New content: New Fish Screen And Water Intake Facility Improves Fish Passage on the Sacramento River

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Check out our most recent story here! New Fish Screen And Water Intake Facility Improves Fish Passage on the Sacramento River "A rear view of the new Yolo area water intake facility. The new diversion facility will provide more efficient and reliable water supplies for Yolo County water users. Credit: Jon Myatt/USFWS   By Jon Myatt September 13, 2016 Endangered salmon, steelhead and sturgeon will soon be safe from the deadly pull of water pumps* on the Sacramento River in Yolo County now that a new diversion facility has finished construction. A nearly century old water intake on the river north of Sacramento is being replaced, making way for a new intake and fish screen facility designed to protect threatened and endangered fish species while also providing improved water supply reliability for eastern Yolo County. Located on the western bank of the Sacramento River immediately upstream from the Vietnam Veterans Bridge on Interstate-5, the intake facility is a collaborative effort between Reclamation District 2035 and the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency and its partners, including the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Reclamation. Read the full story here...   Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe All  |  Help This email was sent to mantiskhiralla@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825