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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-03-22 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Interagency Committee Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 4:00 p.m. 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870 1. CALL TO ORDER The March 22, 2016 meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District Interagency Committee with MWDOC and OCWD was called to order at 4:00 p.m. The meeting was held in the Training Room at the District’s Administration Building located at 1717 East Miraloma Avenue in Placentia, California 92870. 2. ROLL CALL YLWD COMMITTEE MEMBERS YLWD STAFF Director Ric Collett Marc Marcantonio, General Manager Director Gary Melton Steve Conklin, Engineering Manager John DeCriscio, Operations Mgr MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF Director Brett Barbre Harvey De La Torre, Assoc Gen Mgr OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF Director Roger Yoh Mike Markus, General Manager OTHER ATTENDEES Ben Parker, Resident 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS Mr. Ben Parker, resident, requested that staff of OCWD and MWDOC contact YLTA to hear its issues and concerns. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.1. State Water Resources Control Board's Drought Response Mandate and Projection for Greater Conservation Mr. Marcantonio reported that he was advised that at the recent ACWA Legislative Committee Meeting, Dave Bolling (ACWA) discussed that the SWRCB may pursue legislation that would place permanent restrictions on residential water use. This matter is expected to be on the agenda of the SWRCB workshop meeting scheduled April 20, 2016. 4.2. MWDOC Member Agencies Response to Drought and Turf Replacement Rebate Program Mr. De La Torre reported that while some MWDOC member agencies are not meeting their conservation goal, cumulatively they have achieved the water-savings goal of 25% over the same period in 2013. He noted that 1 meeting the goal is becoming more challenging as water users are experiencing “conservation fatigue,” and are looking for less restrictions in light of the heavy rains in northern California. Regarding the turf rebate program, Director Barbre reported that MWD sent 1099 Forms to each water user that received a turf rebate of $600 or more. He noted that MWD made the decision to send them out because the Federal government never took action to classify the rebates as non-taxable income (though the State of California did make this determination). 4.3. MWD Water Supply Conditions and Outlook Director Barbre confirmed that the SPW allocation is currently at 45%, indicating that more water will be available for MWD, though the restrictions on pumping from the Delta remain in effect. Director Barbre was of the opinion that MWD may move out of allocation, though that has yet to be considered by the MWD Board, which may be as late as May. Mr. Markus noted that if MWD moves out of allocation, then OCWD will likely look at purchasing more MWD full-service untreated water for recharge. 4.4. MWDOC's OC Water Reliability Investigation Mr. De La Torre noted that the investigation is currently in Phase 2, looking at potential projects to mitigate the long-term gap between supply and demand, considering such factors as cost, benefit, timing and priority for the potential projects. He noted that the investigation has highlighted the importance of the California Fix (Twin Tunnels) Project to address the long- term water needs of southern California and Orange County. 4.5. OCWD Groundwater Basin Condition, Basin Production Percentage, and Replenishment Assessment Mr. Markus reported that the groundwater basin is at approximately 390,000 AF overdraft. OCWD staff projects that with lower demands and the current level of recharge, the basin will rebound slightly to an estimated 380,000 AF overdraft by June 30. For FY16/17, OCWD staff is recommending a BPP of 75% and RA of $390/AF. The proposed FY16/17 Budget includes the purchase of 30,000 AF of MWD water for recharge. Mr Markus noted that if MWD comes out of allocation, as described in Item 4.3. above, OCWD staff may recommend to its Board that the purchase of MWD water be increased from 30,000 to 55,000 AF for FY16/17. This would require the proposed RA to increase from $390 to $412/AF. 4.6. Huntington Beach Desalination Project and Next Steps Mr. Markus reported that OCWD’s Board has reduced the number of options to three being studied and priced by staff for the distribution and use of desalinated sea water. He anticipates that at the next Board workshop, the Board will identify the one option for final evaluation. Mr. Markus indicated that the Coastal Commission may conduct a hearing for the project at its July meeting for consideration of a permit for the project. This would be the last of 17 permits required for the project. If the Coastal Commission issues a permit for the project, Mr. Markus is of the opinion that 2 his Board will decide in late 2016 if OCWD will proceed and sign a contract with Poseidon to take all of the water produced. Director Yoh expressed his concerns with the cost of the project. It was noted that there may be other more cost effective projects, and the OC Water Reliability Study will be helpful in identifying and evaluating these. 4.7. Potential Projects for the Water Bond and Outlook for Bay Delta Conservation Plan Mr. Markus reported that OCWD has obtained water bond funding for the La Palma Basin Project, the Bid-Basin Injection Well Project and the North Basin and South Basin Contamination cleanup projects. 4.8. Status of North Basin and South Basin Projects Mr. Markus reported that his Board has approved an interim cleanup project for the North Basin, which is an extraction well (EW-1) in Fullerton which will pump approximately 1 mgd from the contamination zone and discharge the water to the OCSD trunk sewer near the wellhead. A secondary benefit of this extraction is that the water will flow to OCSD Plant #1 and then become source water for GWRS. The downside of this process of disposal of the contaminated water is that OCSD currently charges $1,500/AF (which is approximately $4,500/million gallons) to process the water thru Treatment Plant #1. Mr. Markus noted that he will be meeting with an OCSD Board committee to discuss the treatment charge and options thereto. 4.9. YLWD Well Projects and Proposal for Dual-Use Mr. Conklin reported that construction is proceeding on the Well 21 Equipping and Discharge Pipeline Project, with completion planned for the end of 2016. Proceeding in parallel is the Richfield Road Pipeline Project, which has a similar end of 2016 completion date. As part of these two projects, there will be a pipeline turnout to provide irrigation water for OCWD landscaping on the perimeter of the Santa Ana River Lakes complex. YLWD recently completed the legal descriptions for the proposed easements for its Well 22 and pipeline facilities and submitted that data to OCWD staff for review. 4.10. Future Agenda Items None. 5. ADJOURNMENT 5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 5:25 pm. The next YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD Interagency Committee meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. SC 3