IFC_mail: Re: Water Withdrawal Prices

From: "Holmes, Robert@Wildlife" <Robert.Holmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Robby Maxwell <rmaxwell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:38:51 +0000

Hi Robby,

We are not currently aware of a surface water diversion being charged a fee
that would be dedicated to fish and wildlife resources in CA. The only time our
agency received money from water withdrawals we can think of in CA is in a
court judgment in the Mojave River adjudication (City of Barstow v Adelanto,
Riverside Sup. Ct., Case No 208568). There the court appointed water master
collects a fee of $.096 per acre foot of groundwater pumped to be dedicated for
restoration of biological resources within a specified area of the Mojave River
watershed. The amount, as  stated in the Judgment, is adjusted for inflation
periodically.

If you get an update on the LA legislation progress, please let us know.

Thanks, Robert

Robert W. Holmes
Statewide Water Planning Program Manager
Water Branch
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
P.O. Box 944209
Sacramento, CA 94244-2090

Ph: 916 955-2671

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IFC,

In Louisiana, we have legislation stating that for water withdrawals from
certain waterbodies we get reimbursed for fair market value of no more than
$0.15 per 1,000 gallons for surface water (LA R.S. 30:961 (J) and (K)).  The
funds we acquire are for aquatic plant control.

Do any other state fish and wildlife agencies receive money from water
withdrawals?  How much do you get, and do you know how that amount was decided
upon?  We're looking to try to increase the amount, but want some kind of
precedent.

Here's the wording of the law, in case you're interested:

J. The state shall be reimbursed at fair market value for all use or withdrawal
of running surface water from bodies of water managed by the Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries and determined by the office of fisheries to be
negatively impacted by invasive aquatic vegetation. Fair market value as used
in this Subsection shall be at a rate of not more than fifteen cents per
thousand gallons, and shall not include the economic development, employment,
and increased tax revenues created by the activities associated with the
withdrawal of running surface water.

            K. All monies collected by the state pursuant to this Chapter as a
result of the use or withdrawal of surface water shall be deposited into the
Aquatic Plant Control Fund as established in R.S. 56:10.1, and shall be used
for the treatment of aquatic weed, preferably on the body of water from which
revenues were generated.

Thanks,

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LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
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