Notices - Westlands Water District

Notices are provided to landowners and water users providing detailed information on Westlands’ news and activities. Notices are updated monthly or more often as needed.

Request for Proposals

Article 2 Revision Environmental Analysis and Document Preparation

Under the proposed Article 2 Modification (Project), lands that were irrigable and had a history of irrigation, as of January 1, 2020, that are thereafter converted to eligible non-irrigable use, will retain the benefit of receiving an allocation of water so long as they continue to be owned by a landowner who owns and is farming other land in the District. The proposed change is intended to provide landowners the opportunity to convert a portion of their land to other non-irrigable uses, but retain the benefit of a water allocation, thereby increasing the amount of water available to the landowner’s other farmland.

Westlands is seeking professional consulting services to prepare environmental analyses and documentation necessary to comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Project. The intent of the environmental review is to determine whether Project implementation would result in potentially significant or significant impacts to the environment and to incorporate mitigation measures into the Project design, as necessary, to eliminate the Project’s potentially significant impacts or reduce them to less than significant level. The Project likely requires the preparation of an environmental checklist to determine the potential environmental impacts, including taking prime agricultural land out of production, due to the change in land uses. The District anticipates that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared. The District will act as the lead agency for CEQA.

Proposals are due April 23, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. The request for proposals can be obtained below:

Article 2 Modification Project RFP_POSTING (PDF)

Lateral 22R Reinforced Plastic Mortar (RPM) Replacement

Lateral 22R Reinforced Plastic Mortar (RPM) Replacement – Westlands Water District is requesting proposals to perform engineering services for the replacement or rehabilitation of approximately 1.44 miles of pipeline, ranging in size from 36 to 45-inches, located on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. The replacement or rehabilitation process must limit the impact to almond trees planted within the USBR’s easement and above the failing RPM Pipe. Therefore, the District would like to analyze different rehabilitation methods in comparison to the standard open cut replacement immediately adjacent to the existing pipe. This analysis needs to take the following into consideration: different trenchless methods, length of service interruption, ease of tie-in to two deliveries (right and left), and costs. The pre-proposal conference is scheduled for January 22, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Proposals are due February 5, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. The request for proposals can be obtained below:

Lateral 22R RPM Replacement – RFP 20-06 (PDF)