood control Conveyance Regional/Local Flood Risk Management Surface Storage Regional/Local System Reoperation Water Transfers Watershed Management Species and Habitat Vegetative communities are expected to move upslope with significant loss of subalpine and alpine vegetation and large increases in hardwoods and grasslands Climate variation is projected to affect foothill woodland and chaparral vegetation and the rare and unique species they support Decreases in surface may threaten fish and other aquatic life Conjunctive Management and Groundwater Storage Conveyance Delta Conveyance Ecosystem Restoration Forest Management Land Use Planning and Management Recharge Area Protection System Reoperation Watershed Management