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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project 4.21 Utilities and Service Systems This section of the EIR describes existing conditions in the Project area, the regulatory framework necessary to evaluate potential Project impacts on utilities and service systems, and potential cumulative impacts that could result from the Project. This section addresses the following utilities and service systems:water, wastewater treatment, storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas, solid waste and telecommunications facilities. Existing electric power, natural gas and telecommunications facilities are located adjacent the Project site and can be extended to and have capacity to serve the Project without resulting in significant environmental effects due to construction of new facilities. Therefore, these utilities are not discussed further, and the remainder of the section addresses impacts due to construction of water, wastewater treatment, storm water drainage and solid waste facilities that are required to serve the Project. 4.21.1 Environmental Setting The following utilities and service systems setting information is drawn from the San Joaquin County General Plan EIR (San Joaquin County. 2016.) 4.21.1.1 Water Supply Potable Water Potable water for irrigation and domestic use in the County is provided through multiple agencies and water projects, including federal, regional, and local water districts, special districts, and private systems. Irrigation, water, and water conservation districts are located throughout the County, some small, others spanning several planning areas. While some cities and unincorporated areas of the County are served by imported surface water from water districts or municipal water systems, some communities are not located within water districts or do not have water systems that provide water service.These communities must rely on private wells and groundwater. However, most water supply districts in San Joaquin County have been transitioning away from groundwater sources to surface water to reduce overdraft of groundwater.The following unincorporated communities are not served by a water district and rely on groundwater pumping: Banta, Stoneridge, Glenwood, Noble Acres, Collierville, Coopers Corner, New Jerusalem, French Camp, and Peters. The Central Valley Project (CVP) delivers about seven million acre-feet of water each year for agricultural, urban, and wildlife uses throughout the Central Valley, including San Joaquin County. Roughly five million acre-feet are dedicated to farmland irrigation, and 600,000 acre-feet are dedicated to municipal and industrial uses in the Central Valley. CVP contractors on the San Joaquin River and the Mendota Pool receive around 4,600 acre-feet (AF) from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta via the Tracy Pumping Plant and the Delta Mendota Canal. Water is also conveyed into the San Luis Canal, which serves the Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River and CVP contractors near the Madera and Friant-Kern canals. Water for water rights holders in the Stanislaus River watershed and northern San Joaquin Valley is stored in the New Melones Reservoir located east of San Joaquin County. Utilities and Service Systems 4.21-1 October 2021