X ,J 1 'C ^x-\ h h- ,1'M« Ui..! 6z boj '^'^'^ THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA COPY t Department of Water Resources SALINITY INCURSION AND WATER RESOURCES APPENDIX to BULLETIN No. 76 DELTA WATER FACILITIES Preliminary Edition APRIL 1962 EDMUND G. BROWN WILLIAM E. WARNE Admr'nistrofor Governor j^g Resources Agency of California State of California °"'^ ^''^'=*°' Department of Water Resources state of California THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA Department of Water Resources SALINITY INCURSION AND WATER RESOURCES APPENDIX to BULLETIN No. 76 DELTA WATER FACILITIES :^t^' a^^'^ o^ cv^' .9.\^^' ,c^^ \OV^ ,nO' ,V>~" co" Preliminary Editio.,^ .:^,:f5:y::5;rj>:^^:'- ""^ APRIL 1962 EDMUND G. BROWN Governor State of California ooW .. , OS*' oie- »e' \e« «>* o*'"' o*e° .,. \n P' c,««*' ,eo»'°%, S--;e^--^.eotS-''^°" -35^:32=^ Si- yve»- .-.oo* ' LIBRARY w«,^'ir^iTy OF CAUPGRMIi »\o' WILLIAM E. WARNE Administrafor The Resources Agency of California and Director Department of Wafer Resources FOREWORD This appendix to Bulletin No. 76, "Delta Water Facilities", is one of six appendices upon which were based the recommendations and conclusions in Bulletin No. 76. Other appendices are entitled: Economic Aspects Delta Water Requirements Recreation Plans, Designs, and Cost Estimates Channel Hydraulics and Flood Channel Design Data and analyses contained in this appendix were utilized to determine the present and future quantity and quality of water supplies within the Delta and to determine the conditions under which the State Water Facilities must operate within the Delta with the various facilities proposed in Bulletin No. 76 constructed therein. In general, the con- ditions imposed result from conservative assumptions of available water supply and Delta channel hydraulics. Since Bulletin No. 76 is a preliminary draft designed to assist local agencies in evaluating the means by which local Delta problems can be solved within the structure of the State Water Resources Development System, all conclusions presented in this appendix must be considered preliminary. Following local review and public hearings on Bulletin No. 76, a final report will be issued, which will incorporate comments and suggestions pertinent to the appendices as well as the summary report. The final report will describe the essential minimum facilities and those economically justifiable options requested by local interests. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page FOREWORD iii CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1 Delta Water Facilities 1 Piirpose of Studies 2 Scope of Studies 2 Area of Investigation k Related Studies and Reports » . . . . k CHAPTER II. DELTA CHANNEL HYDRAULICS 7 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 7 Tidal Conditions in Delta Channels 9 Tide Recorders 15 Water Surface Elevations » . . . . l6 Tidal Prism l6 Flow Conditions in Delta Channels 17 Distribution of Tidal Flows 26 Distribution of Net Flows, Sacramento River System .... 26 ^^ Sutter and Steamboat Sloughs 27 Georgiana Slough and Delta Cross Channel ...... 27 North and South Forks of Mokelumne River 28 Threemile Slough 30 Confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers . . 31 Distribution of Flow in San Joaquin River System 32 CHAPTER III. SALINITY INCURSION 35 Salinity Conditions in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 36 Historical Salinity Conditions ..... 36 V Page Present Salinity Conditions y^ Factors Affecting Salinity Conditions i+O Records of Salinity Incursion 14.3 Four -day Salinity Observations I1.3 U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Salinity Recorders ... 44 Special Salinity Observations 1+7 Chloride -Ion Analyser US Relationship of Salinity Incursion to Delta Outflow . . . U8 Bulletin No. 2? Salinity-Outflow Relationship ... 49 Tidal Diffusion 50 Mean Tidal Cycle Surface Zone Salinity .... 52 Evaluation of Bulletin No. 27 Salinity- Outflow Relationship 54 Other Approaches to Relating Salinity to Delta Outflow 56 Tidal Prism Upstream from 1,000 ppm Chloride Location 55 Salt -Routing Studies by Machine Computations . . 58 Biemond Analyses ^o Glover Method gO Delta Outflow for Salinity Control 5]_ Minimum Outflow for Protection of the Delta • • • • 62 Minimum Outflow for Operation of Central Valley Project 63 Minimum Outflow for Operation of the Delta Water Facilities 54 Minimum Outflow to Meet Water Demands from Delta Without Delta Water Facilities 65 CHAPTER IV. WATER RESOURCES 69 Supply of Water to the Delta 59 vl Page Surface Inflow to the Delta 69 Factors Influencing Surface Inflow to the Delta . . 72 (1) Variation in Stream Flow 72 (2) Exports of Water from Central Valley Upstream from Delta fh (3) Use of Water Upstream from Delta .... 75 {h) Power Generation and Reservoir Storage . . 77 (5) Importation of Water Into Sacramento- San Joaquin River Basins 77 Natural Inflow to the Delta 78 Historical Inflow to the Delta 81 Present Inflow to the Delta 8I Future Inflow to the Delta 86 Precipitation on the Delta 86 Ground Water Accretions to Delta 90 Utilization of Water in Delta 90 Consumptive Use in Delta Lowlands 91 Channel Depletion in Delta Lowlands 93 Net Diversion to Delta Uplands 100 M\inicipal and Industrial Use of Water I03 Export of Water from Delta IO3 Outflow of Water from Delta 104 Natural Outflow from Delta IO5 Historical Outflow from Delta IO6 Present Outflow from Delta IO6 Future Outflow from Delta 2.|j_2_ 1970 and 1980 Condition of Developments Il4 1990 and 2020 Condition of Developments ]_]_1^ vii Page Staging of Projects 120 CHAPTER V. OPERATION OF DELTA WATER FACILITIES .... 123 Comprehensive Delta Water Project 123 Summer Operations 126 Winter Operations 127 Tidal Conditions 128 Outflow to Operate Project 133 Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels 138 Typical Alternative Delta Water Project l40 Summer Operations lUl Winter Operations lifl Tidal Conditions li+2 Outflow to Operate Project IU3 Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels 1^3 Single Purpose Delta Water Project ik'i Summer Operations ikk Winter Operations 1^5 Tidal Conditions ikS Outflow to Operate Project ikS Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels IU6 Chipps Island Barrier Project IU7 Summer Operations ikf Winter Operations .... 148 Tidal Conditions 148 Outflow to Operate Project IU9 Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels I50 viii Page CHAPTER VI. WATER QUALITY I5I Quality Criteria and Objectives for Water to be Exported . . 152 State Water Resources Development System 153 Metropolitan Water District Contract I.55 United States Bureau of Reclamation ]_55 Contra Costa Canal i^j Delta-Mendota Canal I5Y Historic Water Qiiality Conditions I5Y Mineral Quality of Water Supplies I58 Sources of Degradation 162 Future Water Quality Conditions I63 REFERENCES I67 ix Table No. TABLES Page 1 Tide gage recorders, San Francisco Bay System and Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta, Operation During 1959 11 2 Tidal Flow Measurements, Sacramento River at Sacramento 20 3 Tidal Flow Measurements, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 23 k Four-day Salinity Sampling Locations 1+5 5 U. S. Bureau of Reclamation's and Department of Water Resources' Continuous Salinity Recorder Locations J4.5 6 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Inflow Measuring Stations Y2 7 Estimated Maximu, Minimum, and Mean Natural Inflow to Delta for Water Years 1921-22 Through 19J^0-41 , 73 8 Estimated Depletion of Inflow to the Delta by Upstream Water Users yg 9 Segments of Central Valley Drainage Basin Contributing Flow to Sacramento -San Joaquin River System ... 82 10 Estimated Natural Deli-a Inflow 84 11 Historical Delx.a Inflow 85 12 Estimated Present Delta Inflow with 3,300 Second- feet Minimum Deitc. Outflow 87 13 Estimated Present Delta Inflow with 1,^00 Second- feet Minimum Delta Outflow 88 li+ Estimated I99O Delta Inflow with 1,000 Second-feet Minimum Delta Outflow 89 15 Estimated Cons\;imptive Use in Delta Lowlands ... 94 16 Estimated Monthly Rates of Change in Ground Water Storage V/ichin Delca Lowlands 98 17 Comparison of Estimated Consumptive Use and Net Diversions in Delta Uplands ^g Table No. Page 18 Percentage of Measured Monthly Delta Upland Diversions Used as Return Flows 101 19 Net Present Diversions to Delta Uplands .... io2 20 Estimated Quantities of Water to be Exported from Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta IO5 21 Estimated Natural Delta Outflow IO7 22 Historical Delta Outflow 108 23 Estimated Present Delta Outflow with 3,300 Second- feet Minimum 110 2i+ Estimated Present Delta Outflow with 1,500 Second- feet Minimum 112 25 Estimated I99O Delta Outflow with 1,000 Second- feet Minimxam II8 26 Estimated 2020 Delta Outflow with 1,000 Second- feet Minimum II9 27 Estimated Quantities of V/ater Imported to the Central Valley Drainage Basin from North Coast Streams 120 28 Effects of Modified Biemond Plan on a Typical Spring Tide I30 29 Effects of Modified Biemond Plan on an Extreme Spring Tide - Sacramento River Delta I3I 30 Effects of Master Levee System on a Topical Spring Tide - San Joaquin River Delta .... 132 31 Effects of Chipps Island Barrier on a Typical Spring Tide li+9 32 Effects of Chipps Island Barrier on an Unusual Spring Tide l49 33 Quality Limits Recommended for Water to be Exported by the -^tate from the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta 2.5U 3k Water Quality Objectives for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California I56 xi Table No. Page 31; Water (Quality Requirements foi- Water Served from Delta -Me ndota Canal 157 36 Past and Present Water Quality Values for Tributary Streams to Delta 159 37 Past and Present Water Quality Values for Internal Channels of Delta I60 38 Present Ranges of Water Quality Values for Sources of Export from Delta I6I 39 Estimated Future Water Quality Values for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for 1990 Conditions of Development I66 xil PLATES Plate No. 1 General Area of Investigation 2 Areas of Investigation, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 3 Tide Gage Locations, San Francisco Bay System h Tide Gage Locations, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 5 Mean Water Surface Elevations, North San Francisco Bay 6 Mean Water Surface Elevations, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 7 Tidal Prism Volvunes 8 Tidal Flow Measurement Locations 9 Relationship Between Flows in Steamboat Slough, Sutter Slough, and Sacramento River 10 Relationship Between Flows in Georgiana Slough, Delta Cross Channel, and Sacramento River 11 Ratio of Flow at Two Locations on San Joaquin River as Influenced by Delta-Mendota Canal Pumping 12 Historic Salinity Incursion, Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta 13 Salinity Measuring Locations, San Francisco Bay System 14 Salinity Measuring Locations, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 15 Relationship of Delta Outflow to Salinity in Western Delta and Suisun Bay 16 Relationship of Surface Zone Salinity to Mean Surface Zone Salinity 17 Comparison of Historical Salinity with Derived Salinity at Antioch 18 Relationship of Delta Outflow to Export Pumping Rate 19 Central Valley Drainage Basins 20 Seepage of Water from Channels into Delta Lowlands Xlll Plate No. 21 Outflow from Delta, Natural Condition of Development 22 Outflow from Delta, Present Condition of Development Sheet 1 - 1,500 Second-feet Minimum Outflow Sheet 2 - 3,300 Second-feet Minimum Outflow 23 Outflow from Delta, 199O Condition of Development 2k Outflow from Delta, 2020 Condition of Development 25 Comprehensive Delta Water Project 26 Comprehensive Delta Water Project, Summer Flow Distribution 27 Comprehensive Delta Water Project, Winter Flow Distribution 28 Comparison of Prototype Tidal Phases and Amplitudes with Analog Model Tidal Phases and Amplitudes 29 Relationship of Salinity at Antioch to Salinity at Rio Vista Bridge 30 Relationship of Salinity at Antioch to Salinity at Mouth of Mokelumne River 31 Natural, Present, and Future Salinity Conditions in Western Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 32 Typical Alternative Delta Water Project 33 Typical Alternative Delta Water Project, Summer Flow Dis- tribution 3^ Typical Alternative Delta Water Project, Winter Flow Dis- tribution 35 Single Purpose Delta Water Project 36 , Single Purpose Delta Water Project, Summer Flow Distribution 37 Single Purpose Delta Water Project, Winter Flow Distribution 38 Chipps Island Barrier Project 39 Chipps Island Barrier Project, Summer Flow Distribution ^0 Chipps Island Barrier Project, Winter Flow Distribution xiv CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION This appendrx report substantiates and supplements the findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding salinity incursion and water resources suimnarized in Bulletin No. 76, entitled "Delta Water Facilities". It encompasses the engineering studies on these subjects conducted pursuant to the Abshire-Kelly Salinity Control Barrier Acts of 1955 and 1957, and legislation enacted in 1959 to investigate water supplies and flood control levees for the Sacramento -San Joaqxiin Delta. Back-up data for this report are compiled in several volumes entitled "Back-up Data", for "Salinity Incur- sion and Water Resources Appendix to Bulletin No. 76". These data are too voluminous for general distribution, so are on file with the department and available in Sacramento for examination or reference. Delta Water Facilities The alternative systems of works which comprise the Delta Water Facilities are summarized in Bulletin No. 76, "Delta Water Facilities". Plans for water salvage and transfer range from a physical barrier near the outlet of the Delta at Chipps Island, with only minor modifications to existing channels in the Delta, to a comprehensive multipurpose plan for the Delta water facilities. The Chipps Island Barrier Project involves little change in the Delta channels but would create a fresh-water system of waterways and eliminate the present tidal flows above the barrier when the barrier gates are closed. The Comprehensive Delta Water Project would extensively alter the net- work of channels in the Delta by creating closed nontidal networks of fresh- water channels isolated from the remaining network of channels subject to tidal flows. The other two systems of works; the Single F*urpose and Typical Alternative Delta Water Projects are primarily modifications of the Compre- hensive Delta Water Project, with feattires for flood control and other fiinctions eliminated or reduced in scope. Purpose of Studies The purpose of these studies were severalfold: (l) to determine the relationship of salinity incursion into the Delta to the fresh-water outflow therefrom; (2) to determine the minimum outflow of fresh water from the Delta to Suisun Bay necessary to operate ^he Delta water facilitiesj (3) to determine the outflow from the Delta to enable future rates of export from the Delta with and without facilities constructed therein; (U) to deter- mine past, present, and future salinity conditions in channels of the western Delta; and (5) to determine the quantity and quality of water supplied to and exported from the Delta for several conditions of development. Scope of Studies Salinity incursion studies encompassed (l) analysis of historical salinity and strearaflow records to find the relationship of sea water Incua'sion from the upper San Francisco Bays into the channels of the Delta to the fresh- water outflow from the Delta, (2) review of the findings of Bulletin No. 27, "Variation and Control of Salinity in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and upper San Francisco Bay" (Reference 8), and (3) trials of other approaches to math- ematically relate salinity incursion to Delta outflow. Field programs were undertaken to provide information lacking in the available data. As a result, field measurements were various and covered seem- ingly widely different programs. Collectively however, they were pointed toward the one objective, better imderstanding of the phenomenon of the mixing of fresh and saline waters in the San Francisco Bays and Delta so that a reliable prediction of future salinity conditions could be made. Field programs included; (l) salinity measurements in other tidal rivers of the State; (2) tidal flow and salinity measurements at the levee breaks of lower Sherman Island; (3) simultaneous salinity and current velocity measurements throughout the western Delta and Suisun Bay; and (U) salinity gradient observations in the upper bays and Delta. These programs are not discussed in detail in this report, but the data collected, analyses made of the data, and a discussion of the programs, are on file in the "back-up" data. Service agreements for studies of tidal conditions under project conditions conducted on an electronic analog model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta systems, and programming of sea water incirrsion routing studies on an electronic digital computer were issued to the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University at Palo Alto, respectively. Services were also obtained from consulting engineers on specific problems needing special attention and analysis. Water resources available to the Delta were determined for past, present, and future conditions of development in the drainage areas tributary to the Delta on the Basis of a 20-year water supply equivalent to that of the water years 1921-22 through 19U0-Ltl. In addition to computing stream flow entering the Delta for this water supply period of past, present, and future conditions, historical stream flow entering the Delta for 1921-22 through 1956-57 water years was also determined. Estimates were made of Delta outflow to protect water exported from and used in the Delta for all conditions of development with and without facilities proposed therein. The quality of water to be exported from the Delta and to be expected at various locations therein was estimated for conditions of development in the year 1990. These estimates were predicated on water- and salt-routing studies based on flow patterns with Delta water facili- ties in operation. Area of Investigation The area encompassed by the studies of water resources and salinity incursion included about all of the Central Valley, and the San Francisco Bay system, as delineated on Plate 1, "General Area of Investigation". Drain- age areas contributing runoff to the Delta were included in the study because they affect the supply of water to the Delta. The San Francisco Bay system is naturally a part of any study of sea water incursion in the Delta because it is the tides in the Pacific Ocean which cause the huge volumes of water to move through the Golden Gate into the San Francisco Bay system and Delta to create the salinity incvirsion problem. The one specific area of investigation, of course, is the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta, and the western Delta study area, a part of which is outside the legally defined Delta. The bomidaries of the legally defined Delta, the western Delta study area, and Delta lowlands, are shown on Plate 2, "Areas of Investigation, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta". Related Studies and Reports In the course of this investigation considerable use was made of studies and reports of other units in the department. Reference was also made to many other publications on subjects related to salinity incursion, mixing k - of fresh and saline waters, hydrology of the Delta and Central Valley, and tidal hydraulics. Reference material used in the course of these studies is listed at the back of the report under "References". When attention is called to a particular reference in the text, the number of the reference is noted. CHAPTER II. DELTA CHANNEL HYDRAULICS Hydraulics of the Delta channels entail consideration of both tide and stream flow. Both factors affect the distribution and magnitude of flows through the many sloughs and channels of the Delta. Although flows in all channels of the Delta have not been related to various tidal and Delta inflow conditions or to flows in other channels, flows in some of the principal channels have been. The relationships determined are empirical, based upon field measurements and observations of tide and flow. Mathematical expressions of flows in mar^ channels were not derived because of the complex- ity of the channel regimen, for example, multiplicity of channel interconnec- tions, nonuniformity of channel cross sections, meanderings of the channels, and the unsteady flow in the channels. In this chapter the flows of water in channels of the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta are described to give an insight of the complexity of the area, which is the hub of The California Water Plan. Tide and flow condi- tions in some of the more important channels of the Delta are also discussed. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers which drain the Central Valley of Califor- nia. The Sacramento River drains the Sacramento River basin in the northern part of the valley. The San Joaquin River drains the San Joaquin drainage basin in the southern part of the Central Valley. These two rivers unite near the City of Pittsburg, approximately 50 miles east of San Francisco, turn westward and discharge their flows hj way of Suisun, San Pablo, and San Francisco Bays into the Pacific Ocean. The Delta extends from the vicinity of Pittsburg to Sacramento on the north, Stockton on the east, and Tracy on the south. It is interlaced with 700 miles of interconnected channels which form more than 50 separate islands. The majority of the islands are below sea level and require high levees aroiind them to prevent inundation. These islands have been reclaimed to form a rich agricultural area which contributes greatly to the economy of California. Flow from the Sacramento River and the Yolo Bypass enter the Delta from the north and continue southward by several channels to unite with the flow from the San Joaquin River. Flow from the San Joaquin River enters the Delta from the south and proceeds through its branch channels to combine with the flow of the Sacramento River at the western end of Sherman Island. Enter- ing the Delta from the east are the Cosumnes, Mokelumne, and Calaveras Rivers, French Camp Slough, Dry Creek, and smaller streams. Entering the Delta from the west are several small streams, the most important of which is Putah Creek. These streams discharge their flows into channels in the Yolo Bjrpass and/or channels of the Cache Slough complex. These waters mix with the waters in the Delta channels, and the flows not consumed within the Delta or exported therefrom, eventually exit from the Delta toward the ocean via the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The Delta is traversed by two deep water channels; one leads to the Port of Stockton, and the other, now under construction will lead to the Port of Sacramento. Many other Delta channels are used for commercial tug and 8 barge traffic. Due to the numerous sloughs, along which one may enjoy excellent sport fishing, the Delta channels have developed into a much- favored and highly used recreational area. In summer months flows through the Delta channels are relatively small. During winter months flows are considerably larger, up to 700,000 second-feet during periods of extreme floods. Periods during which water is transferred across the Delta for export are the primary concern of this chapter. Flood flows are considered in the office report entitled, "Channel Hydraulics and Flood Channel Design". Tidal Conditions in Delta Channels Tides in the Delta are the result of tides in the Pacific Ocean. The tides in the Delta are not true tides but are periodic water surface fluctuations resulting from upstream movement of the progressive wave from the Pacific tides. The tidal wave moves in from the ocean through the Golden Gate into San Francisco Bay, then into San Pablo Bay, through the Carquinez Strait into Suisun Bay, and thence into the Delta channels. During periods of low river discharge the progessive waves continue northward up the Sacramento River and its branch c) annels until they are dissipated above Sacramento. The waves also continue up the San Joaquin River and its many branch channels in the southern portion of the Delta until dissipated south of Mossdale, about 20 miles south of Stockton. The rate of translation of the waves for the different tidal phases is not constant, but varies depend- ing upon the phase of the true tides outside the Golden Gate, channel charac- teristics, and local meteorological conditions. A tidal phase is described as a particular level of tidal waters which recurs at fairly regular inter- vals. In the Delta, as well as on the Pacific Coast, these tidal phases, 9 - orfevels, are designated as lower low, low high, high low, and higher high. The sequence of occurrence is generally in the order noted, and the inter- val between tidal phases is about 6 hours and 12 minutes. High and low waters in the Delta occur semidiurnally and reflect the mixed tjrpe of tides that take place in the ocean along the Pacific Coast. The mixed tides along the Pacific Coast consist of two high and two low waters each lunar day (approximately 2[i hoiors and 50 minutes), with generally marked differences in water elevations between the two high and the two low waters. The highest point of each tide depends upon astro- nomical and meteorological conditions. The characteristics of the coast and geography of the Bay system also play their parts in determing the tidal conditions in the Delta. The waves resulting from the tides in the ocean progress upstream from the Golden Gate into the Delta taking approximately 10 to 13 hours to reach the uppermost points. As the tidal phases are approximately 6 hours and 12 minutes apart, the tide may be both rising and falling concurrently at different locations in the San Francisco Bay and Delta estuary. As a result, the water surface elevation within the estuary always has some degree of slope at any particular time. Because of the tidal conditions in the Delta channels, the regimen of flow is rather complicated. In the lower reaches considerable volumes of water move into and out of the Delta channels each day during the two flood and two ebb tides. 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Tide Recorders Continuous tide gage recorders have been installed at many loca- tions to obtain information concerning tidal conditions in the San Francisco Bay system and the Delta. Some tide gages in the Delta and bays have been in operation for many years. Others were installed for shorter periods of time to obtain water level information for specific purposes. The location of continuous tide gage recorders operating during 1959 are shown on Plate 3, "Tide Gage Locations, San Francisco Bay System", and Plate U, "Tide Gage Locations, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta". Also shown on these plates is a centerline of the mean movement of tidal flow, and locations at which tidal measurements have been made for specific purposes referred to in the text. The accumulated mileage from the Golden Gate is indicated along the center- line. Table 1 lists the number and location of the recorders shown on Plate 3 and U, the agency which operates the recorder, the height of mean sea level datum above the gage zero elevation (where known), and if the recorder was a temporary or permanent installation during 1959. The datum to which the tide gage recorder staff is referenced is U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) sea level datum of 1929. It should be pointed out that because of siirface subsidence in the Delta area, bench marks used to establish tide gage elevations may be inaccurate. - 15 Water Surface Elevations Tidal stages within the San Francisco Bay system and Delta were determined from records of water svirface elevations measured at several tide gage recorder locations. These water surface elevations are plotted on Plate S, "Mean Water Siirface Elevations, North San Francisco Bay", and on Plate 6, "Mean Water Surface Elevations, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta". The water surface elevations shown are for the fovir peak tidal phases, mean higher high water, mean high water, mean low water, and mean lower low water. The surface elevation at mean half tide is also shown on Plate 5 and 6. These are averages of the four peak water surface elevations recorded at the tide gage locations for a two-month period in 1953, and are representative of mean half tide water surface elevations for other periods. Tidal Prism As used in this text, the tidal prism at a location is the differ- ence in volumes of water from points within the Delta to the point at which the forced wave is no longer measurable. This volume is a constantly vary- ing one, dependent upon the instantaneous water surface elevation, which in turn is dependent upon the tidal phase and stream flow. An amplification of "tidal prism" may be found in reference 8. To determine the tidal prism, use is made of the water surface elevations obtained from the tide recorders. Plate 7, "tidal prism", shows the relationship of tidal prism to tidal range for three locations within the Bay system. These locations are at (l) the Presidio, (2) Dillon Point, and (3) Chipps Island. Tidal range is defined as the difference in water surface elevations between successive tidal phases. 