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Lucerne Valley Groundwater Recharge Project
Public Notice of Availability and Notice of Intent to Adopt an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
Lucerne Valley Groundwater Recharge Project Initial Study (IS)
Deep Creek
The Deep Creek recharge facility delivers water from the State Water Project directly to the Mojave River bed, south of Apple Valley. MWA's Deep Creek and Rock Springs recharge facilities are located along the Mojave River, south of Rock Springs Road. These facilities take advantage of high percolation rates in the floodplain aquifer to recharge water directly upstream of the area with the highest groundwater pumping demand within MWA's service area. The Deep Creek site consists of a pipeline extending south along the Mojave River from the Morongo Basin Pipeline. Construction of the pipeline, flow control facility and river outlet was completed in 2013. The turnout is planned to flow up to a maximum capacity of 70 cubic feet per second, recharging a maximum of approximately 40,000 acre feet per year.
Amethyst Basin
The Amethyst Basin recharge facility will deliver State Water Project water to recharge basins in the Oro Grande Wash, located west of I-15 and south of Bear Valley Road in Victorville. Water from the State Water Project will be delivered to the recharge ponds through a pipeline that connects to the California Aqueduct at the Hwy 395 Turnout. This facility is being built in phases over the next several years, with a planned recharge capacity of 8,000 acre feet per year at build out.