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2	Today’s Talk Update on McCloud/Nestle Introduce Mount Shasta Springs Study Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) Application
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4	World Renowned Fish
5	Town of McCloud
6	McCloud Mill Site
7	The Threat: Nestle Waters of North America 2003 Nestle signs a contract with the McCloud service district. One million sq foot bottling plant-one building covering 22 acres ~552,ooo,000 gallons of water at .00008 ¢ a gallon 100 years with no opportunity to renegotiate A truck every 3 minutes to haul the water to LA NO baseline science = no way to prove harm
8	History of Nestle Project Fall 2003 McCloud signs contract with Nestle 2004-2005 Legal challenge by local citizens, denied Fall 2006—Draft EIR Over 4,000 comments Egregious, “worst I have ever seen” Summer 2007 Nestle scraps Draft EIR Summer 2008 Nestle cancels contract with the town
9	Where Are We Now? Nestle scaled back the plant and cancelled the contract Pushing to re-open negotiations 350,000 sq. ft. plant 600 acre feet of water Two years of baseline aquatic biology and hydrology data, flow reduction experiment underway Town not committing to renegotiations, yet
10	Protect Our Waters Coalition JOINING TOGETHER TO PROTECT Mount Shasta’s unique water supply by investing in science, education and policy analysis
11	Importance of Spring Water Biological Shasta River Upper Sacramento River McCloud River Keystone rivers in their respective watersheds
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15	Mt. Shasta Springs Study First order characterization of spring water general and physical chemistry and isotopic analysis 23 springs—temperature, flow , isotopes, tritium (3 springs) To determine groundwater basins, recharge elevations, and residence time Vulnerability Index
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19	"Non-thermal springs" Non-thermal springs, immediate recharge area, higher vulnerability 2. Non-thermal springs, high recharge elevation, lower vulnerability 3. Slightly thermal springs, high recharge elevation, hydrothermal influence 4. Slightly thermal mineral springs with high amounts of dissolved constituents
20	"Nathenson" Nathenson, et al. 2006
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27	IRWMP Integrated Regional Watershed Management Plan What it is, why we applied RWMG Composition Proposed Region Map Next Steps
28	Regional Watershed Management Group McCloud CRMP (private landowners in the McCloud watershed) Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District Mt. Shasta Area Audubon Mt. Shasta Trail Association Siskiyou Land Trust Sierra Club, Mother Lode Chapter, Shasta Group Mt. Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center SA = Statutory Authority The City of Mount Shasta (SA) The City of Dunsmuir (SA) McCloud Community Services District (SA) Siskiyou County (SA) Winnemem Wintu tribe U.S. Forest Service, Shasta Trinity National Forest (SA) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Red Bluff office (SA) California Department of Fish and Game, Redding office (SA) McCloud Watershed Council
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30	IRWMP Next Steps Interview on 6/9/09 went well Wait for approval (2-3 months) If approved and State budget works out then 30 million will be available for planning grants early next year
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