16 - Because of the changing water surface elevations in the Delta channels, water is stored in the channels during rising water elevations and released from storage during descending water elevations. The quantity of water passing a given location between successive tidal phases can be determined if the tidal prism and the inflow to the tidal estuary above that location are known. Flow Conditions in Delta Channels Flow conditions in Delta channels are influenced by both tide and stream flow. Stream flow entering the Delta plays a major role in the net movements of water in the complex of interconnected channels. The operations of the Central Valley Project in transferring surplus waters from the Sacramento River basin across the Delta complicate the hydraulic flow picture. Export of surplus waters at the Tracy Pumping Plant in the •southern portion of the Delta causes a reversal of net movement of water in certain channels. Relationships of flow in the more important cross-Delta transfer channels to flows in other main channels have been developed, and the distri- bution of flows between some of the parallel waterways has been detennined from flow measurements conducted on these channels. Because of tidal activity, flows in the channels throughout the Delta will reverse in direction or pulsate, Because of the stream flow in channels where currents reverse direction, the predominant flow is toward the ocean on the ebb tide. In other words, the volujne of water moving seaward is larger than the volmne of water moving inland during the flood tide. At most locations in the Delta where reversal 17 of current takes place, the current generally leads the tide wave, so that the peak flows occur prior to the peak water surface elevations. During periods of low river flow, during the svunmer months, the point of nonreversal of current in the Sacramento River is in the vicinity of Clarksburg. Upstream from this location the flow is always downstream, but at higher velocities during the ebb tides than during the flood tides. In the upstream channels stream flow plays a major role in determining the flows through those channels. In the downstream channels of the Delta tide is the predominant factor in determining the flow. An example of the first case is Georgiana Slough, where flow in the slough depends primarily on flow in the Sacramento River. An example of the latter case is Threemile Slough, which connects the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The flow in Threemile Slough is affected but slightly by stream flow in the rivers, but is greatly influenced by tidal conditions. To determine the distribution of flows in the many waterways of the Delta, use was made of tidal flow meas\irements conducted in the Delta over a number of years. Tidal flow measurements, sometimes called tidal cycle measurements, are conducted continuously for a period of a lunar dayi/ so that the average flow during the tidal cycle can be determined. Standard ciirrent metering equipment is used in determining these measurements. The measurements are made at a cross section of the channel by metering from a boat attached to a cable (tag line) stretched across the channel. Between 12 and 20 stations along the cross sections are metered each hour at 0.2 and 0.8 of their depths. The flow through each 1/ A lunar day is the time between successive transits of the moon; 2U hours, 50 minutes, 30 seconds. - 18 station is computed using the mean velocity of the two metered depths. The total flow through the channel cross section for each hour is the summation of flows at all stations in each cross section. The total flow is then plotted against the mean time of the hourly measurements of flow at the cross section. Plate 8, "Tidal Flow Measurement Locations" shows the locations where tide flow measurements have been made. Tables 2 and 3 summarize information obtained from the measurements. These measurements were graphed in order to determine the net flow for the tidal cycle. The areas of the flow curves between corresponding tidal peaks, about 2$ hours apart, are algebraically summed and divided by the time between the peaks. 19 - TABLE 2 TIDAL FLOW MEASUREMENTS SACRAMENTO RIVER AT SACRAMENTO (IN SECOND-FEET) Location No. 1~/ Date of Measiirement : Net Flov : Maximimi Flow : Minimum Flow Dec. 3 & h, 19I+7 9,230 9,800 5,810 May 8 & 9, 1950 23,073 23,900 21,600 June 8 & 9, 1950 18,800 20,360 17,275 July 10 & 11, 1950 7,661 7,525 U,090 Sept. 7 & 8, 1950 8,185 10,325 5,075 Oct. 10 & 11, 1950 8,697 10,300 6,270 Nov. 9 & 10, 1950 12,200 13,750 10,290 Apr. 9 & 10, 1951 28,980 30,275 28,360 May 28 & 29, 1951 22,410 2U,700 20,100 June 20, 21, 22, I95I 9,3iH 11,625 5,275 July 2U & 25, 1951 9,i^30 11,025 7,100 Sept. 6 & 7, 1951 10,800 12,600 8,560 Sept. 12 & 13, 195: 10,305 12,200 8,050 Nov. 8 8c 9, 1951 9,590 10, 560 7,600 July 7 & 8, 1952 23,215 25,400 21,000 Aug. 12 & 13, 1952 9,465 10,925 6,825 Aug. 13 & Ih, 1952 9,6lU 11,080 7,575 Aug. 13, Ik, & 15, 1952 9,Tl6 11,080 7,575 Aug. li| & 15, 1952 9,983 11,325 7,975 Aug. 15 & 16, 1952 9,936 11,325 7,690 Aug. 15, 16, 8= 17, 1952 9,926 11,220 7,065 Aug. 16, 17, 8c 18, 1952 9,796 11,100 7,065 Aug. 17 8c 18, 1952 10,023 11,380 7,890 Aug. 17, 18, 8c 19, 1952 10,017 11,380 7,860 Aug. 18, 19, 8c 20, 1952 9,975 ll,i^OO 7,850 A\ig. 19 8c 20, 1952 9,939 11,1+00 7,k80 Aug. 19, 20, 8c 21, 1952 9,965 11,075 7,k80 Aug. 20, 21, 8c 22, 1952 10,110 ll,i^50 8,060 Aug. 21 8c 22, 1952 10,165 ll,i+50 8,U50 Aug. 21, 22, 8c 23, 1952 10,100 11,290 8,380 Aug. 22, 23, 8c 2k, 1952 9,961 11,090 7,970 Aug. 23 8c 2h, 1952 9,962 11,050 7,970 Aug. 23, 2k, 8c 25, 1952 9,908 11,090 7,8U0 Aug. 2U 8c 25, 1952 10,008 11,095 7,8U0 Aug. 25 8i 26, 1952 10,097 11,500 7,920 20 - TABLE 2 (Continued) TIDAL FLOW MEASUREMENTS SACRAMENTO RIVER AT SACRAMENTO (IN SECOND-FEET) Location No . li/ Date of Measiirement Net Flow Maximum Flow Minimum Flow Aug. 25 & 26, 1952 Aug. 25, 26, & 27, 1952 Aug. 26 & 21, 1952 Aug. 26, 27, & 28, 1952 Sept. 18 & 19, 1952 Oct. U & 5, 1952 Oct. 27 & 28, 1952 Nov. 12 & 13, 1952 Nov. 19 & 20, 1952 Mar. 26 & 27, 1953 Apr. 23 & 2k, 1953 May 12 & 13, 1953 July 1 & 2, 1953 July 17 & 18, 1953 July 2I; & 25, 1953 Aug. 17 & 18, 1953 Oct. 6 & 7, 1953 Oct. 22 & 23, 1953 Nov. 30, & Dec. 1, 1953 June 2lj- & 25, 195I1 July 27 & 28, 1954 Aug. 16 & 17, 195l^ Sept. 16 & 17, 195U Nov. 9 & 10, 195i; Mar. 8 & 9, 1955 June 20 Sc 21, 1955 July 26 & 27, 1955 Aug, 15 & 16, 1955 Sept. 22 & 23, 1955 Oct. 17 & 18, 1955 Nov. 17 & 18, 1955 July 10 & 11, 1956 Sept. 12 8e 13, 1956 Nov. 28 & 29, 1956 10,097 11,500 7,920 10,027 11,500 7,1+20 9,978 11,250 7,390 9,763 11,250 7,175 12,610 13,560 11,200 10,1+60 11,800 8,600 9,553 10,500 8,000 9,3i^O 10,760 7,150 11,965 13,380 9,775 32,6U5 33,U20 32,020 28,620 31,350 25,300 28,380 29,350 27,300 16,365 17,275 15,1+25 8,825 10,1+1+0 6,1+75 8,100 10,100 l+,8l0 8,450 9,970 6,060 10,160 11,11+0 8,725 11,095 12,325 9,1+60 16,565 17,515 15,J+50 8,307 9,850 5,300 7,920 9,800 5,100 8,968 10,1+10 6,850 11,150 12,700 8,525 9,691+ 10,960 6,880 11,975 13,060 10,1+30 9,292 12,000 6,175 9,hj^ 11,350 6,700 9,268 10,850 6,260 10,01+5 11,120 7,900 8,289 10,075 5,21+0 9,875 11,325 7,330 11,985 13,725 9,i+50 13,590 li+,6oo 12,100 12,285 I3,i^50 9,950 21 - TABLE 2 (Continued) TIDAL FLOW MEASUREMENTS SACRAMENTO RIVER AT SACRAMENTO (IN SECOND-FEET) Location No . li/ Date of Measurement : Net Flow : Maximum Flow : Minimum Flow Jan. 30 & 31, 1957 10,037 11,125 7,600 Apr. 22 & 23, 1957 24,510 25,875 23,800 June 27 * 28, 1957 9,261 11,650 5,900 Aug. 27 & 28, 1957 9,630 11,325 7,425 Oct. 28 & 29, 1957 18,370 19,300 17,600 Dec. 10 & 11, 1957 13,615 14,775 11,975 July l6 & 17, 1958 13,755 15,525 11,500 Oct. 21 & 22, 1958 12,960 14,520 11,475 Dec. 8 & 9, 1958 13,225 15,140 10,900 Apr. 23 & 24, 1959 8,000 10,600 4,050 Sept. 30, & Oct. 1, 1959 9,525 11,300 6,700 Oct. 20 & 21, 1959 7,705 9,450 4,875 Nov. 24 & 25, 1959 6,915 8,200 4,460 Jan. 14 & 15, i960 10,875 12,350 8,700 1/ All tidal flow measurements at Sacramento made by DWR, 22 h < < < < < < < < < < --t • CO coco CM onca (\J CU o-i rrj ^ oBco ONfti cy CM oi m Is' •*< \o O O vJ^ ON rO^^ ON O O ir\ O m u~ivo ONOcyooNkTvoj ^ ONco cy-"' co eocyM5r-t— vo^n on itnvo voo o a's oS o u% ( O -^ Q o o o o > u^ o\ o u> LfN o cy O Q O Q ir« o cy o CO J- --^ f- OOQOOOiTNQO u^r— O u^o cor— o w~v ir\^.j\t~t~\Ot^O\ I OnO ^ vO CO CXJOOvCOr^^OCO cot-- ■s^ Q LTV O &8S !888 S; kTv O J~« i/N cy CO -a- -3- CO u^co ) Q O ^OCO t^co r-^o o cy cy m m irv o o c cy O ir\C OJ CTv -"> r- > o o o ) O CTMTN ■ >- O u^ SQOQOiT'OO Q< ■H rH a\ t— 05 vo ir\ ^- ,H • E O 88 oi cy o o o o ir. o u~v o _ ^ 0\ J- >- u-\ 8 88 8 m cy m f*^ lOOOO Lr\mO\0 " " -CO On "-1 CO en 0\ (TncO C3N [^ t-- CO ON Olj^OiT'OQOO oo ^ r— cocycocOfou^«HO O\r-r-tmcyot-r- mo ^ n-j-3' roO rorocy fn ro CO cy n-i '5 M rH I O o o m cy m ^/^ O —I O u> u"' UP.VD NO f-KsO Q cy t^ m rao t- on-3' cu ncjmi/NM OOrHO oooo iT* m tTv oj -J m^D -'"v Mmnoco O m M \o tJ^OQ-S'OiH.-IVOu^ cooj^ poro^yj focy cy *r\\o cy CO on o\ oj cy mmrocorooi cy m-^ O O O CO O ITN ft] i/N o t- j-v j-\ i/NNO cy i^a5 f— cy vD MMcucjNcrvO .r\t--co r- nnoTcy rH ONO?OJ M rH r-T 5n cc: :x X ffi IX B . |Bg ^^■i^ -;g 1 ir\ rH iT^ 1 m mm rH ir«-3- t/N t-H On ^^s -i mON .H PO CO -* U-* -^cy ITS C-- • c^ cy cy cu r- i -■OJ 1 r^ ^r^ -a- vo cy • -3- CO cy cy cy M OJ *J +J >»*> *i >» >» +i >» 55 S ►^ -3 ^&&-3'3 »^ •^ CO m »-3 -^ PC a: cr: ir S cc az :x cr. pa CQ 3 Q :5 m Q 3 ^ W W Q Q g ^ Q t 1 M ■ rH mifN ON irv m J- rH C>N Ll-V ON irv in CJNrH CJN iTv -H "r-t m i-H t a ) • ) On I [w (jv J- cy < cy ' *j *> . .p s >> : ua)Ofti3:___„ CQtOOM'-3*-5'^»^< •» >> >s ft) •H ft) ! -^ ■-> "^ < E '-5 rr. ffi to n "A l^ PC az i 1 g 1 a a rH cy cu rH m co-d- J\ ir. iTv ITv cr\^ rH rH m <7\ rr U-\rH rH X> mo rH cy ro cy 0-3- cy -S' >-i rH ftl C-- ^ C7\ cy rH ^ cy Cy ^ t «) *> >> 1 ^ ^^ to < to »-3 •-3 •^ •-3 tr ^ g O Q U^ i/N (J\rH O m iH u^ m < o 33 § 1^ I It V CO 5 g> > a a V n £ o \-i s 8 ■3 3 C ■i 3' ^ p A) ft) s s 3 K O to gl - 23 - c V 5 OOPQQOQ MM H W W W W W r CO cy ir« cy t— t-- I OJcOcO ro f-t C\l C\i f^ -^ t— u~\ I OnO CO I OJVO OJ I OJ u\CO I CO m OJ VO f-l < t I li-N OJ rH I l/NCO OJ I t— OJ rH C\J -d' X H -^ tf p. of 3 3 3 CJ y CI" ■? t-1 1-1 r> p £ OJ on UN ir\ CTn ON r ft t< r- -• t^ 0) U lU OJ V > -rt > > > •H H ■r< ■H K IK K c: B g c C c ■35 3 •H 3. t & d o« 01 o' 01 CT" a> g^ g ^ g^ s^ •-0 J> >-3 ■H •-3 -H .1^ h (^ Li 3 m i" S" - 2U - o •* I&1 I S O Sn c y q W Q u > s^ si 0\C0 m OJ on cy CD'S « 0\C0 iTi OJ VD CO 0\ CO On O. O itnO LTi r— LPv VO O J- on in c\j O ir* Q Q Q roJ- iH CO m m_3- J- -s- u> o OJ m m ir\ -H CO o 00 c\j u^co t— f- 8^ 1 t 1 1 in ro IT* rH OS 1 OJ OJ o\ g g ge a 5 5R O Q & iTv On On ir\ ir\ ir\ 0\ On 0\ ^^i f-s §> i §> st ftf f > -Tj < <; fc a 1-3 < t-j < ■s t i^ f.« X) a u Q] V > CC 0) S^ !p| •0 B. s s 3 8 8 8 ■^ e 6 ^ I S < m u o u Cm u : ^Wl foi^l ti^ 25 - f Distribution of Tidal Flows Tidal flows entering the Delta from Suisim Bay divide between the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems. The division of tidal flow was determined from tidal flow measurements conducted simultaneously on the two rivers in September 1953 for a three -day period. The measurements on the Sacramento River were made in the channel about 1,100 feet upstream from Mayberry Slough, and in the San Joaquin River about 5OO feet west of the Antioch Bridge. The total volume of water entering and leaving the Delta during the measurement period was determined. Of the total flow entering and leaving the Delta, about kO percent of the flow was in the Sacramento River and about 60 percent was in the San Joaquin River. The average tidal flow in the Sacramento River was 28,300 acre-feet per tidal phase, and in the San Joaquin River it was U2,300 acre -feet per tidal phase. Distribution of Net Flows, Sacramento River System Referring to Plate k, it can be noted in following the Sacramento River south of Sacramento that there are several branch chan- nels, the Delta Cross Channel, and Sutter, Steamboat, and Georgiana Sloughs, into which flow from the Sacramento River can enter. Sutter Slough, after leaving the Sacramento River, connects with Miner Slough and then continues to join Steamboat Slough. Miner Slough continues westerly and then turns south\ra,rd to join Cache Slough, which in turn joins the Sacramento River about 3 miles north of Rio Vista. Steamboat Slough also rejoins the Sacramento River at about the same location. Through these channels and the main Sacramento River, flows paas down- stream from Sacramento toward Suisun Bay. 26 - Georgiana Slough and the Delta Cross Channel, one natural and the other man-made, provide the means for Sacramento River flow to be diverted into the lower Mokelumne River system. Farther southward Threemile Slough provides a connecting channel to the San Joaquin River. Near the confluence of the two rivers, the levee breaks on lower Sherman Island provide another poin-": of interchange of the waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Sutter and Steamboat Sloughs . Tidal flow measvirements have been made on these two sloughs simultaneously with tidal flow measure- ments on the Sacramento River, Georgiana Slough, and the Delta Cross Channel. Two of the three simultaneous measurements were made when the gates on the Delta Cross Channel were opened just prior to metering of flows. Unfortunately, hydraulic conditions in these two instances did not appear to be completely stabilized. Nevertheless, flows in these channels were related to flows in the Sacramento River at Sacramento. This relationship is shown on Plate 9^ "Relationships Between Flows in Steamboat Slough, Sutter Slough, and Sacramento River". The division of flow in Sutter and Steamboat Sloughs, as determined in Bulletin No. 27 (Ref. 8), is no longer applicable because of the construction and opera- tion of the Delta Cross Channel to divert Sacramento River flow into the Mokelumne River. Georgiana Slough and Delta Cross Channel . Flow from the Sacramento River entering Georgiana Slough and the Delta Cross Channel has been related to the flow of the Sacramento River at Sacramento from simultaneous tidal flow measurements conducted on the three channels. The relationships are presented graphically on Plate 10, "Relationships - 27 Between Flows in Georgiana Slough, Delta Cross Channel, and the Sacramento River", which shows flow in the Sacramento River along the horizontal axis and the flow in Georgiana Sloiigh and the Delta Cross Channel along the vertical axis. On Plate 10 certain points are shown hy dashed circles. In determining the normal flow distribution, these points represent data of questionable validity. On two occasions when the flow in the Sacramento River was about 10,800 second-feet, the gates in the Delta Cross Channel headworks were opened about three houirs prior to initiation of the flow measiirements . This period of time \-ras not sufficient to achieve stable flow conditions, and the flow in the Delta Cross Channel was therefore disproportionately large while the flow in Georgiana Slough was correspond- ingly smaller. Another measurement made on the Delta Cross Channel, when the flow in the Sacramento River was about 11,200 second-feet, is also of questionable validity since the flow in the cross channel was incon- sistent with other measurements. The flow data presented reveal straight-line relationships between the flow in the Sacramento River, Georgiana Slough, and the Delta Cross Channel. It should be noted that the measurements were made for rates of inflow into the Sacramento River between approximately 8,000 second -feet and l6,000 second-feet. The flow through these chan- nels provides a major portion of the water supply for export from the Delta by the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). Morth and South Forks of the Mokelumne River . The flow from the Sacramento River that passes into the cross channel must later divide between the North and South Forks cf the Mokelvmine River. Three 28 sets of simiiltaneous tidal flov measurements have been made on the North and South Forks of the Mokelixmne River to determine the flow division "between them. The first set of measurements was made on October 30-31, 1951, with a combined flow in the two forks of U,230 second-feet, 3,6hO second-feet of which came through the Delta Cross Channel. Eighty-three percent of the total flow was carried in the North Fork, and seventeen percent was carried in the South Fork. The second set of measurements was made on September 11-12, 195^, with a combined flow of 3,625 second- feet in the two forks, 3,520 second-feet of which arrived from the Delta Cross Channel. In this measurement, 80 percent of the total flow was carried in the North Fork and 20 percent in the South Fork. The third simxiltaneous measurement was conducted on June 28-29, 1956, but on this occasion the Delta Cross Channel gates were closed and the combined flow in the two forks was only l,6l8 second-feet. At this time 5^ percent of the combined flow was carried in the North Fork and k6 percent in the South Fork of the Mokelimme River. The difference in flow division between this measurement and the other two measurements can be understood by realizing that when the cross channel gates are closed the flow from the Mokelumne River can divide easily between the North and South Forks. When the cross channel gates are open, and flow in the cross channel is large in comparison to flow in the Mokelumne River, the chan- nels leading to the North Fork are about one and one -half times as large as the channels leading to the South Fork. Because of this, more of the cross channel flow reaches the North Fork of the Mokelumne River than the South Fork. 29 - Threemlle Slouch « Threemile Slough connects the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers about 3 miles south of the City of Rio Vista, and is another transfer point of water from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin River. Four tidal flow measurements have heen made in the slough under what may be termed present Delta channel conditions--November 19h6, August 1955j July 1959^ ^•nd August 1959* These measurements indicate an average tidal flow through Threemile Slough of 10,500 acre -feet per tidal phase f^or a mean range of tide. The peak flow is about 30,000 second-feet between the two rivers, but the net flows are less than 2,000 second-feet. Table 3 lists the dates of these tidal flow measurements, the net flow through Threemile Slough, and the direction of flow. Sacramento River inflow to the Delta was about 8,500 second-feet during the 19^ and 1955 measurements, and about 9^500 second-feet during the 1959 measurements. The large variation in net flow through the Threemile Slough under present channel conditions is similar to the large variation in net flow through the slough observed in 1929. The flow through Threemile Slough, as determined in 1929 » was noted in Bulletin No. 27. From the limited measurements of flow in Threemile Slough under present channel conditions, it is concluded that the flow through the slough is primarily dependent upon the character of the tides, and is not related to the flow in the Sacramento River. This is the same conclusion reached by the writers of Bulletin No. 27. The tidal flow through Threemile Slough is toward the San Joaquin River on the flooding or rising tide in the Delta, and thus contributes to the tidal flow moving into the San Joaquin River system. The mean flow of approximately 10,500 acre -feet per phase in Threemile Slough is about one -fourth of the 30 mean tidal flow of approximately U2,300 acre -feet per phase in the San Joaquin River near the Antioch Bridge, or one-fifth the total of the two. The sum of the San Joaquin River tidal flow, as measured near the Antioch Bridge, and the Threemile Slough tidal flow makes up the total tidal flow into the San Joaquin River system. Confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers . There are two locations in the vicinity of the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers at which waters in the two rivers can interchange. One, of course, is the point of confluence of the rivers, and the other is upstream from the confluence in the submerged lower portion of Sherman Island in the area west of Mayberry Slough, referred to as Sherman Lake. In the submerged portion of Sherman Island, flooding tidal water from the Sacramento River enters the lake through the levee breaks on the northern side of Sherman Island. Water from the San Joaquin River enters the lake through a levee break at the western part of Sherman Island. Water exits from the lake through Mayberry Slough and enters the San Joaquin River by two channels about 2 miles upstream from Antioch. In September 1957, tidal flow measurements determined the average net flow in Mayberry Slough to be about TOO second-feet in the direction from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin River. The net flow from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin River through Mayberry Slough appears to be caused by the difference in tidal regimen conditions on the two rivers on opposite sides of Sherman Island and the hydraulic characteristics of channels through the submerged portion of Sherman Island. During flood tides, the depth of water is relatively great and the frictional resistance to flows from the Sacramento River to the 31 - San Joaquin River is nominal. On etb tides, when the depth of water is less, there is greater resistance to flow in the direction from the San Joaquin River toward the Sacramento River. Therefore greater quantities of water flow from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin River on flood tides than the quantities which flow in the opposite direction on ebb tides. Distribution of Flow in San Joaquin River System Simultaneous tidal flow measvirements in channels in the San Joaquin River system have not been very numerous. As a result the distribution of flow among channels in the San Joaquin River system has not been determined. The only relationship of flow determined was between flow in the Delta-Mendota Canal, the San Joaquin River near Mossdale, and the San Joaquin River at Brandt Bridge. Water entering the Delta via the San Joaquin River at Vernalis at times when the Delta-Mendota Canal pumps are not operating, flows down the river to the head of Old River. At this location the flow divides between Old River and the San Joaquin River, with about 57 percent of the flow entering Old River and about k3 percent of the flow remaining in the San Joaquin River. This division of flow was determined by the Sacramento District Corps of Engineers. With the operation of the Delta-Mendota Canal pumping plant, the demand at the pumps places a demand on the flow in Old River. The demajid at the pumps during times of low flow in the San Joaquin River increases the flow of water down Old River over that which would nonnally flow in that channel. This in turn decreases flow in the San Joaquin River downstream from Old River. When flow entering the San Joaquin 32 - River at Vernalis is insufficient to meet pumping demand at the Delta- Mendota Canal, water in the San Joaquin River downstream from Old River will flow upstream or southerly in the San Joaquin River. Since the installation of the Tracy pumps in 1950, there have been six tidal flow measurements conducted simultaneously on Old River and the San Joaquin River at times of different pumping rates into the Delta-Mendota Canal. From data obtained by these measurements, the ratio of the flow in the Delta-Mendota Canal to the flow in the San Joaquin River at Mossdale was plotted against the ratio of flow in the San Joaquin River at Brandt Bridge to the flow in the San Joaquin River at Mossdale. This relationship is shown on Plate 11, "Ratio of Flow at Two Locations on San Joaquin River as Influenced by Delta-Mendota Canal Pumping". Flow into Old River is then the algebraic difference of the flow in the San Joaquin River at Mossdale and flow in the San Joaquin River at Brandt Bridge. - 33 CHAPTER III. SALINITY INCURSION In this report, salinity incursion is defined as the invasion of sea water into tidal estuaries or channels by tidal action. Its meaning differs from sea water or salinity intrusion in that the latter defines the invasion of sea water into ground water aquifers . It is recognized that in past reports of the department and its predecessor agencies, salinity intrusion referred to invasion of sea water into tidal channels, but hereinafter the term salinity incursion is used. The amount of salinity is expressed as the concentration of the chloride ion (Cl) in parts per million parts water (ppm) by weight. Salinity is also expressed in parts total dissolved solids (TDS) per million parts water, but in this text, salinity as parts chloride per million parts water is implied unless otherwise noted. To provide a background of salinity conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, historical salinity conditions in the Delta were examined as well as present conditions and the problems associated therewith. The basic factors affecting salinity incursion were also covered. Records defining salinity conditions and patterns in the Delta, and data obtained from special field measurements to identify specific salinity conditions are presented, as well as methods used to measure salinity concentrations. The relationship of salinity incursion to Delta outflow, and the rate of Delta outflow for control of salinity in the Delta, are the other topics discussed in this chapter. 35 Salinity Conditions in Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta Salinity incursion into a tidal estuary is a natiiral phenomenon, so it is not unique to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Tides in the Pacific Ocean outside the Golden Gate move tremendous volumes of water into and out of the San Francisco Bay and Delta system, mixing the saline ocean water with the fresh fluvial discharges of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Riverg. At times when the river discharges are small the saline ocean water invades the estuarine channels and remains iintil flushed out by increased stream flow. Historical Salinity Conditions The presence of saline water in upper Suisun Bay and the lower Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta channels was reported by expeditions explor- ing those waters as early as 1775 and 18^+1. It was also experienced by settlers along the lower San Joaquin River and in the Suisun marshlands in the late l880's. Beginning in I878, Bell Shaw Company provided water for the City of Antioch and pumped water from the river only on low tide during the late summer months of every year. The quality of water at high tide was too brackish for use. Some of the residents stored water in cisterns during the spring for use in the late summer and fall. On several occasions an old-time resident on Twitchell Island, dviring the years from 1870-187^+, found that water I-I/2 miles up Threemile Slough from its mouth on the San Joaquin River was too brackish for domestic purposes in August and September. Many times drinking water had to be secured from Sevenmlle Slough near the Mokelumne River. 36 - The travel record of barges used for bringing water to the California Hawaii Sugar Refining Company plant at Crockett also provides information on the early history of salinity incursion in Suisun Bay and the Delta region. The sugar refining company required water with a salinity of less than 50 ppm, and the record of their barge travel be- ginning in 1908 gives an accurate account of the location of water of that quality. These records indicate that on many occasions the barges traveled above Threemile Slough on both rivers to obtain good quality water. In 1920, the company abandoned its barges for hauling water d-uring the late summer and fall months of each year, and obtained water from across San Pablo Bay in Marin County. This fact emphatically in- dicates that sea water inciJirsion had then reached too far upstream to make barge travel economical for transporting the required quality of water. The seriousness of salinity incursion, however, was not widely recognized until 1917 and in subsequent years, when due to low runoff and increasing upstream water use, sea water penetrated farther into the Delta channels and for longer periods than were fomierly observed. The severity of the problem became progressively worse as upstream water uses increased and several extremely dry years were experienced. These effects are generally illustrated on Plate 12, "Historical Salinity Incursion, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta". Additional information on historical salinity conditions in the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta was obtained from Mr. C. W. Schedler, con- sulting engineer. The department contracted with him for a report on historical salinity conditions in the Delta, and for advice on minimum 37 quality standards for water used by industries located in the western por- tion of the Delta. A report entitled, "Salt Water Intrusion of Sulsun Bay and the Lower Delta", was submitted to the department in September 1957* This report pointed out that under natural conditions Carquinez Strait marked the approximate boundary between fresh and saline waters, and that irrigation and reclamation in the Central Valley were responsible for the gradual decrease in good quality water in the Delta. It should be noted, however, that from the time of earliest record there has been evidence of salinity incursion into Delta channels. This has occurred during the late summer and fall months in dry years when stream flow in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers was low. To better understand the phenomenon of salinity incursion and to find a remedy or method of controlling it, intensive engineering studies of salinity problems in the Delta were undertaken diiring the late 1920 's by federal, state, and local agencies. Several reports on these studies were written, and considerable data collected on salinity conditions in the Delta. One of the significant findings of these early studies was that salinity incursion could feasibly be controlled by sufficient outflow from the Delta; a hydraiilic barrier. At that time a hydraulic barrier was recom- mended as the method of salinity control in preference to a physical barrier below the confluence of the two rivers. Therefore, good quality water throughout the Delta could be obtained by storage of winter surplus waters in upstream reservoirs and the release of fresh water during periods when the natural flow was insufficient. 38 Present Salinity Conditions Since the construction and operation of the Central Valley Project by the Bureau of Reclamation, there has been a vast improvement in salinity conditions in the Delta during years of low rtinoff . Water stored in Shasta and Folsom Reservoirs is released during the late summer and fall months for salinity control and other purposes. The effect of these releases in preventing excessive incursion of saline water into Delta channels is dramatically demonstrated on Plate 12. On this plate it i^ readily seen that the area of the Delta affected by salinity incur- sion, subsequent to the operation of Shasta Reservoir of the Central Valley Project (CVP), is less extensive than prior to operation of the reservoir. Approximately 7 to 8 percent (33^000 acres) of the Delta acreage is the maximum affected by incursion of the CVP, compared to a maximum of approximately 7^ percent (325^000 acres) affected before the CVP. Another featioxe of CVP which has contributed to a firmer sup- ply of adequate water for industry located in the western portion of the Delta, is the Contra Costa Canal. Water is diverted into the canal from Rock Slough near Old River. Features were constructed on Sand Mound Slough to physically prevent saline water from directly contaminating the water at the point of diversion. Saline water invading Delta channels must take the long way around through False River and Franks Tract to arrive at the point of diversion to the Contra Costa Canal. Although present salinity conditions in the Delta are greatly improved over historical conditions from 1920 to 19^3^ there is still a salinity problem existing in the western portion of the Delta. 