1. How to Make WIIN a Win for You
February 8, 2016

2. Devastating Drought 2012–2015 four driest years on record
$2.7 billion loss to California economy in 2015
Agricultural Sector Losses:
$1.8 billion loss in 2015
1 million+ acres fallowed
Job Losses:
35,000 permanent jobs
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3. Devastating Drought Human Impacts:
Nearly 70 communities faced significant water supply and water quality issues
Roughly 3,000 wells are critically low in the Central Valley
Growing homeless population
Environment
Salmon and smelt species pushed to the brink
102 million dead and dying trees statewide – fire threat
Land subsidence
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4. WHAT A DIFFERENCE
A YEAR MAKES
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5. WIIN Win – How Did We Get Here?
Years of failed drought legislation
• 112th Congress:
HR Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act (Nunes)
• 113th Congress:
H.R – Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act (Valadao)
S California Emergency Drought Relief Act
S Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014
• 114th Congress:
H.R – Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 (Valadao)
S California Emergency Drought Relief Act
S Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act
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6. WIIN Win – How Did We Get Here?
S. 612 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act
• Combines multiple bills:
- Water Resources Development Act
- Lake Tahoe Restoration Act
- Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
- Water Settlements and Flint Funding
Last legislation to pass in 114th Congress
- House vote
- Senate vote 78-21
- President Obama signature December 16, 2017
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7. How Did We Get Here? December 2016 December 2015
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8. What’s in Wiin for you?
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9. What’s in WIIN For You Overview Surface Water and Groundwater Storage
• CVP Operations
Surface Water and Groundwater Storage
- BOR Service Contractors Prepayment
- Reclamation Storage Account
WaterSMART
Fish and Refuges Funding
Water Desalination
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
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10. What’s in WIIN For You
Funding Summary - $558 million
$515 million included for storage, water recycling and reuse, and desalination.
WaterSMART Program – Increased authorization by $100 million (from $350m to $450m)
$335 million for storage and groundwater projects.
Reauthorizes the Desalination Act, and expands it by authorizing $30 million for design and construction of both brackish and seawater desalination projects.
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11. What’s in WIIN For You
Title XVI Reform
Bureau of Reclamation to offer competitive grants for water recycling projects (Title XVI projects), instead of requiring individual Congressional authorizations.
The Act authorizes $50 million for water recycling projects recommended by the Secretary.
Same cost share as existing Title XVI projects, 75% state/local – 25% federal
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12. Looking Ahead
Groundwater makes up about 40 percent of all water used and roughly 21 million Californians depend on it for at least a part of their drinking water
With the drought, it has been speculated that groundwater has accounted for as much as 65 percent of the water supply this year and aquifers have been badly depleted
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13. Looking Ahead – Work is Not Over
Authorization vs. Appropriation:
FY 17 and FY18 Appropriations
Congress Resistant to New Funding
Trump Administration
Massive Funding Need
SWRCB reports $4.4 billion demand for CWSRF; only $790 million in remaining authority
ACWA/Reuse Survey - $2.8 billion financial assistance needed
Future Droughts
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14. Looking Ahead – Drought Will Happen
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15. Questions
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