Water Committee comments on Alexander Valley water district proposal

Sonoma LAFCO is hearing a proposal to for an Alexander Valley Water District.  The Redwood Chapter Water Committee has some concerns about it.

The item description is at https://sonomalafco.org/proposals-and-projects/alexander-valley-water-district-formation-proposal

The meeting: April 1st - item #4 in person in Santa Rosa

https://sonomalafco.org/regular-commission-meeting-x167043 

The Water Committee sent in a comment letter, and an excerpt is here :

Dear Sonoma County LAFCO,

Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments for the “Alexander Valley Water District Formation” (AVWD).
The mission of the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter Water Committee is to preserve and protect the water resources of the Redwood Chapter Region to include all surface, ground water, watershed and outflow points and marine waters therein while ensuring their quantity and quality. The Redwood Chapter Water Committee works with legislators, state and local agencies and industrial/agricultural users to ensure that all Chapter water resources receive environmentally and socially sensitive management.

The Russian River was declared fully appropriated in 1998; consequently, it is valuable to consider a portfolio of local initiatives for water supply resiliency options.
We have some concerns regarding the formation of an Alexander Valley Water District as proposed that have to do first with equitable representation of all land owners and well users in the area secondly, the proposed district boundaries are inconsistent with water management - either as a watershed or as GSA; and thirdly also related to water management, is the proposed construction of electrically powered wells along the Russian River.

Click here for the submitted comment.  

For a local copy  of the same letter .