39 When outflow from the Delta is at a minimum during the late summer and fall, saline water is generally present in channels adjacent to Sherman, Jersey, Twitchell, Brannan, and Bradford Islands and Hotchkiss Tract. Under these conditions the water diverted from these channels by siphons, pumps, and through subsurface seepage, is of poor quality and becomes detrimental to the crops. The City of Antioch cannot divert water from the river for municipal purposes, and most industry along the San Joaquin River cannot use the water for process purposes. The Contra Costa Canal provides the alternative source of water to meet the needs of the Cities of Antioch and Pittsburg, and industries adjacent to the river. Recently, however, the quality of water delivered from the Contra Costa Canal at times of minimum Delta outflow has not met the needs of all users. In 1959^ the concentration of chlorides in the canal water reached proportions that made softening of boiler water, at the rate and quantity required, infeasible. In fact one plant had to close down completely for about three weeks. The higher salinity concen- tration also affected manufacturers of products which require high quality water for processing. Factors Affecting Salinity Conditions The two basic factors affecting salinity incursion in the Delta are tidal activity and stream flow. Tidal activity is the activating mechanism which causes the saline ocean water to move through the Golden Gate into San Francisco Bay and thence upstream into Delta channels to mix with the fresh--vra.ter flows from the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and smaller tributary rivers. Flows entering the Delta are modified by ho depletion of water from the channels for consumption by crops, vegetation, evaporation, sjid diversion out of the Delta for export elsewhere. The remaining stream flow passing into Suisun Bay (Delta outflow) determines the extent and pattern of salinity incursion into the Delta. In a tidal estuary the pattern of salinity incursion can take one of three forms: (l) a salt-water wedge or highly stratified vertical section, in which the denser sea water moves into the estuary eilong the bottom of the channel and the fresher waters override the tongue of salt water; (2) a partially mixed vertical section, in which differences in salinities of the upper and lower layers of the estuary are not quite as severe as in the salt-water wedge; and (3) a fully mixed vertical section, in which top and bottom salinities in the estuary are essentially the same throughout the tidal cycle. These have been categorized into salinity patterns in an estuary by the Corps of Engineers. An analysis of available data revealed two significant ratios that appeared to influence the mixing of fresh and saline waters. These ratios were: (l) the ratio of fresh- water discharge to tidal prism; and (2) the ratio of channel width to channel depth. To assign numerical values to these ratios, the fresh-water dis- charge was defined as the volume of fresh-water (acre -feet) which flowed into the estuary during an average ebb and flood tidal cycle of 12 hours and 25 minutes. The tidal prism was defined as the volume of water (acre-feet) which entered the estuary from the sea during an average flood tide. The width-depth ratio was derived by dividing the channel width in feet by the mean depth in feet. - Ul If the ratio of fresh-water discharge to the tidal prism was 1 or greater, the estuary vras classified as highly stratified. If the ratio was 0.2 to 0.5, the estuary was classified as partly nixed, and a ratio less than 0.1 was classed as well -mixed. A numerical relationship related to mixing characteristics was not found for the width-depth ratio, but the smaller the width to depth ratio, the greater the difference be- tween top and bottom salinities . In the Delta, salinity data show a partially mixed estuary with slight differences of salinity between top and bottom layers of water. Application of the parameters, above, to the Delta however, indicates a fully mixed estuary. For example: With a mean tidal range of 3.5 feet at Chipps Island (the point at which Delta outflow is measured), and an outflow. of about 1,500 second-feet for late summer conditions, the tidal prism from Plate 7 is 88,000 acre-feet and the outflow in 12.5 hours is about 1,550 acre-feet, giving a ratio of approximately 0.017. In San Francisco Bay and the Delta, the concentration of salinity decreases in the estuary as the distance from the source of salinity in- creases, creating a flattened S -shaped salinity gradient. The extent of inctirsion dejsends upon Delta outflow and fluctuates as the outflow fluc- tuates. Since Delta outflow varies monthly as well as annually and is a function of stream flow, consumptive use and exportation from the Delta, and saJ-inity conditions in the Delta, the extent of salinity incursion also varies. The rate of outflow affects the duration and extent of in- cursion, and the shape of the salinity gradient, while the change of the outflow affects the advance or retreat of salinity from the channels. - U2 Technical aspects of salinity incursion, dealing with the dif- ferential equations of diffusion and the mechanics of turbulence which generate diffusion, are contained in references 1, 35> ^1> ^^j ^, ^9) and 57. Records of Salinity Incursion Considerable data on salinity conditions in the Delta have been collected over the years. Regular salinity sampling, which began in 1924, has continued since then and many special surveys to better define salinity conditions in the Delta have been conducted. Four-day Salinity Observations To provide a continual record of salinity observations in the Delta for the purpose of advising farmers and others on the salinity of the river water and to better understand salinity incursion and its con- trol, regular four-day samples of water are collected throiaghout the Delta and analyzed for salinity determination. Samples are collected by ob- servers at times and locations specified by the department. The samples are taken generally one and one -half hours after high tide and forwarded to the department laboratory for analysis . Sampling locations in the San Francisco Bay System are shown on Plate 13, "Salinity Measuring Locations San Francisco Bay System", and in the Delta on Plate ik, "Salinity Measuring Locations Sacramento-3an Joaquin Delta". The location of sampling stations has varied throughout the years, but the locations presently used are sufficient to provide some measure of salinity condi- tions in the Delta. A tabulation of salinity observations is issued h'i - monthly, and the data are published annually in reports entitled, "Report of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Water Supervision". Prior to I956, the publications in which salinity data were published annually were entitled, "Surface Water Flow for (the Particular Year)". These data have provided the basic information on salinity con- ditions in the Delta. They show how salinity varies monthly, seasonally, and annually, and are used to relate salinity to outflow and to make other determinations of salinity incursion patterns in the Delta. A tabulation of regular four-day salinity observations locations is given in Table ^4-. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Salinity Recorders Another source of data on salinity conditions in the Delta is the records from continuous reading salinity recorders operated by the Bureau of Reclamation. These instruments were installed in connection with the operation of the Contra Costa and Delta-Mendota Canals of the Central Valley Project, and many have been in operation since 1952. The locations of these instruments are also shown on Plates 13 and l4. Some of the instruments are not operated in the winter season because salinity conditions are favorable ajid their use is not warranted. The locations of these instruments have also changed through the years, as experience has indicated better locations for the most representative salinity measurements. The locations of these instruments are listed in Table 5. kk - TABLE k FOUR -DAY SALINITY SAMPLING LOCATIONS Number : Location : Number : Location San Francisco Bay San Joaquin River Delta 1 Point Orient 18 Antioch 2 Point Pinole 19 Millers Harbor 3 Point Davis 20 Jersey Island k Grand View- 21 Threemile Slough 5 Crockett 22 Oulton Point 6 Benicia 23 San Andreas Landing 7 8 9 10 11 Martinez West Suisun Innisfail Ferry- Port Chicago Spoonbill Creek 2U 25 26 27 Opposite Central Lain ding Dutch Slo\:igh Webb Ferry East Contra Costa Irrigation District 12 Pittsburg 28 Clifton Court Ferry Sacramento River Delta 29 Moss dale Bridge 13 11^ Collins ville Enimaton (Opposite Toland Landing) 30 Vernal is (Durham Ferry Bridge) 15 Threemile Slough Bri -dge 16 ' Rio Vista Bridge 17 Isleton Bridge - U5 TABLE 5 imiTED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES • CONTINUOUS SALINITY RECORDER LOCATIONS Number Location Nimiber Location Carquinez Strait @ Crockett 10 Delta-Mendota Canal @ head 2 Carquinez Strait @ 11 Old River @ Holland Martinez Tract 3 Sacramento River @ 12 Middle River @ Ma.llard Slough Highway k bridge h Sacramento River @ 13 San Joaquin River @ Collinsville Oulton Point 5 San Joaquin River @ Antioch 14 False River @ Webb pump 15 San Joaquin River @ 6 Sacramento River @ Tolajid Landing San Andreas Landing 16 Sacramento River @ 7 San Joaquin River @ Jersey Point Green's Landing IT San Joaquin River @ 8 Contra Costa Canal @ Pumping Plant No. 1 Vernalis 18 San Joaquin River @ 9 Dutch Slough @ Farrer Park Antioch Bridge l/ l/ Chloride -ion analyzer owned and operated by the Department of Water Resources. U6 These salinity recorders were developed by the U, S. Bioreau of Reclamation and measure conductivity in micromhos rather than chlorides. The instruments are calibrated and factors determined to relate conduc- tivity to parts total dissolved solids per million parts water. Data from selected instruments are published by the Bureau of Reclamation in monthly operation reports, and the remaining data are filed at the bureau's Tracy field office . These data have been invaluable in shedding additional light on the complicated salinity incursion phenomenon. Special Salinity Observations To answer specific questions and obtain more detailed informa- tion on salinity conditions in the Delta than could be gleaned from four- day salinity observations and U. S. Birreau of Reclamation salinity recorder records, specific salinity measurement programs were undertaken in the course of the Salinity Control Barrier Investigation. A few of the special measurements were: (l) salinity surveys in and adjacent to lower Sherman Island conducted in 1957; (2) salinity gradient determination along the Sacramento River conducted in 1957; (S) simultaneous salinity-velocity measurements in the upper bays and Delta, conducted in August 1959; {h) slack water salinity gradient observations in the upper bays and Delta conducted in 1959; (5) periodic sampling of channel and drainage water at selected locations throughout the Delta conducted in 1959; and (6) salinity observations in the Montezuma Slough area conducted in I96O. These data added to the reservoir of knowledge on salinity conditions in the Delta and provided a better understanding of the entire problem of salinity incursion. Tabiilations and graphical presentation of these data are on file as back-up data for this office report. U7 Chloride -ion Analyzer The chloride -ion analyzer is a new device which measiires the chloride-ion directly, and records salinity in ppm chlorides continuoiisly on a strip chart. The department has installed such a device in the San Joaquin River at Antioch Bridge. The location is shown on Plate lU, and listed in Table 5* The sensing devices, or probes, are placed at two depths in the channel so that a continuous record of salinity at those depths is available. The instrument has been installed since July 1959^ and has proved successful in showing how salinity variation near the bottom of the channel compares to that near the surface. Relationship of Salinity Inciirsion to Delta Outflow All data gathered on salinity conditions in the Delta were analyzed and \ised in relating salinity incursion to outflow from the Delta. Since one of the prime purposes of salinity incursion studies was to predict the quality of water at any point in the Delta for a given outflow, considerable effort was spent on this task. Literature reviews were made to see what work in this regard had been conducted, the success of such studies, and if such work was applicable to the problems of the Delta. Letters were sent to many of the leading specialists in tidal hydraulics and salinity incursion asking their assistance in suggesting possible approaches to use in relating out- flow from an estuary to salinity incursion therein, or the name of any reports or other information on the subject. Unfortunately these experts co\ild not advise a source of information that contained the ready tools to solve the salinity-outflow relationship in the Delta. U8 - Many approaches were undertaken in attempting to find a relation- ship of seilinity incursion to Delta outflow utilizing available salinity, stream flow, and tidal data. None of these approaches were able to dupli- cate historical salinity conditions within the Delta to any greater degree of reliability than the relationship derived in Bulletin No. 27 (Ref. 8). Therefore, all conclusions contained in Bulletin No. 76 are based upon the Bulletin No. 27 Salinity-Outflow relationship. Use of this relationship should in no sense preclude the derivation of a more refined analysis of the salinity-outflow problem. Studies now in progress have as their main objective the development of a reliable and accurate solution to the problem. Bulletin No. 27 Salinity-Outflow Relationship In this publication a method was developed to relate salinity incursion to fresh-water outflow from the Delta. The relationship derived was the result of a 10-year investigation in which all facets of the salinity problem in the Delta were examined aind analyzed. For a complete and detailed understanding of the study. Bulletin No. 27 should be con- sulted, but for the purposes of this report a summary of the pertinent factors is given. - 49 Tidal Diffusion . In the development of Bulletin No. 27 salinity- outflow relationship, the term tidal diffusion evolved and was used to describe the mechanics by which salinity from the saline bays invaded fresh water in the river channels. Tidal diffusion, defined as the mixing of ssiline waters from the ocean with fresh waters from the rivers is caused by the effect of tidal currents in the channels of an estuary. Tidal diffusion results in a continuing tendency for saline water to advance upstream. The magnitude of advance or retreat of salinity during a par- ticular time-interval was measured by the volume of water in the channel or channels through which salinity of a particular degree traveled. The total amount of advance or retreat of salinity was due to the combined effect of tidal action and net stream flow in the particular channel section. Tidal diffusion, a function of tidal action, was determined as the difference of the magnitude of advance or retreat of a particular degree of salinity during a particular time interval and the net stream flow into the same channel reaches for the identical time interval. Mathematically, the relationship was expressed as fo2J.ows: C = D-S Where C equals the amount of advance or retreat of salinity in a par- ticvilar channel section (expressed as the volume of channel in acre-feet throxjgh which salinity of a particular degree advances or retreats diiring a particiilar time interval), D equals tidal diffusion, or the effect of tidal action on the total amount of advance or retreat of salinity (expressed in terms of channel volume acre-feet for the same time in- terval), S equals net stream flow in acre-feet passing the particular channel section dviring the same time interval, positive if downstream and negative if upstream. - 50 - From the equation it is evident that: 1. When the net stream flow "S" is dovmstream and equal in magnitude to tidal diffusion, "D", the advance of salinity "C" is zero. 2. When the magnitude of tidal diffusion is greater than the net stream flow, salinity incursion results. 3- When, however, the net stream flow exceeds tidal dif- fusion, retreat of salinity occurs. When net stream flow in the lower Delta was less than zero or upstream (i.e.. Delta consumptive use and diversion from the Delta exceeds inflow), both tidal diffusion and net stream flow become additive, maximiz- ing the advance of salinity. The latter combination of conditions brings about the greatest degree of salinity inc\zrsion into the Delta, as has been the case in many of the dry years. Since the advance of salinity was seldom if every zero for an appreciable length of time during the course of the investigation in the 1920 's, tidal diffusion was indirectly determined. For zero advance of salinity, tidal diffusion must be equal and opposite to net stream flow. For known advances of salinity, tidal diffusion was found from the equa- tion by adding the net stream flow when in the downstream direction, or subtracting when in the upstream direction, to volume "S", the volume of water in the channels through which salinity of a particular degree traveled, "C". The net stream flow for any particxilar section was computed from records of stream flow into the Delta from which estimates of consumptive use above said section were subtracted. Channel volumes were computed from the data of hydrographic surveys of the U. S. Corps of Engineers. - 51 - With records of salinity data on stream flow and channel volumes available from 1920 through I929, values of tidal diffusion in units of acre-feet per day were determined for various degrees of salinity and various locations in the western Delta and Suisun Bay. A series of graphs and charts indicating the relationship of tidal diffusion are shown in Bulletin No. 27- From these relationships of tidal diffusion the relationship of Delta outflow to salinity evolved. Since tidal diffusion equals net stream flow when the advance of salinity is zero, Delta outflow to control ssilinity to any desired degree can be shown graphically. The form of the graph used herein is different from that shown in Bulletin No. 27, but the information shown thereon is the same. Such a plot is shown on Plate 15, "Relationship of Delta Out- flow to Salinity in Western Delta and Suisun Bay". Outflow from the Delta in second-feet is shown along the abscissa of the graph and salinity in ppm chlorides is shown along the ordinate. Curves on the graph show the relationship of outflow to control salinity for any concentration of salinity for six locations in the western Delta and Suistin Bay. These locations are stations at which regular four-day salinity observations are made and at which long records are available. Thus, for salinity of 1,000 parts chlorides at Antioch, an outflow of about 3>000 second-feet is re- qiiired. Salinity, of course, is in terms of mean tidal cycle surface zone salinity, which is defined below. Mean Tidal Cycle Surface Zone Salinity . Mean tidal cycle surface zone salinity is the salinity at a location averaged over a tidal cycle of about 25 hours and measured in the upper foot of the water surface. It is a convenient term to use as a representative of the average salinity of an 52 entire cross section. In Bulletin No. 27, the validity of this relation- ship was demonstrated. More recent measurements of salinity throughout the Delta have also shown that measurements of salinity in the surface zone are indicative of salinity in an entire cross section. Since salinity at a location is continually changing due to tideil action, a means of relating salinity observed at any time of the tidal cycle to the mean salinity for the tidal cycle was necessary. Such a relationship was developed from the investigation leading to publica- tion of Bulletin No. 27- Maximum salinity at a location was found to taJce place at slack water after high tide. It is recalled that on the Pacific Coast there are four tidal peaks each lunar day, of approximately 25 hours. These peaks axe termed higher-high, high-low, low-high, euid lower-low tide . In the Delta reverseil of flow takes place at slack water about one and one-hal f hours after the tidal peak. Four-day salinity observa- tions in the surface zone are generally made one and one-half hours after higher-high tide so the maximum salinity at a location is observed. From the relationship of observed salinity to mean tidsil cycle surface zone salinity, the mean salinity is obtained from the maximum observation. In Bulletin No. 27, conversion of maximum ssilinity to mean salinity was in terms of tidal stage. The height of tide was indicated in percent of mean tide for the tidal cycle. Inasmuch as fo\u:-day salinity samples were taken after higher-high tide throughout the month, and average monthly salinity at a location was the salinity value used for incursion studies for this report, a means of converting average monthly salinities obtained one and one-half hours after higher-high tide to mean tidal cycle salinity was desired. Salinity records indicated that 80 percent of all salinity observations in the Delta were made one and one-half 53 hours after higher-high tide, most of the others were made one and one- half hours after Ijow-high tide, and a few were made at other times. This occurs because approximately 20 percent of the higher-high tides during the course of a year occvir at night. Salinity observation stations are maintained by volunteer personnel and it is more conven- ient for them to take samples during the day at slack water than at night. During a month, f?alinity observations are made, generally when tidal heights are l6o percent of the mean tidal height. Therefore, the curve of l6o percent of mean tidal height, shown on Plate LXII of Bulletin No. 27, was used to convert observed salinity observations to mesin salinity. Plate l6, "Relationship of Surface Zone Salinity to Mesm Surface Zone Salinity", shows this relationship. Mean tidal cycle s\irface zone salinity is shown along the abscissa and observed salinity taken one and one-half hours after high tide is shown along the ordinate . Sa]J.nity on both axes is in terms of ppm chlorides . Future tidal conditions in the Delta are expected to be similar to past conditions, so four-day salinity observations are expected to follow similar patterns. Therefore, the curve relating observed to mean salinity is expected to be representa- tive of future conditions and is used in future estimates of salinity conditions. Evaluation of Bulletin No. 27 Salinity-Outflow Relationship . To evaluate the reliability of Bxilletin No. 27 methods of relating salinity incursion to Delta outflow, a graph was drawn comparing derived salinity at Antioch (determined by Bulletin No. 27 relationship) with historical salinity at Antioch. The comparison was made for the yeeirs 1921 through 1955 using historical Delta outflows to obtain derived salinities. The 5^^ coniparison is shovn on Plate 17, "Comparison of Historical Salinity with Derived Salinity at Antioch". The solid line indicates the actual ssilinities and the dashed line indicates the derived salinities. Histori- ceO. salinities were obtained from published records of four-day salinity observations made one and one-heuLf hours after higher-high tides. The monthly average of these observations was determined and then converted to mean tidal cycle surface zone salinity by use of the graph on Plate 16. Derived salinities were obtained from the relationship of salinity to outflow for Antioch shown on Plate 15- Monthly outflows were deter- mined from published records of stream flow entering the Delta and precipitation on the Delta modified by estimates of Delta consumptive use, measured diversions to the Delta uplands, and water exportations from the Delta. On Plate 17, it can be seen that there are msmy occasions during the summer months when derived salinities indicate sea water (l8,000 ppm chlorides) . This occurs because at zero outflow, the Delta channels wo\ild eventually become saline. It is recognized, however, that for the short periods of time in the past that outflow was zero, it was not sufficient for such a condition to actually develop. The seilinity outflow relation- ship curves, however, does not account for this. Derived salinities also are seen to reach a concentration of 10 ppm chlorides and remain there throiighout the winter months when outflows from the Delta are large. Again the derived curves do not accurately represent actual salinity con- ditions, because at high flows the sea water has been flushed from the channels, and water quality of the inflows and local drainage are the factors influencing the chloride concentrations of the outflow. Another point noted from the plate is that the derived salinities have an earlier - 55 - occurrence than actual salinities. This is probably due to tvo factors: (l) the time required for flows to pass through the Delta; and (2) a difference in consumptive use and actual depletion of water from the channels (neither of which is reflected in the salinity-outflow relation- ship) . Even with some of the shortcomings of the salinity-outflow relationship it does give reasonable estimates of salinity incursion. It is presently considered adequate for making future estimates of salinity conditions, particularly when the estimates were to determine the percent of time that salinity of a specific concentration would be available at selected locations. Other Approaches to Relating Salinity Incursion to Delta Outflow Although Bulletin No. 27 methods of relating salinity incursion to Delta outflow were used in these studies, other approaches of doing so were attempted. In fact, considerable time and effort were spent in following through unsuccessful approaches. Two of the approaches studied were undertaken by staff personnel, a third analysis was made by Ir. C. Biemond of the Netherlands, and the fourth was undertaken jointly by the department staff and engineers with Charles T. Main Company of Boston, engineering consultants, who studied the feasibility of the State Water Facilities. A short resume of each of these approaches is given to indi- cate the extent of studies undertaken to find a workable salinity -outflow relationship. Detailed calculations, graphs, and other information gathered and analyzed in these studies are on file as backup data for this appendix. Tidal Prism Upstream From 1,000 PPM Chloride Location . A somewhat different approach to using the information on tidal diffusion as developed in Bulletin No. 27, was the relation of tidal diffusion to the tidal prism - 56 - upstream from the location of a particular concentration of salinity. Inasmuch as the location of the maximum incursion of salinity of 1,000 parts chlorides has been determined each year from the four-day salinity analyses, the location of this concentration of seuLinity was used in this approach. The tidal prism upstream from the mean location of 1,000 ppm chlorides vas also easily computed. Usingthe data from several selected years in which salinity of 1,000 ppm chlorides extended various distances into the Delta, the tidal prism upstream from the maximum incursion and the outflow from the Delta at the time of maximum incursion was computed. A relationship of Delta outflow to tidal prism volume upstream from the 1,000 ppm chlorides location was then determined by a graphical plot of the data. Combining this plot with the curve showing the relationship of tidal diffusion to tided, prism volume in Bulletin No. 27, gave a composite curve relating Delta outflow to tidal prism upstream from the location of 1,000 ppm chlorides . It was assumed that closing many of the channels in the Delta and separating them from tidal water by the master levee system as pro- posed in facilities for the Delta, would decrease the tidal prism in the Delta. With a reduced tidal prism for the Delta it was believed that the curve could be used to determine the outflow necessary to control salinity of 1,000 ppm chlorides at a location near Antioch. But as a result of electronic analog model studies of San Francisco Bay and the Delta con- ducted at the University of California at Berkeley, it was shown there would be an increased tidal range in the channels not removed from tidal influence. The end result of the removal of chajinels from tidal influence and the increased tidal amplitudes on the channels remaining under tidal - 57 influence, was that no appreciable change in tidal prism in the Delta would take place. Hence, the relationship between Delta outflow and tidsuL prism voltime upstream from the 1,000 ppm chloride location was not applicable in predicting future outflows to control salinity. Prior to concluding that this approach was not useful for making predictions of salinity conditions under operation of Delta Water Facilities, studies were undertaken to show the validity of the relationship. Field measixrements of salinity ajid stream flow were made on the Napa, Noya, and Russian Rivers to gather sufficient data to make such a determination. Unfortunately the salinity inciirsion pattern in these rivers was not similar to that in the Delta, so was not adequate to prove the validity of the relationship. Data collected from these studies, and maps showing the locations of measuring points, are in- cluded in the backup data of this office report. Salt-Routing Studies by Machine Computations . This approach to relating salinity incursion to Delta outflow utilized the continuity principle. The estuary was divided into a number of reaches, and the flow into a reach had to equal the flow out of a reach, plus or minus the change of water storage in the reach. In the method, the mixing of fresh and saline waters in a reach was assumed. The amount of mixing, whether complete or partial, was varied, as the method was refined to approach more representa- tive of actual conditions . The method originally used was programmed for the IBM 65O computer at Stanford University under the direction of Professor Ray K. Linsley, engineering consultant to the Delta water facility studies; by Dr. Robert Oakford, lecturer on industrial engineering; and Donald R. Brisell, a - 58 graduate student. Salinity, stream flow diversions, and tidal informa- tion in the Delta and Bays gathered during the IT-day lunar cycle measure- msnz of out-flow from the Delta in September 195^, was the basic data used in the salt-routing computations. Results from the IBM 65O computer cauL- culations revealed that the mathematical model as programmed, did not re- produce actual salinity conditions in the Delta. It was therefore assumed that the phenomena of mixing was not adequately described in the mathematical equations used in the method, and refinements would have to be made. Refinements were made as to the amount of mixing in a reach, and the effect of the salinity gradient on the mixing. Even with these modifications the salt-routing method failed to produce a satisfactory salinity incursion-outflow relationship. Biemond Analysis . Concurrent with other studies to determine the relationship of sea water incursion into the Delta and the outflow therefrom, the department contracted with Ir. C. Biemond, consulting engineer of the Netherlands, to analyze the problem and submit a report on his findings. Ir. Biemond was the engineer engaged by the department in 195^ to develop coii5)rehensive plans for exporting water across the Delta and pixrviding salinity and flood protection thereon. Ir. Biemond spent several weeks in California and developed the plan known as the Biemond Plan, the principles of which are reflected in the proposed