Folsom Dam Water Control Manual update out for public review

Published June 7, 2017

SACRAMENTO, California – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District released a draft environmental document today addressing the proposed Folsom Dam Water Control Manual update. The Water Control Manual outlines specifications for flood storage space and reservoir releases when water encroaches into the flood storage space.

The draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Report includes an update to the operation rules for Folsom Dam, incorporating the flood risk management and dam safety benefits of the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project, also known as the Joint Federal Project. The JFP includes a new control structure and a 3,027-foot-long spillway that will work in conjunction with the main dam to manage releases from Folsom Reservoir.

The draft SEA/EIR and draft Water Control Manual are available for review on the project web page at www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Folsom-Water-Control-Manual-Update/.

Public meetings are scheduled for June 14-15, 2017, to allow the public to learn more about the proposed update, ask questions of Corps staff and to submit comments. The Corps is accepting comments until July 21, 2017.

The public meetings will be held:

Wednesday June 14, 2017; 3-4:30 p.m.
Sacramento Library Galleria
828 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Thursday June 15, 2017; 6-7:30 p.m.
Folsom Community Center
52 Natoma Street
Folsom, CA 95630

Scheduled for completion in October, the JFP is an approximately $900-million cooperative effort between the Corps, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, California Department of Water Resources and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency designed to improve the safety of Folsom Dam and reduce flood risk for the Sacramento metropolitan area.


Contact
Rick Brown
916-557-5102
richard.d.brown@USACE.army.mil

Release no. 17-013