Fairy Nectar Farm Rainwater Catchment Project
Project Overview
Basics
Fairy Nectar Farm Rainwater Catchment Project
Completed
The project consists of the construction of two rainwater storage tanks and associated water collection, conveyance and distribution infrastructure, and will reduce water demand on the Bodega Water Company (BWC) system, which extracts water primarily from a shallow well adjacent to Salmon Creek. The project will collect and store a volume of rainwater sufficient to satisfy the irrigation and livestock demand of this small agricultural operation for the period of May through October of every year (the “period of use”), which has been estimated at approximately 75,000 gallons. Recently converted to a farm focusing on permaculture-based sustainable agriculture, the property historically had the highest water use of any single site on the BWC system.
2015
2017
2/27/2023
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
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Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
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Organizations
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Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Summer Water Forbearance | Operation Type: Row Crop | 0.25 acre-ft |
Reported Performance Measures
| Summer Water Forbearance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Operation Type | 2016 | Units |
| Row Crop | 0.25 | acre-ft |
| Total | 0.25 | acre-ft |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Ready Program (SCC) | $20,000.00 | $0.00 | $10,000.00 | $30,000.00 |
| Landowner Cost Share (Private) | $0.00 | $10,000.00 | $100,000.00 | $110,000.00 |
| Prop 84 (IRWMP) (DWR) | $0.00 | $5,000.00 | $15,000.00 | $20,000.00 |
| Grand Total | $20,000.00 | $15,000.00 | $125,000.00 | $160,000.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Provides winter water storage as resiliency to drought
Reduces demand on summer streamflow withdrawals in endangered coho rearing habitat
Enhances drought resiliency for a small farm
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