facilities for the Delta. Ir. Biemond submitted a report to the department divided into three sections. Section 1 described the phenomenon of mixing of fresh and S£L3J.ne waters in Delta channels; Section 2 presented the mathematical analysis of the phenomenon described in Section 1; and Section 3 applied - 59 the material covered in Sections 1 and 2 to predict future salinity in the Delta under operation of Delta Water Facilities. The data which Ir. Biemond analyzed for his analysis was the large volume of velocity and salinity information gathered during the 17-day lunar cycle measurement Ir. Biemond found from his analysis of data from the lunax cycle measurement that there was a difference in movement of water at two depths of the channel. The difference in water movement, Ir. Biemond believed, was the reason for the difference in salinities at the two depths. He, thus, concluded that dual-layer flow existed in the Delta channels. He made a mathematical evaluation of the dual-layer theory and demon- strated that calculations could be made to predict changes in tidal flow and salinities . He then used the theory developed and information on salinity gradients in the estuary to predict future salinity conditions with Delta facilities in operation. The method was reviewed by Dr. Einstein, Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of California, and Professor Ray K- Linsley of Stanford University. They concurred in the conclusions of department personnel that inadequacy and errors of the basic data prevented the method from being reliably used to relate Delta outflow to salinity in- cursion and msuke predictions of salinity conditions in the future with Delta Water Facilities in operation. Glover Method . In collaboration with engineers of the Charles T. Main Company, staff personnel of the department wrote a program for the IBM 650 computer to perform mathematical computations for a method em- ployed by Robert E. Glover to analyze salinity conditions in the Delta. - 60 - Mr. Glover, an engineer with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, wrote a paper on a method of computing transient seilinity conditions in the Delta. The information used in perfecting this method was historical four-day salinity observations made by the department, results of office and hydraulic model studies conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation, and theoretical salinity diffusion equations. Mr. Glover, in his ansilysis, used actual salinity incursion patterns in the Delta to compute the outflow from the Delta to reproduce such salinity patterns. With the computed outflows a monthly depletion of water from the Delta channels was derived and compared to estimated consumptive use. A set of constants, applicable to the Delta for the diffusion equation, was also determined. In applying this method to finding a s\iitable salinity incursion- Delta outflow relationship, the data from the monthly channel depletions and constants for the diffusion equation were utilized. Historical salinity in ppm of total dissolved solids (tDS) from the Bureau of Reclama- tion salinity recorder records for the months of May through September 1955 > from seven locations in Suisun Bay and the western Delta were used in this study. Using Delta outflows during the identical time period the object was to reproduce the salinity conditions in the Delta using the Glover method. This approach was also unsuccessful in reproducing historical salinity conditions, even after several changes were made in the value of the constants and the monthly depletions. Delta Outflow For Salinity Control If waters in the Delta are to be diverted directly from Delta channels for municipeLL and industrieuL process use, then an outflow to - 61 - maintain low concentrations of saline waters is needed. If water is to be diverted for agricultural purposes, then a higher concentra- tion of saline water can be allowed. If transport of good quality- water across the Delta for export therefrom is the prime objective, than an outflow commensurate to accomplish that objective is necesssiry. In the Delta, water for these three purposes plus recreation, naviga- tion, and other uses is needed. Therefore, because the uses of water in the Delta are various, the selection of an outflow for control of salinity becomes one of economics. Minimum Outflow for Protection of the Delta An outflow of 3^300 second-feet was recommended in Bulletin No. 27 as that required to provide salinity control- in the Delta. The degree of control was 1,000 parts chlorides per million parts water, mesin tidal cycle surface zone salinity, at a point 0.6 miles below Antioch. This degree and point of control was selected, at the time of publication of Bulletin No. 27, as the most economical to provide an adequate and usable supply of good quality v/ater to the Delta. It was concluded that at times when the natural flow of the rivers was insuf- ficient to provide an outflow of 3p300 second-feet these flows should be supplemented by releases of fresh water from upstream storage reser- voirs. The facility proposed to provide the necessary storage of water for controlled releases, in addition to other multipurpose fixnctions , was Shasta Dam and Reservoir. Views of the State of California regarding salinity control in the Delta were given in Reference 5- The following statement is extracted from that report: 62 - "In order to control the advance of salinity, a supply of water flowing into the Delta must be provided sufficient in amount, first to take care of the consumptive use in the Delta and, second, an additional amount flowing into Suisun Bay sufficient to repel the effect of tidal action in advanc- ing salinity. The studies show that the practicable degree of control by means of fresh water raleases would be a control at Antioch sufficient to limit the increase of salinity at that point to a mean degree of not more than 100 parts of chlorine per 100,000 parts of water, with decreasing salinity upstream. In order to effect a positive control of salinity at Antioch to this desired degree, of flow of 3>300 second-feet in the combined channels of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers past Antioch into Suisun Bay would be required." In the authorization of the Central Valley Project, salinity control was considered a function of the project, and statements at various times concerning the project have considered salinity control for protection of the Delta as a basic function. After Shasta Dam and Reservoir were constructed in 19^+^+ by the Biireau of Reclamation as a part of the Central Valley Project, it was operated to provide salinity protection to the Delta. Because of the release of fresh water to supplement natural flows, CVP has prevented the incursion of salinity into about 95 percent of the Delta. The 5 percent of the Delta not protected from salinity of 1,000 parts chlorides is in the western portion, of which Sherman Island is the primary area. However, the project has aggravated salinity problems in areas below the vicinity of Antioch by storing late spring runoffs which otherwise would have flushed saline water lower into Suisun Bay. Minimum Outflow for Operation of the Central Valley Project The official position of the Bureau of Reclamation toward salinity control in the Delta was stated in a letter to the department in response to a request to the Regional Director to comment on Bulletin - 63 - No. 60 (Ref. 1^)-) with respect to the ass\ainption contained therein on the operation of the Central Valley Project for salinity control. In the letter the Regional Director stated "I consider that the obligations of the Central Valley Project are satisfied when a satisfactory quality of water is provided at the intake to the Contra Costa and Tracy Pumping Plant". The Bureau of Reclamation has concluded that under present con- ditions of upstream development and diversions from the Delta, satisfactory water can be assured at the project pumps by maintaining a computed mini- mum outflow of approximately 1,500 second feet. Under present operation of the Delta pumping facilities of the Central Valley Project, water exported from the Delta in the Contra Costa Canal is approximately 70,000 acre -feet per year at a peak rate of about I80 second-feet; and in the Delta-Mendota Canal it is approximately 1,360,000 acre-feet per year at a peak rate of about U,150 second-feet. The Bureau of Reclamation has thus expressed its opinion that the quality of water- exported from the Delta is the prime consideration for salinity control therein. It is realized that operation in this manner does provide salinity protection for the Delta, but not to the extent recommended by the State in Bulletin No. 27. Minimum Outflow for Operation of the Delta Water Facilities Facilities for the Delta were designed for multipurpose functions. Among the functions of paramount importance were conservation of water supplies and salinity control to provide adequate quantity and quality of water for use in, and export from, the Delta. One thousand second-feet was outflow determined to be the minimum to accomplish these functions for each of the alternative projects for the Delta, except the Chipps - 6h Island Barrier Project. Determination of this minimum outflow is dis- cussed in Chapter V of this appendix. With an outflow of 1,000 second-feet, the concentration of saJ-inity in the lower reaches of the Delta will be higher than with 1,500 second-feet outflow, and the incursion will extend further up- stream into the channels. The mean location of salinity of 1,000 parts chlorides will be about the center of Decker Island in the Sacramento River and the mouth of False River on the San Joaquin River. With Delta facilities constructed, however, this outflow will protect the water transported across the Delta from degradation by ocean salinity, will provide 90 percent, or ^50,000 acres of the Delta with protection from salinities greater than 100 parts chlorides. Substitute water facilities will provide equivalent water supplies for agricultural, municipal, and industrial purposes to the remaining ten percent of the Delta located within the Western Delta. Minimum Outflow to Meet Water Demands from the Delta Without Delta Water Facilities To evaluate the benefits of water conserved by the Delta Water Facilities, an estimate of Delta outflow was needed if works in the Delta were not constructed and demands for quality water from the Delta were met. Such an estimate was made using the techniques of routing salt and water through the Delta. The premise of the study was that; the natural channels and the Delta Cross Cannel have limited capacity in transferring water from the Sacramento River system into the San Joaquin system, and when the San Joaquin River flow is low the additional water to supply the export demand at the southern part of the Delta must move through Threemile Slough and around the western tip of Sherman Island. If the concentration 65 of saline water in the Western Delta is high, then the mixture of water arriving at the pumps would be contaminated with sea water and would not meet the standards recommended for water to be exported from the Delta. Taking into accovint (l) the quantity and quality of inflow water, (2) consunrptive use in the Delta, (3) degradation of the water due to the Delta draineige, (h) distribution of flows in the Delta, and (5) demands for export water, the salt-routing technique was used to determine the outflow necessary to limit the concentration of sea water in the Western Delta so that flows moving to the pumps would be of good quality. The many calculations for this study were performed on an electronic digital computer. Details of the study and a listing of the results are in the back-up data for this office report. A graphical presentation of the results is shown on Plate I8, "Relationships of Delta Outflow to Rate of Export Pumping from Southern Delta". Each curve on the graph is for a different rate of consumptive use in the Delta, and the quality of water ejqiorted was estimated at 100 ppm chlorides, the concentration of chloride recommended by a board of consultants (1955) for the department for water quality objectives of water exported from the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta. Other factors used in the development of these curves were (l) Sacramento River inflow water quality, I5 ppm chlorides; (2) San Joaquin River inflow rate, 5OO second-feet and quality 200 ppm chlorides; and (3) flow to pumps from Western Delta, I/5 through Threemlle Slovigh and I+/5 around lower Sherman Island. Consequently, if a total export of water from the Southern Delta of 1^,950 second-feet is made, consisting of 10,000 second-feet by the State in its San Joaquin Southern California Aqueduct, i+,600 second-feet by the Bureau of Reclamation in the Delta-Mendota Canal, and 350 second-feet in the Contra Costa Canal, the 66 outflow from the Delta necessary to provide vater not to exceed 100 ppm chlorides vrith a Delta consuii5)tive use of 5»000 second -feet under the conditions set forth above is about 6,000 second-feet. The relationship shown on Plate l8 was thus used to make estimates of Delta outflow for present channel conditions and future demands for water from the Delta. The quantity of stored water that would have to be i~eleased for control of salinity to enable the export of future quantities of water from the Delta was estimated for each 20-year condition of develop- ment. This was done from operation studies using a 20-year period of water supply, as discussed in Chapter IV of this appendix by determining the quantity of stored water which as part of the total outflow from the Delta for project operations. The quantity of stored water necessary for salinity control to meet future export demands with the existing channel system, is shown on the chart on page i+5 of Bulletin No. 76. 67 - CHAPTER IV. WATER RESOURCES Discussions in this chapter include: (1) the supply of water to the Delta, (2) the utilization of water in the Delta, and (3) the outflow of water from the Delta. These three aspects are examined for natural, historic, present, and future conditions of development within the Delta and upstream watershed areas for iden- tical water supply conditions. The four conditions of development are compared by using the 20-year water supply conditions of 1921-22 to 19U0-U1. Supply of Water to the Delta Water supply to the Delta consists of surface runoff from drainage basins in the Central Valley and precipitation in the Delta. Subsurface inflow into the Delta islands from adjacent ground water basins does not appear to be appreciable. These three sources of water supply are discussed in the ensuing paragraph. Surface Inflow to the Delta The Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta is the outlet of the Central Valley to the saline bays, and thence the Pacific Ocean, and receives its supply of water from the entire Central Valley Drainage Basin. The Sacramento River Basin, with an area of approximately 26,000 square miles lying north of the Delta, produces the greater portion (about 70 percent) of the flows arriving in the Delta. Its major tributaries originating in the Sierra-Nevada are the Feather, 69 Yuba, and the American Rivers. Stony, Putah, and Cache Creeks located on the west side of the basin draining the coast range are generally intermittent in flow. These are the more productive streams, in terms of runoff, from the west side." The Goose Lake Basin vdiich lies within the Sacramento River Drainage Basin contributes flow to the Sacramento ftiver Basin only during periods of extreme high flow. The San Joaquin River Basin has a total area of 3 6,000 square miles, excluding the Tulare Lake area. Principal tributaries of the San Joaquin River are the >5erced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Mokelumne Rivers. These streams all drain the westerly slopes of the Sierra Nevadas and flow westerly into the basin. The west side streams drain- ing the easterly slopes of the coast range on the west side of the San Joaquin River Basin are extremely intermittent in flow and produce a small percentage of the total runoff from the basin. In times of high runoff flows from Tulare Lake Basin spill through Fresno Slough into the San Joaquin River. Records of stream flow on the major tributaries to the main rivers draining the Csntral Valley are available for various periods of time. Records of flow for many of the smaller streams also have been maintained for brief lengths of time. First records of stream flow in the Central Valley were obtained by former State Engineer, Vi/illiara Ham Hall. Later records of stream flow are available in pul>- lications of the U. S. Geological Survey. As of September 30, 19U7, records from 96 stream gaging stations located in the Sacramento River Basin and 105 stream gaging stations in the San Joaquin River Basin have been available. Considerable information as to the name, loca- tion, and elevation of stream gaging stations in the Central Valley - 70 - have been published in Bulletin No. 1 (ref. 35). In this publication the period, source, and type of record are listed. Use of these records was made in the development of natural runoff from the Central Valley to the Delta. Precipitation records within the Central Valley also have been maintained for various periods of time. Precipitation stations with records of 10 years or more are also listed in Bulletin No. 1. Use was made of precipitation records in determining stream flow to the Delta for areas in which stream gaging stations were not available. For areas in which neither precipitation records nor stream gaging records were available, a method of correlation between the particular drainage basin and similar drainage basins was used to determine flows therefrom. Locations at which inflows to the Delta are measured are shown on Plate 19, "Central Valley Drainage Basins", and are tabulated in Table 6. Based on historical records from October 1921 through September 1957, flow of the Yolo Bypass near Woodland accounted for approximately 10 percent of the flow, Sacramento River at Sacramento for approximately 6? percent, and San Joaquin River near Vernalis for 16 percent, totaling 93 percent of the total Delta inflow. The other 10 stations have contributed the remaining 7 percent of flow. - 71 TABLE 6 SACRAMENTO- SAN JOAQUIN DELTA INFLOW MEASURING STATIONS Num-: : Approximate percent ber ; Name : total Delta inflow 1 Putah Creek near Davis (formerly at Winters) 2 Yolo Bypass near Woodland 10 3 Flow over the Sacramento Weir h Sacramento River at Sacramento 6? $ Cosimnes River at McConnell (formerly Michigan Bar) 6 Dry Creek near Gait 7 Mokelumne River at Woodbridge 8 Calaveras River near Stockton (formerly at Jenny Lind) 9 Stockton diverting canal at Stockton (formerly Calaveras River at Jenny Lind) 10 San Joaquin River near Vernalis 16 11 Bear Creek near Lockeford (measured since 1955) 12 Duck Creek near Stockton (measured since 1955) 13 French Camp Slough near French Camp (measured since 1955) NOTE: Stations with undesignated percentages total 7 percent of total Delta inflow. Factors Influencing Surface Inflow to the Delta. Factors which play an important role in determining the flow arriving at the Delta from the Central Valley are (1) variation in stream flow, (2) exports of water from the Central Valley upstream from the Delta, (3) use of water upstream from the Delta, (Ii) power generation and reservoir storage, and (5) importation of water into the Sacramento and San Joaquin Basins. (l.) Variation in Stream Flow. Variation in surface inflow is the largest factor affecting runoff to the Delta. In addition to annual f luctuatiom- in surface inflow there are seasonal fluctuations. July through October are months of low ninoff , vriiile December through May are months of high flow. Flows in June and November are somewhat intermediate between the - 72 - extremes, their magnitude depending largely upon the wetness of the season. In Table 7, the estimated maximum, minimum, and mean monthly inflowp to the Delta under natural conditions for the period 1921-22 to 19U0-[il are tabulated. TABLE 7 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM, MINIMUM, AND MEAN NATURAL INFLOW TO THE DELTA FOR WATER YEARS 1921-22 THROUGH 19i;0-Ul (Units 1,000 acre-feet) Month Maximum Minimum Mean October November December January February March April May June July August September 2,52$ 6,293 6,021: 8,688 10,599 7,907 9,OU4 6,166 2,360 922 617 332 l;l47 353 82h U55 1,735 662 2,080 738 3,61i5 756 3,816 1,260 h,266 1,298 li,272 5oh 2,600 3h9 993 297 U99 281 U06 A casual inspection of Table 7 shows that variations were the rule, with an extreme variation in monthly inflow in September of 261,000 acre-feet, and March with an inflow of 10,599,000 acre-feet. In fact, it was not uncommon for the flow in an individual month, (such as March 1938), of a wet year to exceed the entire annual flow in a dry season, such as 1923-2U and 1930-31. Because of wide fluctuations in runoff from the Central Valley Drainage Basin, inflow to the Delta also fluctuates. To determine the availability of water in the Delta, a period of serveral years must be - 73 - examined so that the irregularities of an individual year are not given more consideration than other years. The water supply study period selected for analyses was the 20-year period commencing October 1921 and extending through September I9I4I. Within this study period is included the most severe drought period of record, 1927-28 through 193U-35, and the near maximum seasonal flow of the 1937-38 season. This 20-year period also includes the dryest years of record, namely, 192li and 1931. Estimates of stream flow are used to compare the availability of vjater within channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for various condi- tions of historic and future development. The appropriateness of the selected study period is substantiated by the fact that the selected 20-year period has a water supply about 85 percent of the long-term 50-year period, water years 1907-08 to 1956-57. Another factor influencing the selection of the 20-year period was that the department has utilized this period in developing water supply data for other California water resources development investigations. The Bureau of Reclamation has also employed this period in their studies of water supply in the Central Valley. (2.) Exports of Water From the Central Valley Upstream From the Delta. Exports of water from the Central Valley is another factor which influence the amount of runoff from the Central Valley reaching the Delta. Two notable examples of such exportation of water from the San Joaquin River Basin are those of the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and the City of San Francisco. ^k - One of the first exports of water from the Central Valley was that of the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). Their supply is taken from the Kokelumne River and is transported by pipelines from Pardee Reservoir across the Delta to the east Bay area. The EH4UD began water deliveries to the east bay in June of 1929 and from 1930 to 19U2 exports have risen to somewhat over 100,000 acre-feet per year with a maximum of 127,000 acre-feet in 19U8-U9. The second exportation of water out of the basin was by way of Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct from Tuolumne River for eventual use by the City of San Francisco. Deliveries of water from the Tuolumne River system ' commenced in 193^1 • In early years exports varied from 2,000 to 50,000 acre-feet per year and from 19U5 to date have exceeded 56,000 acre-feet annually with a maximum of 123,000 acre-feet in 195U-55. As both of these exports were relatively small, compared to total Delta inflow their effect on runoff to the Delta was slight. Interbasin transfer of water by opera- tions of the Central Valley Project are not considered as exports from the valley. (3.) Use of VJater Upstream from the Delta. Use of water in the Central Valley also effects the surface inflo;-/ to the Delta. Continued development of agricultural, municipal, and industrial endeavors gradually required greater quantities of water in upstream areas, resulting in smaller flows to the Delta, particularly in summer months. This gradual reduction in Delta water supply became of such magnitude in the dry seasons of 1918 and 192ii as to be readily apparent to Delta water users. Considerable reduction 75 in summer flow diiring dry years persisted until Shasta Reservoir commenced operations in 19hli. Inflow to the Delta from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers will probably continue to be reduced by increasing requirements for water within the drainage basin. The "County of Origin" law requires that future demands for water within a local area must have priority over requirements in other areas. In estimating future consumptive use it was assumed that supplies would be developed to the extent necessary to meet all estimated requirements. In an office report (Reference 25) compiled by the Economics Unit of the department, consumptive use in the entire valley, including the Delta, at future conditions of development was estimated as shown in Table 8. TABLE 8 ESTDWTED DEPLETION OF INFLOW w TO THE DELTA BY UPSTREAM- WATER USERS-'^ : Annual depletion, in , Year : millions of acre-fee't-' 1900 1.1 1920 3.1 19ljO 5.8 1955 (present) 7.1; 1970 8.3 1980 9.5 1990 10.9 2000 12.0 2020 13.6 ~TJ Present conditions defined under the section of this chapter on "Outflow from Delta". 2/ Depletions include there of several areas of the Central Valley Project upstream from the Delta. - 76 (h.) Power Generation and Reservoir storage. Pokier generation and reservoir storage is another factor which influences the inflow of water to the Delta. In general, water is stored in high flow months to be re- leased during periods of low flow. Power releases tend to regulate natural flows by supplementing flows during low runoff periods. Prior to construction of Ghasta Dam and Reservoir about 50 percent of the total storage capacity in all reservoirs in the Central Valley was utilized for pov/er purposes. Since Shasta Dam, hov;ever, the percentage of storage capacity utilized for power purposes has decreased to about 25 percent of total storage. Shasta Dam and Reservoir are units of a multi- purpose project, and power development is an integral part of its operation. With further integration of Bureau of Reclamation facilities and coordination with state facilities, the separation of the effect of a single -purpose power or water conservation operation will become more difficult to evaluate. ($.) Importation of Water into Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basins. Importation of water into the Central Valley basins is the fifth factor affecting siu'face inflow to the Delta. In the immediate future, the Bureau of Reclamation will bring water from the Trinity River into t-he Sacramento River system. These imports of water will augment the flow reaching the Delta unless diverted for prior use. Under operation of the proposed State Water Facilities, additional water will be imported from north coast streams by developing projects for that purpose. These imports will also effect runoff arriving at the Delta. The quantity of water expected to be imported from streams on the north coast, and the dates those quantities are expected to be needed, are listed later in this chapter. 