Transcript CADIZ INC. - Orange County Business Council

Cadiz Valley Water Conservation,
Recovery and Storage Project
October 2014
Southern California Water Supply
o MWD
 State Water
Project
 Colorado River
Aqueduct
o LADWP
 LA Aqueduct
o OCWD
 OC Aquifer
About Cadiz
o California company
founded in 1983.
o Owns land (45,000
acres) and water
rights in three San
Bernardino County
locations.
o 20-year organic
farm operation in
Cadiz Valley.
Fresno
Las Vegas
15
5
Kingman
Bakersfield
Barstow
Santa
Barbara
Laughlin
PIUTE
40
San Bernardino
Needles
CADIZ
DANBY
Colorado River Aqueduct
Los Angeles
10
15
5
San Diego
El Centro
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Yuma
The Cadiz Valley
o 1,300 sq. mile watershed size of Rhode Island.
New York Mountains
o Approx. 20 million AF stored
in the alluvial aquifers,
comparable to Lake Mead.
o Estimated average natural
recharge 32,500 AF/year.
o Cadiz-owned land & water
rights at base of watershed.
o Groundwater flows to dry
lakes at base, where it is
lost to evaporation.
Providence
Mountains
Fenner Valley
Granite
Mountains
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Orange
Blossom
Wash
Bristol Dry
Lake
Cadiz Dry
Lake
5 Miles
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Project Design
o Intercept and
conserve
groundwater
before it
reaches dry
lakes.
o Put conserved
water to
beneficial use in
So. Cal. water
system.
o Without
intervention,
billions of
gallons of water
would be lost.
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Project Description – Phase 1
Conservation & Recovery (CEQA Approved)
o Complete construction of wellfield, natural gas power source
and ancillary facilities.
o Construct 43-mile buried pipeline to Colorado River Aqueduct
within Arizona & California Railroad right-of-way.
o Deliver an average of 50,000 AF/year to water providers over
the 50-year project term, subject
to management plan.
o New, reliable supply for 100,000
families every year for 50 years.
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Phase 1 Project Participants
o Santa Margarita Water District – 155,000 water customers in
South Orange County
o Golden State Water Company – OC operations: Buena Park,
Cowan Heights, Cypress, Garden Grove, La Palma, Lemon
Heights, Los Alamitos, Orange, Placentia, Rossmoor, Santa
Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton and Yorba Linda
o Suburban Water Systems – LA, Ventura
o Three Valleys Municipal Water District – San Gabriel Valley
o Jurupa Community Services District and City of Coachella –
Riverside County
o Lake Arrowhead CSD – San Bernardino
County
o Many others are considering purchases
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Phase 1 Status
 Environmental Impact Report certified by Santa Margarita
Water District
 Groundwater Management, Monitoring and Mitigation Plan
approved by San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
 All CEQA litigation not already dismissed or settled has been
dismissed in Superior Court ruling
 Use of railroad right-of-way for pipeline under review by
Department of Interior
 Discussions with MWD regarding
use of Colorado River Aqueduct will
begin upon finalization of all
Purchase & Sale Agreements
 Construction start: 2015
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Phase 2 – Imported Water Storage
o Upon design and approval, would import water from State
Water Project or Colorado River Aqueduct in wet years and
store in the aquifer system for later use in dry years.
o Required facilities:
• Convert existing 96-mile pipeline from Cadiz to Barstow to
water conveyance
• Construct recharge basins and a pump
station on Cadiz property.
o Total storage capacity = 1 million acre-feet.
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Benefits
Water supply
• Reliable 50,000 AF/year in So Cal water system, plus salinity
management and storage offsets.
– PhD Economist Rod Smith estimates value of water supply
benefit at $6.1 billion.
Local Economy
Dr. John Husing estimates construction will contribute:
• $878 M total benefit to local economy
• 5,900 jobs created.
• $19.6 million in new state and local tax revenues in Phase 1
construction , plus
– 6 million/year in local tax revenue once operational.
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Support
• Orange County Business Council
• O.C. Taxpayers Association
• Chambers of Commerce: South Orange County, Adelanto,
Needles, Twentynine Palms, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana,
& Redlands
• Laborers International Union, Local 783
• Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12
• Building Industry Association of Southern California
• Engineering Contractors Association
• Inland Empire Economic Partnership
• The Morongo Basin Regional Economic Development
Consortium
• City of Industry Manufacturer’s Council
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For more information, visit www.cadizinc.com
Earlier Plan Vs. Current Plan
$10M Investment in Science
o Aquifer productivity/recharge models (using USGS )-(CH2MHill)
o Groundwater modeling and impact analysis - (Geoscience)
o Local desert spring impact assessment - (CH2MHill)
o Dry lake impact assessment - (HydroBio/Groeneveld)
o Biological resources assessment - (Circle Mountain)
o Dry lake evaporation rate analysis - (Desert Research Institute)
o 10 new wells at the Project site drilled to up to 2,000 ft.
 Cavernous limestone carbonate strata deep below ground
 Geological characteristics corroborate recharge and project design
Groundwater Stewardship Committee
o 13-member unpaid panel from diverse fields peer-reviewed
Project’s scientific and technical reports and guided design of
operating and monitoring plan.
o Panel found Project could be operated without significant
impacts.
“I find the project to be viable and capable of being implemented
and administered without deleterious effects on the environment.
The monitoring plan will ensure that any unanticipated effects are
detected and dealt with.”
Dr. Charles Groat, GSC Member
Former Director of the U.S.G.S.
Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
Groundwater Management Plan
o Independent enforcement by
San Bernardino County under
Desert GW Ordinance.
o Over 40 monitoring features throughout
watershed, including –
 Measured water levels in private wells
 Air quality monitoring installations
 Subsidence monitoring devices
o Regular monitoring reports prepared by technical experts
will be reviewed and posted online.
o 80 ft floor on Project operations and multiple additional
“action triggers” with strict corrective actions, including
shutdown of operations.
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Cadiz Southeastern Railway
• Proposed new entertainment
attraction that will operate
regularly scheduled steam
train excursions between
Cadiz and Parker, Arizona on
the ARZC.
• Cadiz and ARZC entered
trackage rights agreement in
Sept. 2012. The steam locomotives will be powered by water made
available from the Project.
• Expected to promote local tourist economy, attract visitors to
nearby national /state parks, Colorado River, etc…