We do our environmental homework before we become part of a community and maintain continuous monitoring to ensure the water resources are sustainable long term. We believe each spring water source should be there 100 years from now and that we must follow good land-use and aquifer practices. We must know what’s being withdrawn from the source and how fast it’s being replenished. The health of the aquifer is paramount to us.
The water we collect is used for people to drink! It all begins with selecting a viable spring water source that will be stable, abundant and yield high-quality, great-tasting water. We use both traditional and sophisticated science to perform a detailed site selection assessment, comprehensive hydrologic studies to determine the spring’s safe yield and evaluation of nearby water supplies.
Responsible resource management and water resource relations are proponents of our Good Neighbor Policy.
In McCloud, before any plant can permitted the revised project must undergo an environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
To support this environmental analysis NWNA has committed to two years of additional study of the Squaw Valley Creek watershed and surrounding habitat, which began in 2008. During that time, we will also be working with the County, the District, and the community to further define this project and to conduct any additional studies that are necessary to prepare a revised draft environmental impact report for the re-defined project. Once those studies are completed, the CEQA/NEPA processes can move forward.
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