77 - I From the discussion of the factors which influence flows arriving at the Delta it can readily be seen that availability of water in the Delta depends on several factors other than export of water from the Delta. Natural Inflow to the Delta. For purposes of this study natural conditions are defined as those in existence before any significant agricultural, municipal, or industrial development in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Natural conditions can be considered to be quite similar to the condition of development which was prevalent about 13^0. In 1350 very few, if any, of the streams were leveed, channel rectifications had not been made, and agricultural developmcnb had not yet commenced. Early publications were consulted to find descriptions of the natural topography of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins. Under natural conditions the Sacramento River built up small natural levees on each side of its banks. It is noted, however, that these levees were not continuous, but crevasses or breaks were located at various points within the basin. Lands adjoining the river were higher than the lands at some distance from the river, there being a gradual slope from the river to the low point of the basin. Basins adjoining the rivers were great saucer- like areas which in times of flood became filled wibh water. Tule growths were quite prevalent in these basins. In times of flood the San Joaquin River also spread out over con- siderable area but not to the same extent as the Sacramento River in the Sacramento Basin, orimarily because the quantities of flood runoff did not approach the magnitude of flood flows in trie Sacramento River. - 78 The Delta region, located at the confluence of Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, under natural conditions was at or near sea level and was composed of numerous islands with hundreds of miles of interconnect- ing channels and sloughs. The Delta region particularly was covered with dense stands of tules and other luxuriant growth which consumed considerable quantities of water. Determination of natural flows to the Delta was made for the selected 20-year period, 1921-22 to I9I4O-UI. In the computations, historic stream gaging records were modified to reflect historic consumptive use, diversions, and regulation in the basin. To simplify the computations of natural runoff the basin was considered in three parts. The first part was the area lying above the valley floor, which is the principal source of all flows from the basin to the Delta. Precipitation in this area generally is of greater magnitude than in other areas of the basin and much of the pre'ci- pitation falls as snow and is retained as natural storage for subsequent runoff during warmer months. The second part was that of the valley floor below the foothill stations and above the Delta. The third part was the Delta region itself. Evaluation of each of these areas in affecting flows to the Delta are considered separately. The first step in computing natural flow was the collection of all available meas\irements of stream flow at foothill stations of various tribu- taries to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The stations were generally located above the valley floor and were separated into 37 separate segments of the Central Valley Basin. Each segment was then carefully examined to determine the amount of runoff that it contributed to the total flow on a 79 - monthly basis. These 37 segments include some .30,000 square miles of drainage area. The location of these segments are shown on Plate 19- Segments of the valley utili^.ed in this investigation, their approxi- mate average annual runoff, and the method used in determining natural runoff, are shoiim in Table 9. Records of historic stream flow were available for 33 percent of the drainage area covered by the 37 segments. Natural flovj was deter- mined by modifying measured historic flows by historic diversions, return flow, and effects of reservoir regulation. In the remaining 17 percent of the area above the valley floor two methods were used for estimating monthly natural flow. For 13 percent of the area, natural runoff was obtained by correlation with known natural runoff computed from historical records of a similar drainage basin. For Jj percent of the area, runoff was developed from historic precipitation occuring in the area. In this method, engineering judgment as to the natural amount of consumptive use, ground water storage changes, and infiltration was relied upon to determine the runoff. Summation of monthly flows from each of the 37 segments is the Quantity of natural flow contributed by the area above the foothills. The next question to consider was the effect the valley floor would have on these flows as they passed downstream to the Delta. Would the flows be increased or decreased in passing through the valley floor? Several attempts to evaluate what would happen to these flows while on the valley floor were made using different assiimptions. One assumption was that the monthly quantities of runoff from the foothills would pass through the valley unchanged in magnitude or distribution. Thise assump- tion irplies that natural consumption within the valley would equal the 80 - precipitation within the valley. It is obvious that this assiimption is a simplification of what actually occurrojd in any particular monLli, or along any particular stream. It is believed, however, that the monthly flow leaving the valley floor and entering the Delta xinder this assumption would be reasonable. In view of the complexities of refining estimates of natural flows, it is believed that this assimption is adequate for this investigation. Thus computed natural flows at the foothill stations above the valley floor were assumed to be the natural infloxjs to the Delta. Natural inflows to the Delta for the 20-year period, 1921-22 water year to 19liO-l)l water year are shown in Table 10, The average annual inflow to the Delta for the 20-year period was about 25,800,000 acre-feet. Convert- ing the average annual inflow for the 20-year period to the 50-year or long- term mean, (1907-08 to 1956-57) would give a natural annual inflow to the Delta of about 30,300,000 acre-feet. Historical Infloxr; to the Delta. In addition to determining natural flows entering the Delta, histori; inflows on a monthly basis were also determined. Recorded flows at the 13 Delta inflow stations, listed in Table 6, were summarized from "Reports of Sacramento- San Joaqiiin Water Supervision". Total monthly flows are listed in Table 11 for water years 1921-22, through 1957-58. Flows are listed ;^n thousands of acre-feet on a monthly basis. Stations 11, 12, and 13 were not measured until 1955, but prior to then an estimate of return flow from the diversions to the Delta uplands was added to the other measured flows to obtain total inflow to the Delta. Pr esent Inflow to the Delta. Present inflow is defined as the infloii; to tne Dtlta that would have occurred if present develonments and - 81 - TABLE 9 SECS'IENTS OF CF.NTIIAL VALj^EY IHAINAGE BASIN GOWTiilBUTING FLOW TO THE SACHAI'IENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER SYSTEM Aoproximate Segment average annual determining natural runoffi/ Wo. Stream and Gaging Location flow Putah Creek near Winters in 1,000 A.F. 328 1 A 2 Cache Creek near Capay J4I6 C 3 Unmeasured streams, Cache Creek to Stony Creek, above 500 foot contour 205 C It Stony Creek at Canyon Houth 265 A 5 Thomas Creek at Paskcnta 180 A 6 Unmeasured streams in Thomas Creek drainage area above 500 foot contour 59 C 7 Elder Creek near Henleyville 70 A 8 Redbanks Creek group 91; C 9 Sacramento River at Red Bluff 7,002 A 10 Antelope Creek group 172 C 11 Mill Creek near Los Molinos 186 C 12 Dear Creek near Vina 195 A 13 Chico Creek near Chico 88 C lU Butte Creek near Chico 213 A 15 Unmeasured streams. Mill Creek to Feather River, above 500 foot contour 187 C 16 Feather River near Oroville 3,753 A 17 Yuba River at Smartsville 2,066 A 18 Bear River near Wheatland 289 A 19 Unmeasured streams, Feather River to American River, above 500 foot contour 170 C 20 American River above Fair Oaks 2,289 A 21 Cosumnes River at Michigan Bar 302 A 22 Dry Creek at lone 66 A 23 Mokelunne River at Mokelumne Hill 631 A 2ii Unmeasured streams, American River to Calaveras River above 500 foot contour 71 C 25 Calaveras River at Jenny Lind litO A 26 Unmeasured streams, Calaveras River to Stanislaus River, above 500 foot contour 26 C 27 Stanislaus River below Melones power house 988 A 28 Tuolvimne River at La Grange 1,677 A 29 Unmeasured streams, Stanislaus River to Merced River, above 500 foot contour )4ii q 30 Merced River at Exchequer 893 A 31 Unmeasiired streams, Merced River to Chowchilla River, above 500 foot contour lOU C - 82 Table 9 contimied Approximate Method uped in Segment Noj. Stream and Gaging Location 32 Chowchilla River at Buchanan 33 Fresno Hiver near Daulton 31; Unmeasured streams, ChoiJchilla River to San Joaquin Hiver, above 500 foot conto-or 35 San Joaquin River at F riant 36 Inflow to San Joaouin Valley from Tulare Lake Br;sin 37 Inflow to San Joaquin Vallt^y from the west side Total 25,767 average anrus )1 de termining , si runoff-/ flow in 1, 000 A: ,F. natur 70 A 69 A rer 13 C 1,577 A 7it9 C 115 B TT A = Determined by modifying measured historic flows by measured historic diversion, return flows and storage regulation. B = Computed from historic precipitation records, estimated consumptive use and soil moisture changes. 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The amount of precipitation was determined as the recorded precipitation at Benson's Ferry, modified by the ratio of normal precipitation in the Delta to the normal precipitation at Benson's Ferry multiplied by the area of the Delta lowlands. It was assumed that precipitation assists in satisfying consumptive use and in inci'easing outflow from the Delta. In summer months, however, rainfall is generally negligible. Ground Vlater Accretions to the Delta In Bulletin No. 60 (Ref. II4) an allowance of 500 second-feet through- out the year was made for ground water accretions to the Delta. Data gathered since the publication of Bulletin No. 60, and studies conducted by the staff of the Water Project Authority, indicate there is little if any ground water accretion to the Delta. Therefore, ground water accretions were not consid- ered as an item of water supply to the Delta. Utilisation of Water in the Delta Use of water in the Delta includes that estimated to be consumptively used by evapotranspiration of crops and vegetation; net irrigation diversions to Delta uplands, which are measured diversions less an estimated return flow; industrial use of process water by industries located within the Delta; and evaporation from water surfaces. The diversions of water from Delta channels by the Bureau of Reclamation for Contra Costa and Delta-Mendota Canals, diversion from Cache Slough by the City of Vallejo, proposed future diversions for the - 90 Bureau's East Side Division, and proposed future diversions by the State into its water facilities to export v;ater to area? of deficiency in the south, arc demands that must also be satisfied. Consumptive Use in Delta Lowlaiids Diversions of v.'ater to islands of the Delta for irrigation are difficult to measure because diversions are made through siphons and pumps operating under continually fluctuating water levels in the cnannels. The majority of the islands are generally irrigated from siphon diversions from adjacent channels or by subs;urface inflov;. Because of tidal changes in water surface elevations, determination of the quantity and rate of diversion from the channels through the thousands of siphons becomes a momentous tas.;. Even if siphon diversions could be adequately gaged, total inflow to the islands would not be measiired because of water seeping from the channels into the islands. Therefore, to obtain an indication of the amount of water leav- ing the channels, an approach other than direct measurements was utilized. Such an approach was mailing estimates of the water consumed by crops and natural vege- tation through evapotranspiration, and evaporation from bare and idle land and open-water surfaces. Field experiments had been conducted in the Delta to determine unit values of consimptive use of water for the many crops grown in the Delta. These were made by tank experiments. The acreage of various crops were deter- mined from crop surveys. Applying unit values of consumptive use to crop acre- ages, the monthly consumptive use of water in the Delta lowlands was determined. Consideration of channel depletion rather than consumptive use as an indication of water use in the Delta is discussed later in the chapter; however, use of channel depletion in the determination of outflow was not made in these studies. - 91 - Natural consumptive use in the Delta was estimated to determine the effect of the Delta on the flows passing through. Examination was made of early maps of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area and an extensive review was made of early literature describing the Delta region. TJiis information indicated that a considerable area in the Delta was afforded a supply of fresh water under natural conditions. The fresh-water supply supported a dense growth of high water-consuming vegetation, namely tules and other luxuriant gro>rt,hs. It is estimated that under natural conditions 180,000 acres were covered by dense tules, 120,000 acres were covered by other luxuriant natural vegetation, and U0,000 acres were almost always covered by water. In its original state of nature the Delta probably consisted of swamps and overflow lands gradually built up through the ages by accumulation of decayed vegetation and deposits of silt brought down by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. These swamps lands were at or near the elevation of mean sea level and were covered with various types of aquatic vegetation, trees, and grasses. Based on data of consumptive use collected by the department, an average annual consumotive use of 5 acre-feet per acre was estimated as the natural requirement for the 3h0,000 acres having an available fresh-water supply. This rate of consumptive use gave a total requirement of 1,700,000 acre-feet per year. This total quantity was distributed on a monthly schedule of use applicable to the Delta area. Present anc' future consunptive use in the Delta were also estimated. Periodic land use surveys of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been made since 192U. The acreage of the various types of crops and other types of culture within islands or tracts located within the Delta was determined by - 92 these surveys; the most recent being made in 195$. This survey showed 1)70,000 acres in the Delta lowlands, and classified 390,000 acres as agri- cultural land. The remaining acreage consisted of water surface areas, levees and berms, urban lands, tule and swamp lands. Estimates of present and future consvunptive use in the Delta lowlands were based on the 1955' crop survey and unit consumptive use data collected by the department. In estimates of future consumptive use, allowances were made for anticipated increases in double cropping for this area. Table 15 shovjs estimated monthly consumptive use of water for natural, present, and future conditions in the Delta lowlands. Channel Depletion in Delta Lowlands As stated previously, channel depletion was not used in these studies as one of the items of water utilization, but is discussed because it may have merit at, a later date when additional data on the hydrology of Delta islands are obtained. In making correlations of salinity incursion and out- flow from the Delta, wide variations were found which could not be easilv explained. Apparent similar salinity patterns could not be matched by corres- ponding confuted outflows. This was also found by Robert E. Glover and pointed out in his paper (Ref 38). A possible explanation was that actual outflov/s from the Delta may have differed from computed outflows. The difference between actual outflows and computed outflows could be that the depletion of water from the channels of the Delta is not the same as the consumptive use. Depletion of water from the channels consists of both direct diversions and seepage, and hereinafter will be referred to as channel depletion. Water used to satisfy consumptive use demands does not necessarily have to come from the channels immediately. Water previously stored in the soil can be utilized. If such is the case in the Delta, there - 93 - TABLE 13' E?TIiMTED -, / CONSroiPTIVK USE IN DELTA LOV.T.ANDS-'^ (1,000 acre-feet) Month : Natural : Present : 1970 : 1980 : 1990 : 2U00 : 202u October 135 105 120 I2I4 127 127 127 November 79 5i! 61 6J, 66 66 66 December 39 U2 U8 50 51 51 51 January- 39 29 33 35 35 35 35 February 5U 35 liO U2 U2 1^2 1x2 March 95 hi 53 55 57 57 57 April ll;3 113 128 133 136 136 136 May 196 156 179 167 191 191 191 June 238 163 207 216 221 221 221 July 268 21;U 277 268 295 295 295 August 232 260 296 307 315 315 315 September 182 192 217 226 232 232 232 TOTAL 1,700 l,i|62 1,659 1,727 1,768 1,768 1,766 1/ Includes all uses except industrial and municipal should be changes in soil moisture and/o'r changes in the elevation of ground water in the islands. Such changes in the soil moisture content and in ground water elevations do take place, so consideration was given to the possibility that groimd water storage, which is not constant throughout a year, does con- tribute to meeting consumptive use in the Delta. Therefore, in a given month the water seeping from the channels into the islands may be stored for later consumptive use by the crops. 9k - Using the present method of computing outflow from the Delta the consumptive use is one of the uses subtracted from Delta inflow. On many occasions zero or negative outflows are computed in the summer months. Under such conditions salinity in the Delta should have reached excessive proportions. Since it did not, it is evident that the actual outflows were larger than computed, and that ground water storages were instrumental in satisfying con- sumptive use. Information from two sources was utilized to explore the possi- bility of ground water storage affecting channel depletion, and thus Delta outflows . The first source of data were collected from May 195^+ through October 1955 (Ref. 13) • The drainage survey was carried out on 33 islands in the Delta lowlands, which comprise hG.h percent of the total agricultural acreage. The following hydrologic equation was used to determine changes in ground water storage: C + Dr = P + Di + S + GWS Consumptive use + drainage = precipitation + diversions + seepage + change in ground water storage Where consumptive use "C", designates the amount of water actually consumed through evaporation, transpiration by plant growth, and other processes, and drainage "Dr", represents excess water pumped from the islands into Delta channels. Values of drainage were compiled from office computations.—' Precipitation "P", was obtained from precipitation data from several weather stations in the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta. Tne acreage of the island, multiplied by the precipitation, gave the quantity of precipitation on the island. l/ "Water Project Authority Delta Drainage Survey", Computation ^0, Volume 10 (Backup Data to Ref. 13). - 95 Diversions "Di", were determined for each island by multiplying the crop acreage by an applied water factor. Applied water factors were 1/ also taken from prepared office computations. Seepage "S", and change in ground water storage "GWS", were obtained by solving the hydrologic equation. A sketch depicting this equation is shown on Plate 20, "Seepage of Water from Channels into Delta Lowlands" . Since measurements or estimates were made for all quantities except seepage and change in ground water storage, the algebraic sum of these two terms could be determined. Accumulated values of seepage, plus or minus change in ground water storage for the study period May 195^+ through October 1955) are plotted on the mass diagram of seepage and change in ground water storage on Plate 20. The seepage rate depends upon the differential head between water elevations in exterior channels and water elevations in drainage ditches in the islands. The mean monthly differential head in most areas of the Delta is essentially constant throughout the year, varying not more than about 5 percent in any specific month. This constant differential head would indicate a rather uniform seepage rate. On the "Mass Diagram of Seepage and Change in Ground Water Storage" on Plate 20, a straight line can be drawn between any two points 12 months apart to represent a con- stant annual seepage rate. The straight line drawn or the mass curve for this study was from November 1, 195^ to October 30, 1955- It was assumed that the change in ground water storage in this 12-month period was zero. l/ "Water Project Authority Delta Drainage Survey", Computation 32, Volume 11 (Backup Data to Ref . 13) - 96 Monthly rates of change in ground water storage were determined by taking the difference betxveen the slone on the ma.ss ciirve for any one month and the slope of the seepage rate curve, (the straight line connect- ing November 1, 195U and October 30, 195*?). Mass curve slopes greater than the seepage rate curve indicate water leaving storage, and slopes less than the seepage rate curve indicate water entering ground v;ater storage. A plot of the monthly changes in ground water for storage for the 33 islands is shown on the diagram "Monthly Change in Ground Water Storage" on Plate 20.^ Table 16 lists the estimated monthly rates of change in ground water storage for the 33 Delta islands and the entire Delta lowlands. These results indicate that during the months of Hay, June, July, August, September, and October, water was leaving ground water storage and was undoubtedly helping to meet the consumptive use demands. In September, water left storage at the rate of 1,395 second-feet or about 83,500 acre-feet per month. The second source of information available to make estimates of channel depletion were data from field investigations presently under way on Ti-7itchell Island in the Delta. The same hydrologic equation was used, but in this case seepage only was computed. The change in soil moisture (change in ground water storage) was one of the items for which data viere collected at the site. Three rain gage stations were established on the island to measure precipitation; siphons on the island were rated so diversions could be measured; drainage facilities were rated to determine the amount of island drainage returned to the channels; a nuclear probe was used to make random measurements of soil moisture throughout the island; - 97 - TABLE 16 FoTH-IATED MOMTIILY RATF.H OF CHANG '<: IN GROUND VJATER oTORAG.^ V/ITHIii DELTA LOWLANDS IN GFS Konch 3 3 Islands Reported in riof. 13 (L6.[i>i of Agricultural area) All Delta Lov:land£ (lOOw of Agricultural area) November December January- February March April May- June July Au,yus t September October + 268 + 578 + 237 + 311 + 312 + 672 + 279 + 601 + 366 + 7b9 + 132 + 392 - 312 - 672 - 179 - 386 - 22 - 17 - 129 - 275 - 6Ii7 -l,39li - 300 - 61i7 98 and consumptive use (evapo transpiration) was determined using consumptive use factors applied to the acreage of crops as determined by a crop survey of the island. Therefore, the remaining unkno;m in the hydrologic equation was seepage which could then be solved for. Available data fron the investigation embraced the period December 1, 1959 to July 1, i960, and the computed seepage rate for this period was 1^70 acre-feet per month. Expanded over the Delta lowlands on an acreage basis, the seepage would be 8U0 second-feet, about 200 second-feet higher than the rate determined from the 33-island survey data. It is noted that the normal precipitation for the two periods varied about 6 percent, being 62 percent for the 195ii-55 period and 66 percent for the 1959-60 period. Other quantities in the hydrologic equation were similar for the two study periods. Other indications that monthly consun5)tive use estimates do not necessarily correspond with channel depletion estimates were obtained by comparing estimated consumptive use in the Delta uplands with measured diver- sions, less approximated returns. Table 17 shows such a comparison. TABLE 17 COIffARISON OF ESTI14ATSD CONSUMPTIVE USE AND NET DIVERSIONS IN DELTA UPLANDS Month Conputed con-: Net diver- :Difference of consumptive use sunptive use, : sion in : and net diversion second-feet : second-feet; Second-FeettPercent consumptive use June 1,3U0 1,180 160 Jiay 1,550 1,210 3U0 August 1,U90 1,150 3U0 September 1,130 750 380 12 22 23 31; 99 It is quite evident from Table 17 that the computed consumptive use is much higher than the actual net diversions. If the consumptive use estimates are considered correct, it is therefore possible that the difference between consumptive use and net diversion is the rate of flow from soil mois- ture which adds to the net diversion to equal the rate of consumptive use. Hence, in the Delta lowlands, using the channel depletion would probably yield a more realistic estimate of the computed Delta outflow. Nevertheless more studies and gathering of data on seepage and changes in ground water storage should be made before channel depletion is substituted for consumptive use in the equation for computing outflow from the Delta. Net Diversions to Delta Uplands Net diversions to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta uplands are computed as gross channel diversions less return flows from these diversions. Prior to 19!?5 the Department of Water Resources' publication "Water Super- vision Reports" reported on Delta upland diversions from Tom Paine and Cache Sloughs, Old San Joaquin River, and the San Joaquin River only. After that time many additional upland diversions were included in the reports. These additional measiorements make a more complete estimate of water use in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and upland areas possible. In this investiga- tion, utilization of this additional data was used in estimating Delta upland diversions. Table 18 shows the percentage of measured upland diversions used as retiirn flows. LOO TABLE 18 PERCENTAGE OF MEASURED MONTHLY DELTA UPLAND DIVERSIONS USED AS RETURN FLOV/S January iLi July 3 February 7 August 5 March h September 7 April U October l6 May 5 November 20 June U December 22 These percentages of the diversions used as return flow were based on measurements of return flow published in the 1955 Trial Water Distribution Report on the Sacramento River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Ref. 12). Measurement of return flows were made for the months of March ttirough October, so percentages were computed for those months, while for the winter months the percentages were estimated. Subtracting the return flows from the measured diversion? -ives the net diversions to the Delta uplands. Net diversions to the Delta uplands were determinea ^or present conditions, with the diversions varying each of the 20 years, depending upon the wetness of the year. For future conditions, upland diversions were not separated from other uses of water in the Delta. The monthly distribution of average net diversions to the Delta uplands for present conditions are shown in Table 19. 101 TABLE 19 NET PRESENT DIVERSIONS TO DELTA UPLANDS : Net diversion Month : 1,000 acre-feet January 0.0 February- 0.0 March 12. U April 37.9 May iiU.3 June 58.6 July 70.8 August 59.8 September 37.7 October 17.7 November 1.9 December 0.0 TOTAL 3U1.1 - 102 Municipal and Industrial Use of Water Water is presently diverted from the channels of the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta for municipal and industrial uses. One of the munici- pal users is the City of Antioch which diverts water during winter months, when the quality of water is good, for storage in reservoirs for use in summer months. The approximate diversion in 1958 was 2,250 acre-feet. California Water Service, another diverter of municipal water, diverts from Mallard Slough in months when water quality is good. The quantity of water diverted depends upon the ] ength of time that water of suitable quality is available. The diversion averages about 7j500 acre-feet per year. Industrial development in the Antioch-Pittsburg ccmplex is fairly intensified, and is expected to become more intense in the future. Most of the industries in the area are high water users. In the future, however, it is probable that water diverted from the channels by industrial users will decrease and other facilities will be used to supply their demands regardless of the operation of State Water Facilities. In any event, there will be about a 15-fold increase in the industrial and municipal use of water in the Delta by 2020. This item is covered ex- tensively in the office report "Delta Water Requirements". Export of Water from Delta Presently the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation pumps water out of the Delta for exportation to other areas of need. The canals which deliver the water pumped from the Delta are features of the Central Valley Project and are the Contra Costa and Delta-Mendota Canals. Water is diverted into the Contra Costa Canal from Rock Slough. Diversion began in August 103 1940. Water is diverted into the Delta-Mendota Canal from Old River. Diversion began in July 1951 • Other diversion of water from the Delta include the City of Vallejo which began diverting from Cache Slough in March 1953- The diversion is relatively small, averaging only 10,000 acre-feet per year. Additional diversions from the Delta will be made in the future. The U. S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to increase the amount of water diverted from their existing facilities and initiate diversion to their proposed East Side Division. The State proposes diversions from the Delta by the North Bay Aqueduct in the Cache Slough area and the Cali- fornia Aqueduct from Italian Slough. Present and estimated future exportations of water from the Delta are listed in Table 20. Historical records of diversion f'or Contra Costa and Delta-Mendota Canals, and the Cache Slough Aqueduct, are listed in References 9> 17, and 21. Outflow of Water from Delta Previous sections of this chapter discussed the supply of water to the Delta and the utilization of water therein. This section will discuss the outflow from the Delta for natural, historical, present, and future conditions. Because of the complexity of the Delta system, tidal phenomenon, seepage of water from channels into islands, and the use of siphons to divert channel water for surface application to the crops, a precise determination of outflow from the Delta is impossible with existing data. Therefore, Delta outflow must be estimated by combining inflow, precipitation, consumptive use, net diversions, and exportations of water data. Expressed in mathematical form, the outflow equation is: - lOU - TABLE 20 ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF WATER TO BE EXPORTED FROM SACRAMENTO -SAN JOAQUIN DELTA Thousand of Acre -Feet Year Cache Slough : Contra: : Costa J : Canard East- Slde Division : North and: : South Bay: : Aqueducts. Delta -Mendota Canal and San Joaquin-Southern California Aqueduct Total 1955 (Present) 12 19 1,181 1,212 1970 19 39 kQo 99 2,381 3,018 1980 22 55 800 171 h,^&l 5,629 1990 23 73 1,275 236 5,991 7,598 2000 23 96 1,275 336 8,881 10,611 2020 23 181 1,275 564 9,681 ll,72i^ 1 This exportation is the amount delivered outside the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area only and does not include the portion of the total diversion used in the Delta. 2 Does not allow for integrated operation with Monteziima Aqueduct. 3 Does not include Montezuma Aqueduct demands. Outflow = Inflow + Precipitation - Consumptive use in Delta lowlands - Net Diversions to Delta uplands - Exports from Delta. The above method of computing outflow from the Delta is recognized as a satisfactory method and was employed in these studies. Natural Outflow from Delta Natural conditions are defined as those prevailing before any significant agricultural, municipal, or industrial development existed. Natural inflows to the Delta were determined by svmmiing the natural flows - 105 at the foothill stations of the Central Valley. These flows were assumed to cross the valley floor and reach the Delta unchanged in magnitude. Subtracting natural monthly consumptive use estimates within the Delta from these inflows and adding precipitation in the Delta determined the outflow from the Delta. Table 21 shows monthly outflows in thousands of acre-feet. Plate 21, "Outflow From Delta Natural Condition", shows the hydrograph of outflow for the 20-year study period. Historical Outflow from Delta Outflow for historical conditions for the water years 1921 through 1957 were also computed. Historical monthly outflow is tabulated in Table 22. Data for determining historic outflow were taken from pub- lished records, and are included in this report for informational purposes only. Present Outflow from Delta To facilitate the estimates of outflow from the Delta for present conditions, use was made of the office report listed as Reference 20. Determination of present flows in the Delta was necessary to form a basis for predicting surplus flows in the Delta which would be available for export under future conditions of development in the water- shed area tributary to the Delta. Present conditions as defined herein, include all water development facilities in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys (excluding Tulare Lake Basin) presently in operation or under construction, with the exception of the Corning Canal unit of the Central Valley Project, and the development of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District on the Americaii River. 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Demands to be met by existing projects were taken as the largest measured annusuL diversion during the five-year period 1950-55 on a monthly schedule representing the average of monthly diversions during those five years. The Central Valley Project was operated to meet mandatory demands, namely diversions along the Sacramento River; navigation requirements; "minimum" salinity repulsion "of 3^300 second-feet"; consumptive use re- quirements in the Delta; present export requirements from the Delta; and necessary fishery releases. In addition, sufficient power was generated to meet project requirements and power contracts. Shasta and Folsom Reservoirs were operated in accordance with existing flood control opera- tional criteria. Operation of present water development facilities over the selected historicaJ. water supply period of 20 years provides a basis for determination of surplus flows that would waste to San Francisco Bay after the foregoing requirements are met. These surplus flows may result from uncontrolled inflow, project spill, or project releases in excess of mandatory demands listed in the preceding paragraph. Monthly outflows from the Delta for the 20-year study period under present conditions of development, with a minimum outflow regulation of 3^300 second-feet, are shown in Table 23- The hydrograph of outflow is shown on Sheet 1 of Plate 22, "Outflow from Delta--Present Conditions of Development". The outflows presented in Table 23 and on Sheet 1 of Plate 22 differ slightly from the outflows shown for present conditions in Reference 20. These differences arise from the use of revised data for Delta upland diversions and the use of actual precipitation data in place of mesui monthly precipitation. - 109 - on t- VO V£) OJ IP -d- O" CO -4- O' t^ -* IP cr VO -^ -4 -4 o cr J vc ^ on CO r." 