Welcome to the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project web site. This project is evaluating the feasibility of expanding Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County, California to enhance the Delta environment and improve water supply reliability and water quality for Bay Area water users. The project is an important component of California’s long-term plan to fix the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Bay-Delta) ecosystem, while effectively meeting the needs of millions who depend on the Delta for water. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region have partnered with the Contra Costa Water District to complete the environmental review.   The Comment Period on the Draft EIS/EIR is now closed. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR) was released on February 20, 2009. Please visit the What’s New? page to download a copy of the document. Comments on the Draft EIS/EIR were accepted during the 60-day comment period, which began on February 20 and ended on April 21, 2009. In the coming months, the project team will review the comments received during the comment period and at the public hearings and then prepare responses to those comments for the inclusion in the Final EIS/EIR. Prior to project approval, CCWD will certify the Final EIS/EIR under the California Environmental Quality Act and Reclamation will file a Record of Decision in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. A Draft Federal Feasibility Report is currently under development to support federal decision making on the project. In addition, the California Department of Water Resources is preparing a State Feasibility Report to determine the type and extent of state interest in the project. These reports will be posted on the web site when available.