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DIRECTORS <br /> DEWEY GEORGE <br /> JOSEPH L DONDERO <br /> JACK H TONE <br /> JACK LAVEN <br /> RICHARD L.SOZZANO <br /> BETTY MaCNEAR <br /> ROGER M.HUCKINS <br /> EDWARD M.STEFFANI <br /> GENERAL MANAGER <br /> STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT JOHN STOVALL <br /> GENERAL COUNSEL <br /> 6767 EAST MAIN STREET P.O. BOX 5157 STOCKTON, CA 95205-0157 209/948-0333 <br /> February 1, 1990 <br /> Ms. Patty Fox, Assistant Planner <br /> San Joaquin County Planning Division <br /> i c_F <br /> 1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, CA 95205 <br /> Subject: Environmental Review - Application No. SU-90-18 (Tract No. 2380) <br /> Dear Ms. Fox: <br /> I am writing to present Stockton East Water District's (SEWD) comments on <br /> the subject project draft EIR. <br /> The discussion on water should include the following statements: <br /> The State of California has determined the City of Stockton and <br /> surrounding agricultural groundwater basin to be critically <br /> overdrafted. <br /> SEWD was created in 1971 by the State Legislature upon the finding <br /> that, "The water supplies in the underground basin in the area of <br /> the SEWD are insufficient to meet the water demands of the area, <br /> and, because of the geologic conditions peculiar to the area and <br /> because excessive pumping has seriously depleted the underground <br /> water storage, there has been an intrusion of saline waters into the <br /> underground water basin causing serious water quality deterioration <br /> and the destruction of the usefulness of a portion of the <br /> underground water basin. Further excessive pumping, without proper <br /> management of the underground water basin and the provision of <br /> supplemental water supplies is certain to destroy the usefulness of <br /> a major portion of the underground water basin and endanger the <br /> health and welfare of the district". <br /> In 1978, SEWD began providing a nominal 20,000 acre feet annually of <br /> treated surface water for urban area use. <br /> The average annual overdraft of the Eastern San Joaquin County <br /> groundwater basin was determined to be approximately 70,000 acre <br /> feet in 1985. (Report by Brown & Caldwell, consulting engineers) . <br /> The annual overdraft is projected to be at least 200,000 acre feet <br /> by the year 2020 if no additional surface water is obtained, and <br /> saline water is projected to intrude further east, under the western <br /> portion of the current urban area. <br />