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ON -4 J- <^^ u ^ on -3- LP M3 b- OO ON o H CM on -* LTN VO t-- 00 ON o H CM CM OJ OJ CM OJ CM on on cr^ on on cr, on cr. on cn J- -^ 1 o 1 O >^ OJ cr-, J- . cr ON ON H r^ rH - 110 - Monthly outflow with a minimum 3^300 second -foot release was further modified to develop monthly outflow with a minimum 1,500 second- foot release. This was accomplished by a detailed review of the manda- tory releases for navigation, fish releases, and other requirements for water allowed in the basic study. In instances where releases had been specifically made to maintain the 3,300 cfs minimum outflow, the reduc- tion to 1,500 cfs was made. In some instances, however, the reductions could not be made if retention of this water in storage violated flood control reservations in either Folsoa or the Shasta Reservoirs. In cases where releases coiild be stored the difference between 1,500 and 3,300 cfs was placed in storeige. New reservoir storage data were developed on a monthly basis for the entire study period. These adjusted storages were never allowed to exceed the flood control reservations. Whenever storage encroached upon the critical flood control storage reservation, water was released from the reservoir in such quantity as to conform with the necessary flood resei-vations. The resulting monthly outflow, based on the 1,500 second -feet minimum salinity control outflow, is tabulated in Table 2k. Sheet 2 of Plate 22 shows the hydrograph of out- flow from the Delta with a 1,500 second-feet minimum salinity release. Future Outflows from Delta Future outflows from the Delta were developed from operation studies determining present outflows from the Delta. The operation studies for present conditions with 3,300 second-flow minimum outflow were modified to 'reflect a lower minimum outflow, generally of 1,000 second-feet. Flow available for diversion through the Delta -Mendota Canal and the proposed state canal to San Luis Reservoir were then - Ill -3- o o CO o o h" -p a> M a ::. i 1^ D O CO Q H Eh CO C\J C7\ CO O O CM o 00 -4- rH OJ VO t~- CM -4- -4- 00 VO t- VO J ^ CM MD LP cr OJ LP H CO t^ CO VD cr VO or-) OS OJ t- OJ t- < t-^ H J- r- CO on CO -4- VO LP 0>0j CO VD LP CO VO CO -4- Or- LP ir\ 1- CC r- H UP LP H r- r- CM CO M> rH rH -^ rH VO VO H rH CM VO H -4- -4- t-^ VD OJ cr h' cr cr vo' rH u (T -{ CM CM CM CM cr CM fP cr CO u en VO 1- CO OJ CD ,\J CM OJ CM CM OJ CM OJ CM CM CM CM CM rH CM CM LP -4- LTN o o- as cr cr a cr CT cr cr cr cr cr CJ> cr cr cr cr O' oi cr cr ON 3 r-^ CD < « 3 < H CO CM CM CM CM IP CM OJ CM OJ LP CM CM -4- OJ 00 VD OJ CM -4 VD > ^ C7N a hO- a t- a CT cr -4- (y- cr CT cr OJ cr CT> cr LP J • fV H H H VO c cr H CM iH OO cr O H H VD t- LP cr H cr cr LP OJ VO OJ t- CT CM CM u CO PO 00 (T o- H CT CO LP CO -4- CO cr -4- cr VO CV cr 22 z J- h- LP OJ H OJ CM -4 vo Or- OJ H Cr- ^- VD VO CD D « . « • < « 1 1 1 -) CM H H H H H cr r^ H IT ^ OJ VO IP cr t- H 00 t^ t^ VO CV OJ CM r-\ -^ cr > < o UA VC o H 00 0:5 t- 00 OJ CO o> IP OJ :^ cr t~ -4 t- o> MD LTN r-J CO MD CM Cr- VD I-- <-\ CO VO H f- cr cr 00 t~ z 1 > m • 4 « • « « « 1 < « C H rH OJ 'h H OP OJ 0. 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I « 4 t > z H rH H CM LP H K cr CM cr it~- ^ LP -4 t- cr CO r-^ ON rH t- cr VO CM OJ OJ LTV u on CM O OJ Oi CP H V£) LP OJ CO LTN LTN H IP CD cr H CP cr VO ID LPl 00 IP ,-4- cr -4- ^ cr ICP ^ CO CO CO CO -4- or" cr J- -4- CM -4- rH cr OJ CO ^ tp MD t- 00 cr ,C H OJ CO -4- LTX VO f- CO cr rH i-q CM CM CM CM CM OJ CM CM c? cr CO CO CO CO on cr OP cr -4- -4- < C! cd 0) >< 1 r-i On 1 cr 5 ^1 a; CM CM cr iBH S C7> CTN cr H rH rH 1 3 112 developed from the information on surplus flows. Under conditions of future development the surplus flows were reduced in quantity by the estimated increased upstream uses. The time of occurrence of the up- stream uses was adjusted to conform with future regulatory works ex- pected within the drainage basin. As previously discussed, the future requirements for water within the basin were determined for several future conditions of development. Rather than estimating the effect of a number of specific reservoirs to regulate the surplus flows to meet anticipated demands, a single hypothetical reservoir was utilized for the purpose. For each condition of development, storage was assumed to be available in the amount just sufficient to reregulate surplus flows in the Delta to meet monthly requirements of increased upstream use. Spills from the hypo- thetical reservoir for each condition of development, plus the difference between 3,300 cfs minimum release and a lower minimum release for future conditions, made up the surplus flows in the Delta which could be utilized for meeting export requirements. The export requirements included diversions to the East Side Division of the Central Valley Project, the North and South Bay Aqueducts, and the Federal and State San Luis Projects. Operation of Oroville Reservoir was also included in the determination of surplus flows in the Delta. Operation studies by machine computation, utilizing surplus flows in the Delta as the available supply, were run to determine the remaining flows in the Delta after export demands were met. The remain- ing flows were added to the minimum outflow to give the total Delta outflow. Operation studies are made for two general categories of future 113 - development; namely, 1970 and I98O, and 1990 to 2020 when importation of north coast water would be necessary. Future outflow from the Delta is discussed under these two categories. 1970 and 19SO Conditions of Development . Surplus flows in the Delta in 1970 and I98O were sufficient to meet demands for pumping to San Luis Reservoir so that importation of water from stresuns on the north coast was not needed. In 1970, Delta water facilities were assumed to be in an interim stage of construction, so an outflow of 1,500 second-feet was considered necessary to operate the facilities. This, incidentally, is also the outflow from the Delta that the Bureau of Reclamation claims is necessary to operate the Central Valley Project. Consequently, in the Delta in 1970 an outflow from the Delta of 1,500 second-feet was used to determine surplus flow. Also considered constructed and in operation was Oroville Reservoir. The outflow from the Delta after export demands were met in 1970 was computed, and a tabulation of such outflow is filed in the back-up data. The I98O surplus flows in the Delta were routed throiagh San Luis Reservoir in a manner sijoilar to that for 1970. A tabulation of these data are nob included in this report but are in the back-up data. 1990 to 2020 Conditions of Development . Inasmuch as demands at these conditions of development could not be met from surplus flows in the Delta alone, importation of water from the north coast was neces- sary, as well as invocation of the Bureau of Reclamation-State of Califor- nia, Department of Water Resources (USBR-DWR) agreement of May 16, 196O. 114 The effect of the USBR-DWR agreement on the operation studies are dis- cussed first. At these future conditions of development the estimated requirements of upstream water users in the Central Valley were such that additional water was needed to meet demands. The agreement between the USBR and the DWR provides for coordination of operation of facilities of each agency. In the event that water supplies are insufficient to meet demands, the two agencies will share deficiencies in proportion to the total requirements of each agency. Requirements of the Bureau of Reclamation are estimated at 9-^ million acre-feet annually, including the federal portion of San Luis Reservoir, and requirements of the State are estimated at k million acre- feet, for a total requirement of 13 -5 million acre-feet. The Bureau of Reclamation and the department have both esti- mated combined project yields of water for all projects in the Central Valley with yields estimated by the department lower than those estimated by the Bureau of Recleunation. The department estimates of yield con- sidered greater upstream development and use of water than those of the bureau, resulting in smaller surplus flows in the Delta. If, after meeting demands upstreajH from the Delta and in the Delta lowlands there are insufficient supplies to meet demands on San Luis Reservoir, North and South Bay Aqueducts, the bureau will reduce its deliveries of water by TO percent of the amount of the deficiency. The estimated monthly surplus flows in the Delta were further modified to eliminate apparent inconsistencies in the resulting outflows from the Delta. These modifications were applicable when outflows from the Delta in summer months were greater than the minimum outflow regula- tion ajid resulted in waste of water at a time when maximum conservation - 115 was required. In those instances where the increased surpJ.uses resulted from the agreement, the quantity of water allocated to the State by the agreement was reduced by an amount so that the waste of water was mini- mized. The estimated surplus flows available for the State were also modified in months of flood and at other times in the wet season. It appeared inconsistent with the USBR-DWR agreement to modify surplus flows available in the Delta in a month or period of abundant supply. The modifications to the estimated surpluses were necessitated by the fact that independent and separate studies were used to reflect com- bined operation of state, federal, and local facilities envisioned in the future. The surplus flows as modified by the USBR-DWE agreement were then examined to determine the quantities of import water which would be required to meet the demands at the condition of development being studied. A monthly schedule of import water was selected from studies currently in progress by the department. The import water would originate from water development projects envisioned on north coastal streeims. Water so developed would be delivered on a power schedule to the Sacramento River Basin into the proposed Glenn Reservoir. The site of the proposed reservoir is on Stony Creek, about 50 miles north of Sacramento. The reregulation of flow in this reservoir was made in a manner to satisfy both water supply and power requirements. The modified surplus flows in the Delta plus the reregulated flows from the north coast were routed through the Delta to San Luis Reservoir. From these studies the outflow from the Delta was determined. Exajuination of the Delta outflow showed that the reregulation of import supplies in certain months appeared unrealistic for coordinated - 116 - operation of state and federal regulatory works. In order to realistically represent coordinated operation, suitable adjustments were made to the outflow from the Delta in siunmer months. These adjustments eliminated the possibility of imported water being released from the proposed Glenn Reseirvoir during critical dry periods and wasted to the sea when such water would be needed for beneficial use. Similar corrections could have been applied in certain high flow months, but since corrections would nob significantly effect the quality of water in the Delta channels in these months, such corrections were not made. The described modifications to the Delta outflow, together with the modifications required by application of the agreement between the USBR-DWR changed the results of the operation studies in such a manner as to more nearly approximate the expected operation under joint state and federal cooperation. The modifications were based on the theory that it is inconceivable in times of short water supplies and high demands that operation of a major water facility will waste vitally needed water. Althoiigh the adjustments may appear to be arbitrary it is believed they are prudent engineering judgments. Tables 25 and 26 list the outflow from the Delta for 1990 and 2020 conditions of development. Plate 23, "Outflow From Delta, 199O Condition of Development", and Plate 2U, "Outflow From Delta, 2020 Con- dition of Development", show the hydrographs of outflow for these two future conditions of development. For these two conditions the monthly'' outflow is on a calendar year rather than a water year. The importation of water from streams on the north coast to the Sacramento River Basin was staged to meet the estimated demands for water at all conditions of development. 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VO f- CO ON O rH H| OJ — cd cv o- -d- IT t- 00 a> O H CM g >■' cr OJ CM c\ CM C\i CM CM rr O'- on on on m on on on on -4- -4- Vl CT c^ o o> cncT^ o> cr er o\ CTn cjn o> o\ CJN c^ On ON ON (^ eg u> VO ►- H r— CM r-\ OJ on rH It H r-\ H t — 1 iH l-l H r-l Tq i-l H H r^ CM r^ rH ,-{ rH IPn CO cr MD \D VC VC VC VC VO vc VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO lirs rn • LP b- CM « or- m Q i c c a ^ M3 VO vC VC VO VC VO VC VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO vD a VO j_3 H^ r H H H H H H H H H r-\ H H H r-\ H rH ^ (c VC VO VO VC VC VC VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO VO CM VO CM H • a c C OJ ^ c*- CM 1 VO CVJ rH ir ^ LT ^vof H ^ H H "h r-t H rH M CO OJ r-\ CO rH vc rH ^. cr VD OJVO C\JvC| VO VO VO VO VO VO VO CO o> t- VO rn rH a ^ C Or-tH on 00 on H m U> oc VO 1 H -^ cm' ^ d'^^ ■^ ^ VO Sl ^'^ Q LTN Lf^ ^- tr vO 00 cqcof c< VO VO VO VO VO VO VO t- t~- urv VO m -^ on k J- LTX CT vo Lr^ CO c^ CM • VC 1 1 Q4 < H H 1— r- H ^ on J- 0. CM H 0- r^ r- r-\ r-J f- r- H H H H H H VO LTN VO <-{ CM LfN CO on Iq^ VC VO VO c\ t- vc VO VO VO VO VO VO CM OJ 00 VO VO IT VD or C ON 00 CJS f- OJ CM t=- c: 1 < 1 # m m • 1 # ;g OJ CM LT H CM co' tr\ LTN IT H 1 or 1 O- CO VD VO -:t -^ "vC VO VO VO VO VO VO h- VO CO VO t— CO fJ CO . ^ ^ LT IT or -^ ir LT IfN Lf^ LTV LTN LTN CM LTV Li^ 1Y> ^ ^ ^ on -* J- h >-• a CT a- a CT a- On C7\ On ON o\ CTV o\ C3N ON C7N ON 0) 0) r- r— <- H <-^ H r-i H r-\ H H H H H rH <-\ r-{ H H Eh ^ - 119 determine when water should be imported was that a total deficiency greater than 100 percent of the annual requirements averaged over the critical dry period of 1928 through 1935 would not be allowed. The deficiency was applied only to agricultural water supplies and not to municipal and industrial water supplies. The amount of water imported at various levels of development and the probable source of such supplies are tabulated in Table 27- TABLE 27 ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF WATER IMPORTED TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY DRAINAGE BASIN FROM NORTH COAST STREAMS : Seasonal import in ; Project unit : acre-feet : Dat .e required Middle Fork Variable averaging Eel River 597,000 1990 Trinity No. 1 495,000 2000 Trinity No. 2 1,298,000 2000 Mad -Van Duzen 371,000 2020 Klamath No. 1 2,629,000 2020 Staging of Proj ects . In all of the future operation it was assumed that water demands would be met. This meant that projects to develop certain quantities of water must be completed at the time that the preceding units can no longer meet the demands. As each new project is brought into operation there would be an interim period in which the supply of water would be in excess of the needs . It appears possible , under future operations, that if a severe dry period develops, it might be at a time when excess supplies are available. In that event, the deficiency of water would not be as serious as anticipated. On the other - 120 - hand, the staging of new water development projects must not be allowed to fall behind the demands for water. If such happens, then the length of time that deficiencies may be endured could be more frequent. 121 CHAPTER V. OPERATION OF DELTA WATER FACILITIES The most economical transport of surplus water from Northern California to areas of water deficiency south of the Delta, dictates that works must be constructed within the Delta. These facilities must be able to: (l) transfer fresh water across the Delta without degrada- tion from sea water; (2) provide an adequate supply of good quality water to the Delta; and (3) serve other multipurpose functions, such as flood control, seepage reduction, and recreational and transportation improvements which are economically justified and desired by local interests. Studies of four alternative facilities were made to deter- mine the most economical plan for solving the above requirements. These four plans have been presented in Bulletin No. 76 to the local people as a means of obtaining the local view-point in project formulation. After each of the plans is evaluated in terms of costs and benefits received, a logical and intelligent selection of a plan best suited to the local needs can be made. The four plans presented for consideration are: (l) Comprehensive Delta Water Project, (2) Typical Alternative Delta Water Pioject, (3) Single Purpose Delta Water Project, and {k) Chipps Island Barrier Project. Comprehensive Delta Water Project The Comprehensive Delta Water Project would be a multipurpose project incorporating many of the concepts envisioned in the former Biemond Plan (Reference 2). Fresh waters entering the Delta for export would be restricted to an enlarged natural channel crossing the Delta; flood waters would be confined to specific channels; water for use in - 123 - the Delta would be provided in channels generally separated from tidal waters. Plate 25, "Comprehensive Delta Water Project", shows the many features of the project. Details of this project include control structures located on the Sacramento River near Ryde; on Steamboat Slough downstream from the junction of the two sloughs adjacent to Sutter Island; on Holland Cut; the slough immediately south of Franks Tract; and on Paradise Cut, the slough south of Stewart Tract. There is also a ship lock, and fishway at the control structure near Ryde, and a Cross-Delta Canal headwork, including a fish screen, at Walnut Grove. The master levee system isolates the Cross-Delta Canal, except at its intersection with the San Joaquin River, and in conjunction with existing project levees, separates specific channels from tidal influence. As a result of these levees separate island-groups are formed. By enclosing these island-groups, fewer miles of levees must be maintained for flood protection to the Delta. Closures on the smaller sloughs enable the exclusion of flood and tidal waters, and provide a means of isolating water supply channels for the Delta. The Bear Creek Diversion would divert flood waters from Bear Creek into Delta channels confined by master levees. Features to provide good quality water to the Delta are also depicted on Plate 25. The operation of these features are described in the companion appendix reports "Delta Water Requirement^', and "Plans, Designs, and Cost Estimates". In general, the channels severed from tidal and flood waters by the master levees would serve as supply channels for irrigation water. Water levels in these interior channels would be maintained at levels about five feet lower than existing mean water levels 12i+ or at existing low tide levels. In the western portion of the Delta, distribution canals along the toe of the levees would provide a means of serving water to areas in which the adjacent exterior channels con- tain water too saline for use. In the event that excessive releases of high quality water are required to protect the quality of water crossing the Delta, or that additional degradation from the San Joaquin River occurs, additional works may be economically justified for construction as part of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project These features are presently con- sidered as a second stage of the project. Present economic studies as well as the salinity-outflow relationship are not sufficiently refined to make final determination of when and if the second-stage features would be required. Included among the second-stage facilities are: (l) a siphon under the San Joaquin River for the Cross Delta Canal, a gated controx structure, fishway, and small craft lock at the southeastern tip of Venice Island; (2) a barge lock at the control structure adjacent to Holland Tract; (3) control structures on three sloughs in the Yolo By- pass area; (4) siphons under three waterways in the Yolo Bypass area, to isolate the water supply for the proposed Korth Bay Aqueduct from tidal waters; and (5) a control structure at the junction of the San Joaquin and Old Rivers between Upper Roberts Island and Stewart Tract. Construction of second-sta^e features may enable the con- servation of approximately 250 second-feet of salinity control flows. Even though saline waters would invade the Delta channels further up- stream as a result of less outflow from the Delta the fresh water channels would be isolated from the influences of tidal waters. 125 - Summer Operation In the summer months, or other times when the Comprehensive Delta Water Project would be operated for water supply and water trans- fer, most of the water entering the Delta from the Sacramento River would be diverted into the Cross-Delta Canal. The remaining flows would be released through the control structure on the Sacramento River for supplying demands along the river in the Cache Slough and Yolo Bypass areas, for the North Bay Aqueduct, and for salinity control. The gated control structure on Steamboat Slough would be closed. All of the con- trolled releases would be made from the structure on the Sacramento River at Ryde- The barge lock and fishway structure at Ryde would of course be operative, and water utilized in their operation would supply part of the demands below the structures. The South Fork of the Mokelimine River and the sloughs between Boulden Island and Terminous Tract, and between Venice Island and Empire Tract would serve as the Cross -Delta Canal in the northern part of the Delta. These channels would be enlarged by dredging. The existing head- works of the USBR's Delta Cross Channel would also be enlarged so that greater flows than at present could be diverted from the Sacramento River into the Cross-Delta Canal. With these enlargements, future Delta and export demands of about 20,000 second-feet, could be transferred across the Delta without increasing the Sacramento River stsige at Walnut Grove above the present high water elevation of approximately U.5 feet. Water being transferred across the Delta for export would mix with tidal water in the San Joaquin River near Venice Island. It would then continue southward throiigh the southern portion of the Cross -Delta Canal which would consist of Columbia Cut between Medford Island and 126- McDonald Tract; Connection Slough between Mandeville and Bacon Islands; and Old River to Italian Slough, northwest of Clifton Court Tract. A schematic diagreim of the distribution of design summer flows through the Delta for the Comprehensive Delta Water Project is shown on Plate 26, "Comprehensive Delta Water Project, Summer Flow Distribution". The rate of flow in reaches of the Delta is indicated by figures over the arrows showing direction of flow. Proceeding across the Delta, the rates of flow in succeeding reaches decrease because a rate of flow for diver- sions to satisfy consumptive use in the upper reach is deducted. A total consumptive use in the Delta of 5>100 second-feet was used in determining the distribution of flows and the export demands are for ultimate design capacities of the export facilities. Winter Operation In winter months or times of flood flows the gates of the control structures would be open and the headworks of the Cross-Delta Canal would normally be closed. Flood flows in the Sacramento River would pass the control structures and proceed downstream into Suisun Bay. Mokelumne River flood flows would pass down the Cross-Delta Canal and enter the San Joaquin River at Venice Island. San Joaquin River flood flows would divide between Paradise Cut; Old River, which is located between Upper Roberts Island and otewart Tract; and the San Joaquin River; and later recombine and enter into Suisun Bay. A schematic diagram of the distribution of design flood flows through the Delta under operation of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project is shown on Plate 27, "Comprehensive Delta Water Project, Winter Flow Distribution". The magnitude of design flood flows entering the Delta 127 is based on existing project floods and/or future conditions of upstream development in the river basins. To obtain the maximum flows in a reach the consumptive use was assumed to be met from precipitation on the Delta, and export of water from the Delta was assumed zero. Tidal Conditions With construction of the master levee system and closures on the many sloughs in the Delta for the Comprehensive Delta Water Project, about 15,500 acres of channel surface area would be removed from the in- fluence of tidal movements. In Bu2J.etin No. 60, the assumption was made that the elimination of this water surface would not change tidal con- ditions throughout the Delta and Bay system, and that the tidal prism would be reduced in proportion to the reduction of channel water surface area removed from tidal influence. To determine the validity of this assumption, studies were undertaken on an electronic analog model of the Bay and Delta. These studies of tidal conditions in the Delta were con- ducted by the University of California at Berkeley under a standard agree- ment between the university and the department . The analog model was also used to determine the effect of the Chipps Island Barrier Project on tides. The results of these studies were published in Report No. 2, "An Electric Analog Model Study of Tides in the Delta Region of California", (Reference ko) . The Delta portion of the analog model was laid out on a large tee shaped board on which standard 1:2U,000 USGS topographical maps of the Delta were placed. The San Freuicisco Bay portion of the model was placed on an aluminum chasis without regard to geometric correctness. Reaches of the chajinels were represented by discrete electric plug-in 128 units in which resistance represented channel friction; inductance represented inertia of flow; and capacitance represented water surface area. Electrical voltage represented water elevation or head. To make measurements of flow and tidal amplitudes on the analog, electrical instruments were designed to be inserted into the computer circuitry by means of jacks. Measured tidal amplitudes ajid tidal currents were displayed on the screen of an oscilloscope. Before measurements of tidal conditions for project conditions were made, the analog was verified by means of an input of data collected in the field. The comparison of tidal amplitudes and phases as measured on ^he model with those measured in the prototype is shown on Plate 28, "Comparison of Prototype Tidal Phases and Amplitudes with Analog Model Tidal Phases and Amplitudes". Plate 28 shows the comparison for both the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The prototype data were collected as shown in Reference 32. The locations of tide gages from which the data were obtained are noted along the ordinate, with the downstreaira station at the top of the plate and the upstream station at the bottom. The amplitude of the tide (in feet) from higher low tide and the phase of the tide in hundreds of minutes after occurrence at the Golden Gate, is shown along the abscissa. The circles represent the data from the prototype and the triangles represent data from the aneilog. On the Sacramento River the downstream station was Point San Pablo and the upstream station was Sacramento. On the San Joaquin River the downstream station was Collinsville and the upstream station was Mossdale. It is seen that agreement between the proto- type and analog data for existing conditions is very close. Therefore - 129 measurements of tidal conditions on the analog for project conditions would be rational. Analog studies were conducted at the time when facilities for the Delta were known as the Biemond Plan. In fact, in the analog report sub- mitted by the University of California to the department, results of measure- ments were reported on the Junction Point Barrier Plan, a plan in which barriers were conceived on both Steamboat Slough and the Sacramento River immediately upstream from their confluence with Cache Sloiigh and the modi- fied Biemond Plan which is essentially identical to the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. The essential difference between the two plans is that the master levee around Bradford Island, Webb Tract, and Mandeville Island, has been eliminated and the siphon under the San Joaquin River has not been included in the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. However, these differ- ences shoiild not have changed tidal measurements made for the Comprehensive Delta Water Project from those made for the modified Biemond Plan. Tidal eunplitudes at selected locations in the Bay and Delta- resulting from the modified Biemond Plan, as measured on the analog, are shown in Table 28. TABLE 28 EFFECTS OF MODIFIED BIEMOND PLAN ON A TYPICAL SPRING TIDE^ (No master levee system) : Tidal Ampli tude, in feet : No Control :With Control Location : Structures : Structures Selby 6.0 6.0 Chipps Island k.G 4.7 Rio Vista h.l SO Ryde Z.h 5.2 jf 4a Confluence, Steamboat and Sutter Sloughs h.l 5«3 1 Features of modified Biemond Plan are similar to those of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project, so tidal effects of each would be the same. - 130 - Measurements on the analog computer indicated that tidal amplitudes would be similar regardless of the construction of a master levee system and closures on all sloughs. Table 29 shows the effects of the modified Biemond Plan on the amplitudes of an extreme spring tide at Rydc with and without control structures and a master levee system. TABLE 29 EFFECTS OF MODIFIED BIEMOND PLAN ON M EXTREME SPRING TIDE^ SACRAMENTO RIVER DELTA Location Tidal amplitude, in feet above lovrer low tide : With control structures No control : No master : V/ith master structures : levee system : levee system Golden Gate Y^-de Higher high 8.5 High low 3-0 Low high 6.3 Higher high 5-2 High low 2.0 Low high 3-7 Same Same Same Same Same Same 6.8 6.9 2.5 2.8 5.i^ 6.0 Height of mean tidal plane at Ryde above that at Golden Gate 1.2 1.0 1 Features of modified Biemond Plan are similar to those of the Com- prehensive Delta Vfater Project, so tidal conditions in each should be the same. Tidal amplitudes shown in Table 29 are actually the height in feet of each of the tidal phases above lower low tide. The datum elevation of the lower low tide wa^ not determined. Tt can be seen, then, that with barriers the tidal amplitudes at Ryde on the Sacramento River with and without the master levee system are about the same. At loca- tions along the San Joaquin River, however, the master levee system and closures of many sloughs does have an effect on the tidal amplitudes. - 131 For a typical spring tide, the effects of the master levee system on the tidal ampli Ludes at locations along the San Joaquin River arc shown in Tabic 30. TABLE 30 EFFECTS OF ^4.