Transcript MPWMD Presentation on Local Desal Concept -

Monterey Peninsula
Water
Management
District
Update on MPWMD
ASR Project
Oct. 2004 - March 2005
Presentation Item 7-E
March 21, 2005 Regular Meeting
Staff Contact: Henrietta Stern
U/hs/ppt/2005/brdWSPupdate032105.ppt
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Monterey Peninsula
Water
Management
District
September 2004 Strategic
Plan Direction
• Serve as a catalyst and collaborate with
public and private entities toward
environmentally responsible water supply
solutions;
• Prepare EIR on near-term aquifer storage
and recovery (ASR) project;
• Clarify ASR project and relationship with
California American Water (Cal-Am).
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MPWMD ASR Project
• Multi-year effort since 1996 to evaluate ASR
feasibility.
• Successful pilot and full-scale test wells;
contributed to emergency Cal-Am supply.
• Series of temporary water rights permits to date;
need EIR to enable SWRCB long-term water
rights permit to carry out ASR program.
• ASR geared toward efficient use of current
resources; help reduce impacts on Carmel River
and Seaside Basin; not a “new” water supply.
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Aquifer Storage
and Recovery
Test Site
Test well constructed by
MPWMD in 2001
Well is completed in Santa
Margarita sandstone aquifer
at 720 feet depth
Well is capable of injecting at
1,000 gallons per minute or
4.4 acre-feet per day
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Phase 1 ASR
Facilities
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EIR on ASR Project
• Retained consultants in October 2004;
• Defined ASR project purpose and
description; clarified water rights request;
determined project and program level of
analysis in EIR (three phases);
• Mailed Notice of Preparation (NOP) of
EIR on December 13, 2004;
• Held scoping sessions January 12, 2005;
• Set January 18, 2005 deadline for written
comments;
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ASR EIR continued
• Prepared Scoping Report on NOP comments;
received by Board on February 24, 2005. Board
will discuss potential scope changes under Item
16 of this agenda.
• Held February 25, 2005 meeting with U.S.
Army, FORA, Seaside, Del Rey Oaks and CalAm regarding infrastructure coordination and
NEPA compliance.
• Continued coordination with permitting agencies
and Cal-Am.
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Issues Raised in Scoping
• U.S. Army permits/NEPA compliance;
• Coordinate with FORA and others re: General
Jim Moore Blvd. activities;
• Coordinate with Cal-Am Coastal Water Project;
amend project description;
• Expand purpose to water augmentation;
• Expand alternatives analysis;
• Perform detailed technical studies in EIR for
future permits.
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ASR Testing -- 2005
• Received SWRCB temporary permit for
2005 ASR test season; SWRCB poised to
issue notice for long-term Petition for
Change;
• Injecting 4.4 AF/day since January 4;
about 320 AF injected to date.
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Other ASR Activities
• Continued working with Cal-Am, U.S.
Army, CDFG and USFWS on facilities to
enhance use of existing MPWMD test
well, including temporary pipeline and
valve system. in 2005;
• Working with Cal-Am re: develop
cooperative agreement on near-term and
long-term ASR (e.g., facility ownership
and operation, water rights, cost-sharing).
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