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MINUTES OF THE
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD
Thursday, September 26, 2019, 4:00 P.M.
1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
YLWD COMMITTEE MEMBERS YLWD STAFF
Brooke Jones, President Marc Marcantonio, General Manager
John DeCriscio, Operations Manager
Rosanne Weston, Engineering Manager
MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF
Brett R. Barbre, President None
OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF
Roger Yoh, Director Mike Markus, General Manager
OTHER ATTENDEES
J. Wayne Miller, Director
3. PUBLIC AND COMMENTS
None.
4. DISCUSSION ITEMS
4.1. MWD Water Supply Conditions and Outlook
Brett Barbre stated that storage of water is at an historic high.
4.2. Condition of OCWD Groundwater Basin, Water Purchased for Recharge,
and In-Lieu Recharge
Mike Markus reported that the groundwater basin is full and OCWD will
have purchased a total of 30,000 AF this year. IRWD, Mesa and Huntington
Beach are using in-lieu water. MWD has a new in-lieu program, whereby,
the cost is similar to untreated MWD water.
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4.3. Funding and Time Frame for PFAS Treatment Studies, Design,
Construction, and Operations and Maintenance
Mike Markus stated that the Producers seem to be in agreement that
OCWD will pay for the capital costs for PFAS treatment, assuming that this
would be the lowest cost for reasonable treatment. For example, if
Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) treatment is less expensive than Ion
Exchange (IX) treatment, but there are site constraints that won’t allow for
GAC, then IX could be selected. Mike said that the Producers also seem to
be in agreement that OCWD pays for up to 50% of the O&M costs. OCWD
plans to take these recommendations to the Water Issues Committee in
October for informational purposes and later to the Board of Directors.
Mike said that OCWD has been in discussions with DDW regarding the
proposed PFAS Response Levels. There is some discussion about setting
the PFAS Response Levels based on a non-cancerous risk. This would
translate to the Response Level for PFOA being set at 20 ppt, rather than
at 10 ppt. At this level, YLWD would only have to provide partial treatment
for PFAS and then blend all flows to meet the 20 ppt. YLWD is below the
currently proposed PFOS Response Level of 40 ppt.
It was suggested that OCWD may want to look at injecting GWRS water
into areas of the OC Basin where there are higher concentrations of PFAS,
such as near Yorba Linda.
4.4. YLWD Well Projects
Rosanne Weston said that Well 22 is shovel-ready; however, YLWD is
waiting to equip the well until PFAS treatment can be put in place. YLWD
will proceed to negotiate the lease with OCWD on proposed Well 23.
5. ADJOURNMENT
5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
RPW
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