^STER LEVEE SYSTEM ON A TYPICAL SPRIIC TIDE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA IjOcation Tidal amplitudes, in feet V/ithout master : VJith master levee system ; levee system CollinsviUe Antioch Bridge Mouth, False River San Andreas Mouth, Middle River Venice Island Rindge pump Calaveras River Brandt Bridge h.5 U.l 3.6 3.6 3. U.O U.O 3-3 ^.7 k.e h.G U.8 U.9 5.2 3.8 From Table 28, 29, and 30, it is apparent that construction of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project will affect tidal conditions in the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delia. For a typical spring tide at the Golden Gate, measurements on the electronic analog model indicate that (1) the tidal amplitude would be increased about 1.8 feet on the Sacramento River dov/^nstream from the control structure at Ryde; (2) on Steamboat Slough downstream from the control structure the amplitude would be increased about 1.2 feet; and (3) along the San Joaquin River the amplitude would be increased about one foot. Just how the increased amplitudes would affect the height of low and high waters of the tidal phases was not determined, but it was assumed the increased amplitude 132 - would be about equally divided between lowering the low waters and raising the high waters. The findings on the analog of tidal amplitude changes in the Delta by construction of barrier and master levee systems led to the question of how these changes affected the tidal prism in the Delta. Computations were made of the tidal prism in the Delta above Chipps Island for existing tidal conditions and for tidal conditions as indicated by measurements on the analog with construction of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. The tidal prism for the two tidal condixions revealed less than a four percent difference at various locations in the Delta. In other words, the increased tidal amplitude on the channels remaining tidal under the Comprehensive Delta Water Project, when reflected in tidal prism computations, compensate for smaller tidal amplitudes acting on all water surface areas without the project. Inasmuch as the tidal prism in the Delta, as computed for Comprehensive Delta Water Project conditions, is the same as for exist- ing conditions, it is expected that outflows to control salinity for both conditions would also be about the same. Outflow to Operate Project In order to conserve the maximum quantity of water from salinity control flows, the minimum outflow to operate the Comprehensive Delta Water Project had to be determined. This vras done by finding the minimum outflow to keep the incursion of saline water at two key loca- tions in the Delta at concentrations which would not seriously degrade the water for export or supply within the Delta. The two key locations were (l) the junction of Cache and Steamboat Sloughs with the Sacramento River, about two miles upstream from Rio Vista; and (2) the junction of 133 the Cross-Delta Canal and the San Joaquin River, near the southeastern tip of Venice Island. Inasmuch as salinity records at these key locations were not available, the salinity at reference locations downstream therefrom were related to the salinity at Antioch. Plate 29, "Relationship of Salinity at Antioch to Salinity at Rio Vista", shows the relationship of salinity at Antioch to salinity at the Rio Vista bridge (which is at the City of Rio Vista and about two miles downstream from one of the key locations) . Salinities are in pares chlorides per million parts water and are random selections of recorded salinities taken one and one-half hours after higher high tide, from I921 throiogh 1960. Plate 30, "Relationship of Salinity at Antioch to Salinity at Mouth of Mokelxjmne River", shows this relationship for the location downstream from the second key location. Although points on each of the plates are quite scattered, the trend of the relationship is evident. At the lower salinities, where the scatter of points is greatest, other factors which influence the quality of the water become more prominent and the effect of saline water -incursion is less definable. To determine the average salinity of water at these two key locations for a given outflow from the Delta, Plates 15 and I6 were utilized. As an example, if the outflow from the Delta was 1,000 second-feet, the mean tidal cycle surface zone salinity at A.itioch (from Plate 15) would be 2,800 ppm chlorides. The surface zone salinity one and one-half hours after higher high tide at Antioch v/ould be U,100 ppm chlorides (from Plate I6) . Entering Plates 29 and 30 with U,100 ppm chlorides surface zone salinity at Antioch, the salinity at Rio Vista one and one-half hours after high high tide would be 27O ppm chlorides. 13^ and a^ the mouth of the Mokelumne River one and one-half hours after high high tide would be 200 ppm chlorides. Converting salinities at one and one-half hours after higher high tide to mean tidal cycle surface zone salinity gives I50 ppm chlorides at Rio Vista and 105 ppni chlorides at the mouth of the Mokelumne River. Salinities at these locations are higher than the water quality objectives for chlorides in the water for export from the Delta. Water quality objectives for water exported from the Delta are given in Chapter VI. Because of the salinity gradient existing in the river (i.e., a decrease in salinity with increasing distance from the source of the salinity) the salinity in terms of chlorides at the key locations would be less than the maximums specified in the water quality objectives. Mean salinity would be about 80 ppm at Junction Point and considerably less at the junction of the Cross-Delta Canal and the San Joaquin River. The minimum uncontrolled outflow frcsn the Delta with the Comprehensive Delta Water Project in operation would be approximately 750 second-feet in the month of peak water use. The uncontrolled flow to Suisun Bay would consist of drainage discharges returned to the channels downstream from the control structures or at locations where such returns could not be recovered for reuse, and fishway and lockage losses. On the Sacramento River, fishway and lockage losses were estimated at 120 second-feet, and drainage discharges returned to the channels from the islands below the control structures on Steamboat Sloiign and the Sacramento River were estimated at 5O second-feet, for a total uncontrolled flow of 170 second-feet. Inflow at Vernal is, on the San Joaquin River, was assumed to be 500 second-feet. Drainage returns upstream from the junction of the Cross -Delta Canal and San 135 Joaquin River were estimated to be 19t) second-feet, with diversions between the junction and Vernalis estimated to be 525 second-feet. Flow in the San Joaquin River past its junction with the Cross-Delta Canal was about 175 second-feet. Estimated drainage discharges to the channels downstream from the Cross-Delta Canal were about 320 second- feet and the estimated fishway release was approximately 90 second-feet. The total uncontrolled flow in the San Joaquin River was thus estimated at 580 second -feet. The minimum discharge from the Delta was the sum of the uncontrolled flows on both rivers; which was about 750 second- feet. Since this outflow would not sustain good quality water at the two key locations mentioned previously, the minimum outflow for the project vras inci-eased to 1,000 second -feet. With an outflow to Suisun Bay of 1,000 second-feet, salinity incursion would not be detrimental to the water exported from or used in the Delta under operation of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. The 1,000 second-feet of outflow to Suisun Bay was divided between the two rivers in proportion to the tidal flows into and out of each river system. From the discussion of distribution of tidal flows in Chapter II it was noted that about 40 percent of the tidal flow is in the Sacramento River system and about 60 percent of the flow is in the San Joaquin River. If these percentages of outflow are maintained, then outflow in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers would be respectively 400 and 6OO second-feet; thus, the controlled release in each river would be the difference between the uncontrolled outflow and the required outflow. An estimate was made of the quantity of stored water that would have to be released to meet Delta outflow requirements to 136 operate the Delta water facilities. Inasmuch as all alternatives of the Delta Water Project require a minimum 1,000 second-feet of outflow from the Delta for operation, the quantity of stored water released for each alternative would be the same. An operation study for the 20-year water supply period for each 20-year condition of development was used to determine the quantity of stored water released for outflow from the Delta. The quantity of storage releases for salinity control in- creases with time because more and more of the uncontrolled flows are captured for use both upstream from and in the Delta, and for export from the Delta. - 137 Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels Salinity conditions in channels of the Western Delta vere determined from estimates of outflow from the Delta and the salinity incursion-Delta outflow relationship shown on Plate 15 • Outflows were estimated for each month for the 20-year period 1922-'tl, for seven con- ditions of development in the Central Valley; natural, present, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2020. With the outflow from the Delta for each month for a given condition of development, salinity at five locations in the Western Delta was determined. The five locations were Mallard Slough, Antioch, Jersey Point, Collinsville, and Emraaton. The percent of time that salinity of the channel water was less than 100, I50, 2p0, 350, 500, and 1,000 parts chlorides per million parts water was deter- mined at each of the 5 locations. Plate 31^ Sheets 1 and 2, "Natural, Present, and Future Salinity Conditions in Western Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta", show the percent of time salinity of water in the rivers is less than I5O, 350, and 1,000 ppm chlorides at each of the 5 locations for natural, present, 1990> and 2020 conditions of development. From the plate it is observed that the availability of water from the rivers of a salinity less than a given chloride content de- creases in time. The average annual availability of water less than 1,000 ppm chlorides decreases from about 9^+ percent under natural con- ditions to 20 percent under 2020 conditions of development. The average annual percent availability was taken as the average of the monthly per- centages. There is a greater availability of water of less than 1,000 ppm chlorides than of water less than I50 ppm chlorides, and there is a greater availability at the locations further upstream, such as Jersey Point and Emmaton, than at Mallard Slough. Under 2020 conditions of - 138 development, and a minimum outflow of 1,000 second-feet, there vould be water of less than 1,000 ppm chlorides available at Jersey Point 100 percent of the time, whereas at Mallard Slough, 1,000 ppm chlorides water or better would be available about l8 percent of the time. Data on the percent time water in the rivers would contain salinity less than the other chloride concentrations previously men- tioned for other conditions of development are not included but are available in the back-up data for this report. An analysis was made of the data to compare the difference between the percent time water of a specific salinity was available for the 20-year period to the percent xime it was available for the 50-year ^ period, 1907-O8 to 19"j6-b7, which was considered a long-term mean period. Using inflows to the Delta from the major tributary streams for natural conditions, the difference in percent of time that water of a given quality was available for each period was determined. It was found that the average annual availability of water for the 20-year period was about 8 percent less than for the ^O-year period for natural conditions of development. Availabilities shown in Bulletin No. 76 are based on the t^O-year water supply period. As more of the natural water supply is used in the future, the quantity of water v/asting to Suisun Bay will diminish and by 2020 the outflows from the Delta for the 2 periods will be about the same, so the availability of water of a particular concentration in the rivers should be about the same at that time. In the economic evaluation of changes in water supply brought about by the Delta water facilities, this factor of difference in the 20-year to the 50-year period of water availa- bility was considered. - 139 Typical Alternative Delta Water Project Since certain facilities of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project are not presently economically justified, a lesser plan such as the Typical Alternative Delta Water Project could be constructed. This plan would not include flood control and seepage features south of the San Joaquin River. Plate 32, "Typical Alternative Delta Water Project", shows the features included in the plan. North of the San Joaquin River, the features are the same as the Coraprhensive Delta Water Project with a lock, control structure, and a fishway at Ryde on the Sacramento River; control structures down- stream from the junction of the two sloughs adjacent to Sutter Island on Steamboat Siough; headworks to the Cross-Delta Canal, a fish screen at Walnut Grove on the Sacramento River; and a master levee along the South Fork of the Mokelumne River which seizes as the Cross-Delta Canal. Master levees would be constructed along the north bank of .the San Joaquin River to tie into the existing San Joaquin River Flood Control Project, and the Bear Creek Diversion would be retained. South of the San Joaquin River, the control structure on Holland Cut, the slough immediately south of Franks Tract would be retained, and only four closures on other sloughs would be made, two on Fishermans Cut (the slough between Bradford Island and Webb Tract), and at two other locations. Three closures would be to deter saline water of high chloride content from easily mixing with the water crossing the Delta for use in the southern portion of the Delta and for export. Under this plan, water moving toward the pumping plants at the southern part of the Delta would do so through about all of the present channels rather than being restricted to a single channel, as - li+0 - in the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. With this plan, conflict with recreational interests and others opposed to channel closures in the area south of the San Joaquin River would be minimized. Replacement water facilities for providing good quality water for agricultural, municipal, and industrial water users would also be provided with facilities similar to the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. Second stage features similar to those of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project, and as shown in Bulletin No. 76, could also be constructed as part of the Typical Alternative Project if economically justified. Summer Operations Operation of the Typical Alternative Delta Water Project in summer months or at other times when the project is operated for water supply and water transfer would be similar to operation of the Compre- hensive Delta Water Project. South of the San Joaquin River, however, the distribution of flows in the channels would be different from the Comprehensive Delta Water Project because more of the sloughs and water- ways would be available to carry the flows toward the pumping plants. Plate 33, "Typical Alternative Delta Water Project Summer Flow Distri- bution", shows the distribution of flows in the Delta to meet the estimated ultimate Delta and export demands. Winter Operations Winter operation in the Delta north of the San Joaquin River would be about the same as operation of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project north of the San Joaquin River. Flopd flow would be restricted lUl to specific channels. South of the San Joaquin River the gates of the control structure on Holland Cut would be opened and about all of the .present channels would be utilized to discharge the flood flows to the downstream reaches of the San Joaquin River for eventual discharge to the bays and thus to the Pacific Ocean. Because of closures on the water- ways southwest of Medford and Mandeville Islands, dredging on other waterways leading into the San Joaquin River will be made to handle flood flows without increasing flood stages over present stages in the area south of the San Joaquin River. Plate 3^, "Typical Alternative Delta Water Project, Winter Flow Distribution", shows schematically the distribution of design flood flows through the Delta. Tidal Conditions Extensive studies of tidal conditions for the Typical Alterna- tive or the Single Purpose Delta Water Projects were not conducted on the electronic analog model by personnel at the University of California. However, department personnel did conduct comparisons of tidal conditions in the Delta. These comparisons indicated that the increase in tidal amplitudes at the control structures on the Sacramento River for the Typical Alternative Delta Water Project were a few tenths of a foot less than for the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. Tidal amplitudes along the San Joaquin River for the Typical Alternative Delta Water Project were increased only slightly over existing tidal amplitudes. It, there- fore, seemed reasonable to suppose that because of indicated smaller tidal amplitude increases with less channel area removed from tidal in- fluence, the tidal prisra on the Delta for this project would remain about IU2 as it is at present. Thus, outflow to control salinity under operation of the Typical Alternative Delta Water Project would not significantly change the present outflow salinity relationships shown on Plate 15- Outflow to Operate Project Since the operation of the Typical Alternative Delta Water Project is similar to the operation of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project and the same Delta outflow-salinity incursion relationship applies to both projects, the minimum outflow to operate each project should be the same. Control of salinity at the two key locations men- tioned in the previous discussion of "outflow to Operate Project" for the Comprehensive Delta Water Project would be required for this project. Therefore, outflow to Suisun Bay of 1,000 second-feet, with UOO second- feet in the Sacramento River and 600 second-feet in the San Joaquin River would be the minimum required. The minimum uncontrolled outflow would be about the same as for the Comprehensive Delta Water Project. Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels Salinity conditions in the Western Delta channels under opera- tion of the Typical Alternative Delta Water Project would be the same as under operation of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project because the minimum outflow and water supply and demand would be the same. Plate 31 > indicates this condition. Single Purpose Delta Water Project The minimum facilities which can be constructed in the Delta to provide an adequate water supply and enable the export of good quality water would be those included in the Single Purpose Delta Water Project. - 143 This project would not include any features for flood or seepage control. Plate 35, "Single Purpose Delta Water Project", shows the features of this project. Control structure, locks, fisheries, and headworks for diverting Sacramento River water into the Mokelumne River would be similar to the other projects. The essential differences in this proj- ect over the other two is that both the North and South Forks of the Mokelumne River, as well as Georgiana Slough, the waterway immediately east and running in the same general southwesterly direction as the forks of the Mokelumne River, would be used in transferring water across the Delta; there would be a control structure and small craft lock on the Mokelumne River immediately downstream from the junction of its two forks and Georgiana Slough; and all closures would be eliminated except those shown. The Bear Creek Diversion would not be constructed and flood flows from Bear Creek would pass through existing Delta channels. Closures as shoiffl would be necessary for controlling the quality of water to be exported from the Delta and used therein. Facilities would be included for providing water to the users in the Western Delta for river supplies degraded because of the higher concentrations of saline water due to reduced outflows. These facilities would be about the same as in the previously discussed projects. Second stage features for the Single Purpose Delta Water Project could be constructed as shown in Bulletin No. T6 if economically justified. Summer Operations Operation of the Single Purpose Delta Water Project in summer months, or at other times when the project is operated for water supply and water transfer, is similar to operation of the Comprehensive Delta 144 Water Project when operated Tor the same purposes. Gates of the control structure on the Mokelumne River would be closed, as would those at the structures on Steamboat Slough and the Sacramento River. Water from the Sacramento River flowing into Georgiana Slough and the North Fork of the Mokelumne River exits into the sloughs east of and adjacent to Bouldin Islajid via the arm of the South Fork of the Mokelumne River north of Bouldin Island. These flows mix with the water in the San Joaquin River and pass into the channels south of the San Joaquin River and, thence on to the punqjing plants. Plate 36, "Single Purpose Delta Water Project, Summer Flow Distribution", schematically indicates the magnitude and direction of flows thro\ighout the Delta under summer operations. Delta rnns iimp t.ivp use of 5 A^O second-feet and maximum design capacities of export facilities, were used in determining the distribution of flows. Winter Operations Operations of the Single Purpose Delta Water Project would not change existing winter conditions in the Delta. Gates on all control structures would be opened and the distribution of flows in the channel would be as shown on Plate 37 j "Single Purpose Delta Water Project, Winter Flow Distribution", Flood flows would not be restricted to specific channels, but of the flood flows in Georgiana Slough and the North and South Forks of the Mokelumne River, 25,000 second-feet would be dis- charged through the control structure on the Mokelumne River, and the remaining flow of 41,000 second-feet, would be discharged to the San Joaquin River through the sloxogh lying between Bouldin Island and Terminous Tract, and Venice Island and Empire Tract. The design flood flows entering the Delta are the same as the flows used for the other projects. - IU5 Tidal Conditions Tidal conditions in the Delta, as a result of construction and operation of the Single Purpose Delta Water Project, would not change appreciably from present conditions. Extensive tidal studies on the electronic analog model were not made for the Single Purpose Delta Water Project but the first approximation of such on the analog indicated tidal amplitudes at the control structures in the Sacramento River system would be increased by only a few tenths of a foot less than under the Comprehen- sive Delta Water Project. Along the San Joaquin River, tidal ainplitudes would remain about as they are at present. Thus it appears that the tidal prism in the Delta, with facilities of the Single Purpose Delta Water Project constructed, would be about the same as at present. Outflow to control salinity woxjld, therefore, be the same under project conditions as for present conditions. Outflow to Operate Project Outflow to Suisun Bay to operate the Single Purpose Delta Water Project would be the same as for the Comprehensive and Typical Alternative Delta Water Project, 1,000 second-feet. Division of outflow between the Saci-amento and San Joaquin Rivers would be the same, as the minimum uncontrolled outflow would be about the same as the other projects. Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels Salinity conditions in the Western Delta channels under opera- tion of the Single Purpose Delta Water Project woiald be the same as under operation of the Comprehensive Delta Water Project because the minimum outflow and water supply and demand would be the same. Plate 31> in- dicates this condition. - ikG Chipps Island Barrier Project The Chipps Island Barrier Project would provide a physical barrier to separate fresh water in the Delta from saline water in the Bay. There wovLLd not be any works constructed in the Delta for flood or seepage control or improvements in transportation as a result of master levees and channel closures. Plate 38, "Chipps Island Barrier Project" depicts the features of this project. There would be a floodway structure, navigation lock, eind fishway across the Sacramento River near Pittsburg. Master levees aroiond the Suisun Bay area would be required because of increased tidal ampli- tudes; these will be discussed later. A barge lock would also be re- quired on Montezuma Slough, north of Suisun Bay. Summer Operations As with other proposed projects in the Delta, the Chipps Isleuid Barrier Project would be operated in the summer months for water supply and water transfer. The range in maximum elevation of water levels in the channels resulting from these operations would be limited to about three feet. The lower elevations would be about one foot below mesin sea level to minimize dredging for navigation, and the upper elevation would be about two feet above meaji sea level to minimize seepage and levee stability problems. Plate 39^ "Chipps Island Barrier Project, Summer Flow Distribu- tion", schematically shows the distribution of flow through the Delta channels for summer conditions. Water to be exported from the Delta would be directed through the channels of the Wester Delta to remove 1^7 heat and maintain satisfactory water quality conditions. Water users would divert their water supplies directly from the river as is presently done, and replacement works would not be required. Flows into the Mokelumne River from the Sacramento River would be held to a minimum, but siifficient to supply water demands in that area of the Delta. Winter Operations In winter months, or times when flood flows enter the Delta, the gates of the floodway structure would be open and flow conditions in the Delta would be as they exist presently. Plate kO, "Chipps Island Barrier, Winter Flow Distribution", indicates schematically, the dis- tribution of design flood flows through the Delta with the Chipps Island Barrier Project in operation. Tidal Conditions With the gates of the floodway structure closed, tide would be eliminated from the Delta channels. Downstream from the floodway structure, however, there would be a change in tidal conditions. Studies conducted on the electronic analog model by the University of California provided data on the changes in tidal conditions that would be brought about in the bay as a result of construction of the Chipps Island Barrier. Table 31, lists the tidal amplitudes of a typical spring tide at two locations in the bay, with and without a barrier at Chipps Island. The tidal amplitude at Chipps Islajid was doubled as a result of the barrier. Table 32 lists the tidal amplitudes at Chipps Island for an unusual spring tide at the Golden Gate with and without a barrier at Chipps Island. The tidal amplitudes are listed in feet above the low low tide. The datum of low low tide was not determined on the analog model. - 148 TABLE 31 EFFECTS OF CHIPPS ISLAND BARRIER ON A TYPICAL SPRING TIDE ; Tidal amplitude, in feet Location :No barrier: With barrier Selby 6.5 Chipps Island U.9 9.O TABLE 32 EFFECTS OF CHIPPS ISLAND BARRIER ON AN UNUSUAL SPRING TipE Location : No barrier : With barrier Golden Gate High high 8.5 Low high 6.3 High low 3.0 Chipps Islemd High high 6.3 Low high k.Q High low 2.5 8.5 6.3 3.0 12.0 10.6 k.o 1 Amplitude in feet above low low tide . The actuail magnitude of raising of the high water and lowering of the low water could not be determined on the analog, so ttat increase in tidal amplitude was assumed divided equally between raising and lower- ing of the high and low waters. Raising of the high water about 2.5 to 3.0 feet at Chipps Island dicta^ed the construction of levees adjacent to Suisun Bay. Outflow to Operate Project Outflow to operate the Chipps Island Barrier Project would in- crease in time from about 750 second-feet in 1970, to about 1,850 second- feet in the year 2020. The outflow would consist of losses from lock and 1^9 fishway operations. Flow to operate the fishvay was estimated at 200 second-feet through the period 1970 through 2020, and lockage losses were estimated at 550 second-feet initially, increasing to about 1,650 second-feet in 2020. The greater lockage losses in 2020 would be due to increased shipping tonnage passing through the Chipps Island locks. Shipping tonnage would Increase about fourfold from 1970 to 2020. Salinity Conditions in Western Delta Channels There would not be any salinity problem in the Western Delta channels as a result of the Chipps Island Barrier Project. The physical separation of the fresh-water flows of the rivers and the saline bays would malce fresh water available at all locations upstream from the floodway structure. Below the structure, however, there would be a salinity gradient with the outflow from the barrier keeping the salinity immedi- ately downstreain relatively fresh. However, the concentration of chlorides, progressing downstreeun, would increase rather rapidly. 150 - CHAPTER VI. WATER QUALITY If water delivered to an area of use is not of suitable quality for the intended uses, water development facilities involved in storing and delivering the water would not meet their objectives. It is contemplated that Delta water facilities when constructed, would meet the objectives of providing good quality water by physically separating most of the inland fresh waters from saline bay waters. In so doing it is also anticipated that a substantial portion of the water presently discharged to Suisun Bay to repel the incursion of salinity may be salvaged. Concurrent with studies to determine the amounts of water that could be salvaged by operation of the Delta water facilities, studies have been made to predict the quality of water that would be available for diversion at various points of use within the Delta, as well as for export from the Delta to areas of deficiency. Quality Criteria and Objectives for Waters to be Exported Criteria for evaluating the suitability of water for the various anticipated uses have been promulgated by numerous agencies and associations. Even within the same general categories, recommended limiting concentrations of mineral constituents in water vary widely, depending upon the intended uses. For example, industrial quality requirements for cooling water are quite liberal; whereas, requirements for boiler make-up waters are quite exacting. Similarly, recommended limiting concentrations for the same constituent may be considerably different if the water is to be used for cirinking or for an -151- agricultural supply. Discussions of water quality requirements are included in the companion appendix "Delta Water Requirements". Water quality- requirements are also discussed in reference 28 of this appendix. State Water Resources Development System Because of the wide variations in water quality requirements, the State Water Resources Board retained a board of consultants to recommend specific limiting values for the more important constituents and characteris- tics for water to be exported from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta under operation of the proposed State Water Resources Development System. This board held public meetings to obtain recommendations and suggestions from federal, state, and local agencies; agricultural and industrial consultants; and associations and societies concerned with water quality. In developing recommended limiting concentrations, the board considered that allowances must be made for progressive increases in agri- cultural and industrial development in areas of surplus supply as well as for attendant population increase; and further, that waters flowing in all portions of the system should be of satisfactory quality to meet the intended uses without requiring extensive treatment. The board, however, refrained from recommending specific limits for indices of contamination or for con- stituents bearing directly on fish and wildlife. Limits for these constituents are subject to regulation by the water pollution control boards and the State Departments of Public Health and Fish and Game. Table 33 lists the recommended limiting concentrations for certain mineral constituents and other water quality characteristics, adopted by the board of consultants. -152- TABLE 33 QUALITY LIMITS RECOMMENDED FOR WATER TO BE EXPORTED BY THE STATE FROM THE SACRAMENTO -SAN JOAQUIN DELTA Item Limit Total dissolved solids Electrical conductance Hardness as CaCOo Sodium (percentage) Sulfate Chloride Flouride Boron pH value Color Other constituents as to which the U. S. Public Health Service has or may establish mandatory or recommended standards for drinking water J+00 ppm* 600 micromhos at 250c 160 ppm 50^ 100 ppm 100 ppra 1.0 ppm . 5 ppm 7.0-8.5 10 ppm USPHS Limits * ppm (parts per million) In presenting these recommendations, the Board of Consultants on Water Quality stated: "It is the opinion of this Board that the limits set forth will permit full agricultural development in northern California, provide for greatly increased population in that area, and allow the establishment of all industries required for the support of that population. It is the further opinion of this Board that these limits will permit -153- the use of this water for agricultural purposes without detrimental effects, and enable this water to be used for domestic and industrial purposes without placing any undue burden upon the distributors or users." The recommendations of the board, as presented in the fore- going tabulation, are presented in Reference l6, and have been adopted by the Department of Water Resources as quality objectives to be met at points of diversion for water to be exported from the Delta to areas of deficiency. In general, the limits recommended are more restrictive than either the drinking water standards adopted by the United States Public Health Service in 19^6 or the irrigation criteria suggested by the Regional Salinity Laboratory of the United States Department of Agri- culture in their pamphlet (Ref. 57) • Metropolitan Water District Contract. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will be one of the major purchasers of water exported from the Delta by means of the proposed State Water Facilities. Water quality objectives have been incorporated into the contract with this district to the effect that the State shall take all reasonable measures to make available water of such quality that the constituents do not exceed the concentrations listed in Table 3^* -154- TABLE 3^ WATER QUALITY OBJECTTVES FOR -' METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA : : Monthly: Average for any: Constituent : Unit : average: 10 -year period : Maximum Total dissolved solids ppra Ui+0 220 Total hardness ppm 180 110 Chlorides ppm 110 55 Sulfates ppm 110 20 Sodium percentage i 50 40 Fluoride ppm Lead ppm Selenium ppm Hexavalent chromium ppm Arsenic ppm Iron + Manganese ppra Magnesium ppm Copper ppm Zinc ppm Phenol ppm 1.5 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.3 125 3.0 15 0.001 _l/ From contract between the State of California, Department of Water Resources and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for a water supply, November h, 196O. United States Bureau of Reclamation The United States Bureau of Reclamation presently diverts water from the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta to supply water to the Contra Costa -155- and Delta-Mendota Canals. Certain quality considerations have been in- corporated into contracts for delivery of water from these canals. Contra Costa Canal . The only quality provision in this contract indicates that the United States assumes no responsibility for the quality of water to be furnished pursuant to the contract and does not warrant the quality of any such water; however, the water users are not obligated to accept and pay for any water which contains chlorides in excess of 250 ppm. Delta-Mendota Crinal . Under the Amended Exchange Contract of March 17, 1956 there is a provision that the quality of water supplied to diverters between Mendota and Newman, as determined by total dissolved solids, will not exceed the weighted mean -values shown in Table 35- TABLE 35 WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER SERVED FROM DELTA -I-IENDOTA CANAL Time interval : Total dissolved : solids (ppm) Daily 800 Monthly 600 Annually 4 50 Five years ^00 Historic Water Quality Conditions For purposes of water quality considerations in this chapter, historic conditions have been considered in two parts, past and present conditions. Past conditions are considered to be those which existed -156- prior to construction and operation of the Central Valley Project. Present conditions in the Sacramento River portion of the Delta are considered to be those which have existed since the rQid-19^0's when Shasta Dam commenced regulating flows in the Sacramento River. For the San Joaquin River portion of the Delta, present conditions are considered to be those which have existed since the Tracy Pumping Plant for the Delta-Mendota Canal was placed in operation in June of 1951 • Mineral Quality of Water Supplies Table 36 presents minimum, maximum, and weighted mean mineral quality values for the Sacramento River at Sacramento, and San Joaquin River at Vernalis under historic conditions. Weighted mean pineral quality values are values determined by weighting the concentration of the mineral constituent in proportion to the flow of water at the time of sampling. In addition, historic maximum and minimum mineral quality values for waters at several internal locations within the Delta are shown in Table 37- Weighted mean values of quality cannot be computed for these internal stations since flow data were not available for the saii;pling period. Minimum, maximum, and mean historic values of water quality are shown in Table 38 for water exported from the Delta via the Delta-Mendota Canal. The quality of water diverted into the Contra Costa C xnal which was used in the economic considerations is shown and de- scribed in the companion appendix on "Economic Aspects" . -157- TABLE 36 PAST AND PRESENT WATER QUALITY VALUES FOR 1/ TRIBUTARY STREAMS TO DELTA Constituent Past Present Sacramento River at Sacramento Total dissolved solids Mean Minimum -Maximum Total hardness Mean Minimum -Maximum Chlorides Mean Minimum -Maximum Sulfates Mean Minimum -Max iraiom NR UO-i+00 ppm NR 20-210 ppm NR 5-85 ppm NR 5-30 ppm 90 ppm 40-210 ppm 50 ppm 20-140 ppm 10 ppm 5-25 ppm 10 ppm 5-30 ppm San Joaquin River at Vernalis Total dissolved solids Mean Minimum-Maximum Total hardness Mean Minimum-Maximum Chlorides Mean M in imum-Max imum Sulfates Mean Minimum-Maximum 300 ppm 0-900 ppm 190 ppm 5O-7UO ppm NR NB NR NR 80 ppm 5 -180 ppm 50 ppm 5-290 ppm NR NR NR NR \] NR indicates insioff icient data on record to make proper evaluation. -158- TABLE 37 PAST AND PRESENT WATER QUALITY VALUES FOR INTERNAL CHANNELS OF DELTA Constituent Past Present Delta C r oss Channel Total dissolved solids Minimum-Maximum Total hardness Minimum -Maximiim Chlorides Minimum-Maximum Sulfates Minimum -Maximum NR m NR NR 70-180 ppra 30-90 ppm 5-20 ppm 5-20 ppm Sacramento River at Rio Vista Total dissolved solids Minimum-Maximum Total hardness Minimum -Maximum Chlorides M i n imum -Max imum Sulfates Minimum -Maximum NR m NR NR 70-205 ppm i+O-125 PPm 5-30 ppm 5-20 ppm San Joaquin River at Venice Island Total dissolved solids Minimum -Maximiom Total hardness M in imum -Max imum Chlorides Minimum -Max imum Sulfates M i n imum -Max imum NR NR NR NR 85-i+80 ppm 40-220 ppm 20-1^+5 ppm 10-75 ppra -159- TABLE 38 PRESENT RANGES OF WATER QUALITY VALUES FOR SOURCES OF EXPORT FROM DELTA Constituent : Present Delta-Mendota Canal Total dissolved solids Mean* 522 ppra Minimum-Maximum 8i-6U3 ppm Total hardness Mean MR M in imum-Max iraum m Chlorides Mean* 85 ppm M i n imum -Max i mum 16-258 ppra Sulfates Mean m Minimam-Maxiraura m * Arithmetic Mean -l60- In addition to the above-mentioned water quality data, many other sources (Refs. 2'i and 2^+) provide information on historic water quality within the Delta. Sources of Degradation It can be seen by comparing the general quality of inflowing water with mineral qualities of water in various locations throughout the Delta, that waters are being degraded in transit across the Delta. Factors contributing to this degradation under present conditions are generally municipal and industrial waste discharges, irrigation return drainage, and the incursion of sea water. Since, under future operation of Delta Water Projects, it is assumed that sea-water incursion will be controlled so as to minimize degradation of water used for export and Delta uses, only the first two sources of degradation were accounted for in predicting future quality of water within the Delta. Evaluation of waste discharge data has indicated that quantities of salts discharged by various communities containing both domestic and industrial activities can be correlated with the contributory population. Calculations of future quantities of waste discharges were based on projected populations within the Delta. Evaluation of data collected during an investigation of ir- rigation and drainage water in the Delta during 195^ and 1955 has shown that the annual quantity of drained salts is related to the annual quantity of applied salts. Under present conditions it was shown that drained salts are about 20 percent in excess of applied salts annually, but that the discharge of drained salts through the months is not constant (Ref. 13) • It was found that most of the salts applied during the irrigation season -l6l- were retained in the soil to be released during the winter months when flushing flows of precipitation and seepage removed them. This same method of storing a portion of salts applied each month, with subsequent release during the winter, was utilized in predicting the future degradation of quality of water in the Delta. Future Water Quality Conditions Predictions were made of future quality of water that might exist in various locations throughout the Delta under full operation of the "Comprehensive Delta Water Project" in both 1970 and 1990 levels of development. Hydrologic conditions for the period from 1922 through 19^1 were assumed. An office report entitled "Salt Routing Techniques with Applications of Machine Computing for Estimating Future Quality of Water Under Operation of 'The Comprehensive Delta Water Project'", is being prepared to explain in detail the entire process utilized for making predictions of future water quality conditions presented herein. Predictions of future quality of water in the Delta were de- pendent upon results of salt -routing studies based upon flow data, plans for drainage disposal, and other operational criteria presently known or anticipated under project operations. Mineral concentrations in the Sacramento River and other in- flowing streams to the Delta were computed from equations of curves relating stream flow to mineral concentration. These "rating curves" have been developed for each of the major streams entering the Delta. These curves were developed from present and historical data and do not reflect any provision for possible changes in the future. -162- Accretions to salt loading of water flowing through the Delta were computed as a product of the quantity of accreting water and its mineral concentration, or as an independent accretion of salt. Factors required to make these computations were derived from evaluation of water quality records, and data on present physical conditions surrounding these various sources of salt accretions. Results of these salt routings were in the form of computed mineral quality values at the 12 following locations, including inflow, internal, and export points of the Delta, for 2^40 consecutive months from January 1922 through December 19'-* 1, under both 1970 and 1990 levels of development: Inflow Sacramento River at Sacramento San Joaquin River at Vernalis Mokelurane River at Thornton Calaveras River at Stockton Internal Delta Cross Channel at head Sherman Island Irrigation deliveries Webb Tract irrigation deliveries Sacramento River at Rio Vista San Joaquin River at Venice Island Export North Bay Aqueduct Contra Costa Canal South Delta exports In view of the fact that the present contract with the Met- ropolitan Water District for delivery of water from the Delta includes stipulations regarding mean quality throughout a 10-year period, the predictions of future quality conditions presented herein have been developed for selected 10-year periods. The period from 1924 to 1933 was found to be the 10 consecutive years of the 20-year study period during which total inflow to the Delta was the lowest, while the 10-year period from 1932 to 19^1 was the one most nearly equal to the long-term -163- mean, as well as the period of highest total inflow to the Delta during the 1922 to 19^1 period. Computations of weighted mean qualities for all 11 of the 10-year periods showed that these 2 periods, noted as "dry" and "mean", developed the poorest and best average mineral qualities. Therefore, weighted mean qualities for total dissolved solids, total hardness, chlorides, and sulfates, were computed for both the "dry" and "mean" 10-year periods under both 1970 and 1990 conditions of develop- ment at each of the 12 aforementioned stations . Only the mean values for 1990 are shown in Table 39- Values for percent sodium were computed by relating total dissolved solids and total hardness. Results of salt-routing studies utilizing anticipated procedures show that under 1990 conditions of development, water exported will, on a few occasions, exceed limitations set by the board for both total dissolved solids and total hardness. During the "mean" 10-year period (1932 to 19^+1), under 1990 conditons, approximately 3 percent of the total quantity of water exported from the south Delta will exceed quality limits recommended by the Board of Consultants on Water Quality. This is a small percent of the time and is less than the probable accuracy of the estimates of future water quality. The studies were made for the Comprehensive Delta Water Project, but the results for the other projects would not be too far different if specific salt-routing studies for each project were conducted. ■I6k- TABLE 39 ESTIMATED WATER QUALITY VALUES FOR SACRAMENTO -SAW JOAQUIN DELTA* (1990 Conditions) (Parts Per Million) Location c onstituent Hydrologic period Total Dissolved Solids Total Hardness Chlorides : Sulfates : Percent : Sodium dr:y- mean 100 90 ^0 50 10 10 10 10 i+0 35 dry mean 290 160 130 70 90 40 30 20 50 50 dry mean 190 150 110 80 10 10 10 10 30 i+0 dry- mean 110 100 90 80 5 5 10 10 5 dry mean 110 100 60 50 10 10 10 10 35 uo dry mean 180 160 90 80 10 10 10 10 uo uo dry mean 200 180 100 90 20 20 15 15 ko ko dry mean 90 80 10 10 10 10 ko ko dry mean ].20 100 60 50 15 10 10 10 ko ko dry mean IBO 170 100 90 20 20 10 10 35 ko dry mean 170 160 90 80 30 25 15 15 ko 40 dry mean 150 lUO 80 70 20 20 10 10 40 40 Saoramenco River at Sacramento San Joaquin River at Vernalis Mokelumne River at Thornton Cala/eras River at Stockton Delta-Cross Channel at Head Sherman Island Irr. Deliveries Webb Tract Irr. Deliveries Sacramento River at Rio Vista San Joaquin River at Venice Is. North Bay Aqueduct Exports Contra Costa Canal Exports South Delta Exports * All constituents reported as parts per million, except "Percent Sodium" which is reported as percentage of sodium ion, expressed in equivalents per million, to total cations. -165- REFERENCES 1. Arons, A. B. and Stomrael, H. "A Mixing Length Theory of Tidal Flushing." Transactions American Geophysical Union. Volvune 32, Number 3. June 1951- 2. Biemond, C. "Analysis of Flow Conditions in an Estuary." Reports Nos. 1, 2, and 3. Amsterdam, Holland. January and April 1958. 3. California State Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly. "Water Problems of the State." Report submitted to the Legislature of the State of California. January I8, 1929 • h. California State Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation. "Flow in California Streanis." Bulletin No. 5. I923. 5. 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Bulletin No. 22. 1929 . -171- STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH GENERAL AREA OF INVESTIGATION APRIL 1962 SC*LE Of MILES LEGEND ^^^^^ BOUNDARV OF GENERAL *RE* PL«TE 2 » TIDE G'OC OPE A TIDE WEASUREUENT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE , STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1 THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH TIDE GAGE LOCATIONS SAN FRANCISCO BAY SYSTEM iPRIU 1962 LEGEND @ T10E GiGE OPERATING IN 1959 f TIDE MEASUREMENT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA Y DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH TIDE GAGE~LOCATIONS SACRAMENTO -SAN JOAQUIN DELTA APRIL 1962 SCALE OF MILES Z z PLATE S 0> M 2 1- < O _l 111 > < 111 U) I z o 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 DISTANCE IN MILES FROM GOLDEN GATE NOTE: Elevations at Point San Pablo, Eckley, and Nichols based upon tidal data obtained by predecessor agency of Department of Water Resources. All other elevations based upon data from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. STATE OF CAtlFORNlA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES MEAN WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS NORTH SAN FRANCISCO BAY APRIL 1962 PLATES buu Sou luuO lilUU )«00 TIDAL PRISM VOLUME IN THOUSANDS OF ACRE-FECT' Z 6 TIDAL PRISM VOLUME IN THOUSANDS OF ACRE-FEET LEGEND Average Stream Plawi □ --January 29 and 30, 19?U, Sacramento RlTer at Sacramento 55»600 cfs San Joaqtiin River at Vemalla 2,200 cfa a— February 1 and 2, 195U, Sacramento River at Sacramento 58,200 cfs San Joaquin River at Vemalls 1,900 cfe 0-- February 19 and 20, 195U, Sacramento River at Sacranento 68,000 cfs San Joaquin River at Vemalls 3,500 cfs 160 200 240 TIDAL PRISM VOLUME IN THOUSAND OF ACRE-FEET THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES TIDAL PRISM VOLUMES APRIL 1962 '■'['■'4-':': s : i: ; ■'■-^ H S :i.i hdU^ w .... ::: ±; -■4 :::::::: j: — :^: ::; ■■■■It ■:: ::: ::: ::: :;;;i ::: T : ::4 ;± ; : : : : ; ^^f :; ::: III •j hi :i A i ^±1 T-^L^- it: 1 ... 2> V^ T3 :\ ; --- \- 1 v 1: ::;::: : iH T— 131- - 1 o c , _ J > V _i \ — ■ tT^ \ AH \ ■ \— 1 -u-i \ ^ ■ 1 .- . 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'department of water resources .•■ DELTA BRANCH SALINITY MEASUrTnG LOCATIONS SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA APRIL 1962 SCALE OF MlES 2 ? * 6 B STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES RELATIONSHIP OF DELTA OUTFLOW TO SALINITY IN WESTERN DELTA AND SUISUN BAY APRIL 1962 10 12 DELTA OUTFLOW 14 16 18 IN 1000 SECOND - FEET PLATE 16 WOO 4400 COCO iOOO 10,000 12,000 14,000 MEAN TIDAL CYCLE SURFACE ZONE SALINITY --PARTS CHLORIDES PER MILLION PARTS WATER TTZ m TF" laixtii : ij 5|||; URCeS AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA 8RANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES COMPARISON OF HISTORICAL SALINITY WITH DERIVED SALINITY AT ANTIOCH PLATE IS DCPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCCS CeWTRAL VALLEY DRAINAGE BASINS PLATE 20 - ERRATA at o < o Q z < _1 S o t/> 7 < t- UJ _l o LU 7 o < n T (n O tr W o < 900 800 700 600 500 100 300 200 100 B y/ / / ■y / y / y f /■ f Constont Seepoge Rote 635 c.f.s— / y / / / / /: . / / / y X y >*-' Y ^ 't^ A A ^ 1 1 WATER TO STORAGE / r WATER OUT OF STORAGE AVG. SEEPAGE RATE (CONSTANT) / CUMULATIVE (SEEPAGE ; CHANGE IN STORAGE) / CURVE BASED ON Z DATA FOR 33 ISLAND SURVEY ^ / NOTE: (1) ^(Seepage I Change in Storag«)= X(-Divarsions - Precipitation \ Droinoge + Consumptive use) (2) Net Change in Ground Water Storoge From / / Oct. 30/54 to Oct. 30,'55 is ossumed to be zero. 1 (3) 33 lslonds = 46.4% o( Delta Lowlonds. > UJ z !j o a »- > (-> z i'5°=>;2iiuai->u 3 3 UJ U O UJ o z CD a: ^ \ O UJ < LiJ < Q- \ z o -> u. 2 "^ \ Woter Out / \of Storog* \ / / \ I \ / \ \ f \ \ \ ^ MONTHLY CHANGE IN GROUND WATER STORAGE DELTA CHANNEL Drainage Ditch 1 Seepage S2-' X Water Table Droinage + Consumptive Use ^Precipitation + Diversions +Seepoge 1 Chonge In Ground Water Storage SKETCH DEPICTING HYDROLOGIC EQUATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES SEEPAGE OF WATER FROM CHANNELS INTO DELTA LOWLANDS APRIL 1962 UJ ll. O < o o o -J 3 O < liJ PLATE 21 STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES OUTFLOW FROM DELTA NATURAL CONDITION OF DEVELOPMENT APRIL 1962 s: .=■- >— ia£2_ i92a_ 19^3 iaaa_ 19J 193L^_ 1933 1 1941 PLATE 22 II -f«T PLATE 22 --- -- STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ■ - -i _i_ 1 j^^ + H- f^T -t"- 1_ ... ■ ■ ' 1 Mil - DELTA WATER FACILITIES — 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hiciTF: ■=^"=^riri ^Fcnt^n ffft minimum outflow ^. ■^^' -- OUTFLOW FROM DELTA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRESENT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 pAKiniTir^M nc rvn/ci f\akMCKt^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L ^ 9 M^^^^^^^^^^^ 1^ ■'■_ h- -9,700,000 IB™ ACRE-FEET ' F 1962 r SHEET 2 OF 2 SHEET ;|||||fP| |£e S^i^pj:- ^^I'^r-"^^-- '■_'■ -- — ' " '" -^ R ■ ■ .- — HiiiiinmnTT^^ ' -- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i M 1 1 { 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 It __ - -j i|]-j j 1 1 1 1 II l' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' - — M--4y-r-p-' 1- -^ ^.._1J -^- fi4J 4i--- -- 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 11 . 1 1 1 1 III M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 ! M 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 { 1 1 M ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 T IT > 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 IT 1 1 j 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ■ lilt lilt III III 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 Lillll _i ■ , H 1 1 1 1 1 .. t mm titr . 3 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::^^ :; ;;:;:: :::::::;::.;. 2 -■-pil- -1-- 1- ■ -r-tf ■■'■^"^^ — titt " ■|-T----+t---' i-p-'" ;:::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ■'- -.. . . I ' ■ -V' inn 1 1 i n n uiiutiuiiui u :::: ::::::::-::::;:;::;:::::::;;:;:--±-:::::::::::::::-:- . ■:...._.j_..,. ._ 1. :--T nrrfl n 111 mil r'm nl < JUNE SEPT. t ■■J rrr MAR. : « I c u ; S J ? K S < 3 W I i z t. 3 w t i i z *. 3 W Sills 1922 19E3 1924 | 192S 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 193J 1952 1933 . 1934 1935 193fi_ 1937 193fl- 1939 1940 1941 _ uo M PLATE 23 iaZ2_ 192fi PLATE 24 STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES OUTFLOW FROM DELTA 2020 CONDITION OF DEVELOPMENT 194L^ EXISTING PROJECT LEVEES MASTER LEVEE O SMALL CRAFT LOCK O SMALL CRAFT PORTAGE ♦ FRESH WATER INTAKE SIPHON ■ ^ FRESH WATER INTAKE PUMPING PLANT DRAINAGE WATER PUMPING PLANT AQUEDUCT • RELIFT PUMPING PLANT STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH COMPREHENSIVE DELTA WATER PROJECT APRIL 1962 SCALE OF UIL.E9 SOUTH MAY sotxoucr 5,000 . FLOW lt< CUBIC FEET PER SECOND EXISTING LEVEES — — — — ^ — — PROJECT LEVEES STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE «ESOUHCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA OEPAflTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH COMPREHENSIVE DELTA WATER PROJECT SUMMER FLOW DISTRIBUTION PLATE 27 5.000 . FLOW IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND EXISTING LEVEES PROJECT LEVEES STATE OF CAUrORNI* THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH COMPREHENSIVE DELTA WATER PROJECT WINTER FLOW DISTRIBUTION APRIL 1962 PLATE 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES COMPARISON OF PROTOTYPE TIDAL PHASES AND AMPLITUDES WITH ANALOG MODEL TIDAL PHASES AND AMPLITUDES APRIL 1962 PLATE 29 iQQOOi llll 1-"-. :j:::j::; :::::; -!!T!":::: ^x'-'l ■■'■ B ::::: :|:: ::: -■Tj— iilp- I ...I I- 6 6 :: irr :-^ n -z\-MM= ----- it in 4 rUk-^ifctJ IIJM zi: :::: :: :; :ii:: :± ::;::: :, it+T tC — -1- , ' ---rn.J. =p::;x::::: 1 :: :::! . ^ d: -t -^.m:um\ ::::: ::: : |::: ::::: :::|: ll ;;;e=:E::: ::::: |: ::|::: ::::: "==:$: g = : :-r::: = = = ziz: g: x:: :::: -- I -■- 3ii t -:::: t:: :::| ":: __j-j fijl _[:::: rzm :: i._. -i---t — tt — j EXI ^ FfPn TE ; SalinitT represents ~ zone sallnlt ilorides per i •ts water tak after high-l ^ - --■ surface T in ~ " — "' ■; [[ ^ "" parts c\ nil- i 2 1000 lion pai en I I^i; 1 _ _ 1 » hftiii*! l^^^^.^^m E . ff\ UJ B - -- O 7 L __ Q 6- ::: ::::::::±ffiW - ■ " n [ ■ J □ . ■ ■ rrz z:; ir : — — i: ^-:::-:|;|igi i \kmm OQ 6 - ---■ . ' " -•— — ■ r -- -r < 4 ; 1- -i--'--|Tr: mmwM\ Y^-z-zll\:-z"z"\ lO - <> 1 I > 3^_... IC -1-1 — -:::: i^.z:':t: t U-----:5-"- o — --n - — — -J :::::::: ft- /I \— in 1 i III! Z 100 _J 9 ' ' ' "— -H- ::::::i::,::::t: ::::l!:-f B::iS-- "'"""tlVr"'"^^ g ^'JiJPS ::::::* : rid^dS^ Mi h j_j;t i irrr--- -T'-^rrr-^^ --- -^ — lz± !':; ;;;; 3 J- ii ;|l|-i{J::-v 2 --■<►■- :::::::; ..[:.:: ,_....,.. ... V u T " ""a"" "" ■; 10 -_!o T 100 ' S 46«'7e9| SALINITY A 000 " T ANTIOCH 3 4 6 IN ppm 6 ' 1 9 10,000 2 a STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH DELTA WATER FACILITIES RELATIONSHIP^OF SALINITY AT ANTIOCH TO SALINITY AT RIO VISTA BRIDGE Af»RlL 1962 PLAT ■ 30 1 0,0001-1 — n" TTf : U4j4m-H 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hlllll'l IIIINIIII 9 1-'- -T_^T J-^HI T" ■■■! "" T 1 6 = : -.-■■.■.■.l 1 _ -- lii e!!;;| ;;;![ ::::: :±:: :i :: 1 . . TTTn'H'nTTMtTI'" ty 1 ^ |i 1+1 !:|;;Mtii-i IT 1 1 I' I |-[:4=[-|l±Blr rte|||||||[[ ^IlllmliilifeWfti ^■----B|- Q. 2 d^ 3TE: Salinity rapresents m nan ':EE:::Je9EE|:J H -""1 zone salinity hloridea per m irts water take •8 after high-h in:::::::: ::: :::::::::^T ^1 ^ . L 1 3 1 W vxaw^a f^ ti :]: > £ looo -1)1.. lion pa 1 if a :::::;:::::::::: :::;:x^ii t iSt-. 111 • ::+r:lJ hoin igh::::::::::: ::: : + ::::::: ir^f^ t r z :i:::tidfi- " ::::! ::| "":::::' : ;::;:::::::::: ;;:!:::l: 2 7 : + ::i::i:::: :: ::::i :::: ""::;::: t :: ii""?'- I .. .,4. ,.i _ Ti '^f frt 3 '= = = T lU e ^^- — ^- -It 1 : . ■ 1 , [ S Jme [p 1 1 1 jTM 1 1 : : 1 M [i : :4 ^^3 -i^- -l-^ z :_: = :::::::::::::.::::_.:::T:T C; 1 bJ 8 I ^ : :.:::::ji:::::::.:::::i:£ "^^il'-.lzzz: p.:::::: ::: fe 'I- :=eeee:;;;;j;;:;;;;;#^» ^TFFrffl^ I _:];:i:: :: ft^ ± 3 " ■" 'iv;;i ': o X _ _ ., " ■ ] J'9"f ^ 100 --f^-r ^.!:.-^;.^^_ i; h- ' - -: ........... t^UiXi:^^^ < s "TT^TT^i *~^' ■9 — >- '^::: i=:-^^— r— « — — ^-4- K- 6 jflj_..j^y^^9___ — _l li -]-H =-----Ltt 4-T #3E5:imp^^- : 'itp ' 1 1 1 ri U' lt»T OCT NOV oec ' ivESAOe MONTHLY SALINITT LESS Th»n ISO PPM """^ AVEBAGE MOHTMLY SA1.IMITT LESS THAN 3S0 PPM ivEBAGE MONTHLY SALINITY LESS THAN (OOO PPI A N T I C H 'T M* "1 n^ ** : — 1 ■ ... 1 —1 •LJ JAN FEB MAR APR HAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT MOV OEC MALLARD m^ L p" ., ^„ L 1 : r^ ^u. ^u .J JAN FEB MAR APR MAT JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV OEC ^\ : ■ r* ;.. . ; *w MM [.LJ. dU ^ r" JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUTC JULY AUO SEPT OCT NOV DEC (PPMl SALINITT a«ED UPON ESTIMATED OIH'FLOW FROM THE S*CfiW*ENTO- WN JOAQUIN DELTA WITH IW-JI "ATER SUPPLY C0HD1TI0«, FOB THE FOLLOWING CONOIKONS OF OEVELOPMEUT IN THE CENTOAL VALLEY: NATURAL BEFOPE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPUENT PBESENT WITH EKISTING CONDITIONS OF uPSTBEAMOEVELOP- - II AND OPERATION OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH IWO CONDITIONS OF URSTPEAmOEVELOPuENT OPEPATION OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY PBOJECT. FEATHER RIVER PROJECT. DELTA DIVERSION PRO- JECT, DELTA WATER PROJECT AND IttPOOTSOFWATER FROU THE NORTH COAST AND WITH A UINIUUU OUT- FLO* OF 1,000 SECONO-FEET WITH?(mCOWtTIONSOF UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT ANDOPERATIONOF THE SAUE PROJECTS AS LISTED FOR IWO PLUS ADCITIONAL limMRTS OF WATER FRO** THE NORTH COAST AND «ITM A MINIMUM OUTFLOW OF 1,000 SECONO-FEET SLOUGH — 1 — - ... 1 1— — -- I — ... JAN HM •Mt MAY JMC JULY "S. «ir XT NOV DEC r' .... •••i .. i ■ pH f JAN FEB MAM APR MAY JUNE JULY AuO SEPT OCT NOV OEC -- 1 ... '■ .^i ^: ^ , ^. ^u -Jl"d STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DELTA BRANCH JAN FEB MAN APR MAY JUNE JULY AUQ PRESENT 1990 2020 t tf gf tr otc ' NATURAL, PRESENT AND FUTURE SALINITY CONDITIONS IN WESTERN SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA APRIL 1962 SHEET I OF 2 SHEETS E M M A T N «« •0 TO «0 W — — ~ MN m MM WW MAT JUNE JU.V «Ut IC^T OCT NOV MC 'Trm "'T M* .... — : \ JIN n» MU vn «»T OCT NOV OK 1 1 — «.! - : ; luu, ■•• I 1 'Wf tW* 1 r ... ^1 ' u^ *M •w D MM PH MU •»B JUNE AVERAGE MOrtTHLT SALINITY LESS THAN II AVEBAGE MOXTMLT SALINITY LESS Than 1 AvEfiAGE MONTMLV SALINITY LESS THAN I COLL I NSVILLE K» »0 r**i Mrff iMt^ *^« MM — •0 TO »0 90 «0 to — fU MU am IMt MW JULV icrr OCT MOV Dec w» >»»T __— 1 ; — ; ; 1 '- "S...I JAM m HM) «m IMT JMC JULY MM UPT OCT NOV OCC F»J ""t ■"1| J "- r^ ~= L.1-.. ... .J.J ; JAN rCI HAR APH HAY JUW JULV AM SCPT OCT MOV DCC r" r"i ■ 1 L., ±*ii L. L. PFI -Jm SALINITY BASED UPON ESTIMATED OUTFLOWS FROM TKE SACR*JUENTO- SAM JOAQUIN DELTA "ITM I913-