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YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD
Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 4:00 p.m.
1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870
1. CALL TO ORDER
The July 26, 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 Admin Conference 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
Steve Conklin, Engineering Manager
Damon Micalizzi, Public Information Manager
MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF
Director Brett Barbre Rob Hunter, General Manager
OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF
Director Roger Yoh Mike Markus, General Manager
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
4. DISCUSSION ITEMS
4.1. State Water Resources Control Board's New Regulations and Projections
for Local Conservation
Mr. Hunter reported that SWRCB started holding hearings for the Bay
Delta "Water Fix" Project which will likely continue for several months. He
also noted that SWRCB is proposing a major increase in the fees charged
by the Division of Drinking Water for its annual required water system
inspections. Regarding local water conservation, use remains steady,
with no major uptick in consumption so far.
4.2. MWDOC Member Agencies Drought Response
Mr. Hunter reported that MWDOC agencies have "self-certified" as
required by the SWRCB, and that while they have the necessary water
supply for the next three years, they're still calling for a 10% conservation
goal. He also noted that so far, there is no significant bounce-back to a
higher level of water consumption.
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4.3. MWD Water Supply Conditions and Outlook
Director Barbre reported that MWD's supply outlook is good, particularly
for the Colorado River watershed. That, plus increased deliveries thru the
State Water Project (SWP), will allow MWD to deliver more water for
storage (an estimated 300,000 AF) in southern California, particularly to
Castaic Lake and Diamond Valley Reservoir. He also noted that MWD
has no plans to call for water under the Conjunctive Use Program.
4.4. MWDOC's OC Water Reliability Investigation
Mr. Hunter reported that the study is nearing completion. Technical Memo
#4 has been circulated for review by MWDOC agencies. Comments are
due by the end of July.
4.5. Condition of OCWD Groundwater Basin and Projections for Basin
Production Percentage and Replenishment Assessment
Mr. Markus reported that recharge of the groundwater basin continues
with the purchase of MWD full-service untreated water. Currently
recharge water is being taken from OC-59 (SWP water) and OC-28
(Colorado River Aquaduct water). OCWD funding for recharge water will
be depleted in October, after which its Board will have to consider
borrowing money under the Commercial Paper Program. The goal of the
continued recharge program is to reduce the overdraft to 350,000 AF this
year.
4.6. IRWD/OCWD Litigation
Mr. Markus reported that OCWD's Board had determined not to enter into
the Tolling Agreement with IRWD and will go to court to settle the lawsuit.
4.7. Huntington Beach Desalination Project
Mr. Markus reported that the Coastal Commission is currently scheduled
to consider the Poseidon Project in Huntington Beach at its September
meeting. He also noted that Poseidon has another permitting issue to
address, the renewal of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System permit, which may entail evaluation of other sites. Director Yoh
commented that OCWD will be evaluating another option for the use of the
product water. This new option would be for Huntington Beach, Mesa
Water and Newport Beach to take desal water in place of all well water
and turn off all wells (for the benefit of the basin). In turn, inland GWP
agencies would be asked to pump at a higher Basin Production
Percentage as an offset. Other factors that would come into play would
be increased recharge from final expansion of the Groundwater
Replenishment System (GWRS) and potential recharge water for the
basin from the proposed MWD/LACSD Reclamation Project.
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4.8. California WaterFix Project
Director Barbre reported that MWD successfully closed the deal for the
purchase of four islands in the Delta. These could be used for
environmental mitigation and for tunnel-construction access or contractor
lay-down areas if the project proceeds. He also noted that Governor
Brown hired former Secretary Bruce Babbitt as part of the team working to
obtain approval of the project.
4.9. North and South Basin Projects
Mr. Markus reported that his Board approved moving forward with the
EPA on preparation of the Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study
documents for the North Basin Project. Work is also proceeding with the
EW-1 Project for extraction of contaminated water and discharge to
OCSD. Discussions are continuing with OCSD on the removal of
contaminated water from the North Basin Project, which will ultimately be
source water for the GWRS. Regarding the South Basin Project, work
continues on efforts to site several small extraction wells.
4.10. YLWD Well Projects
Mr. Conklin reported that construction continues on the Well 21 and
Richfield Road Pipeline projects, which should be completed by the end of
December 2016. He also noted that the lease agreement for Well 21
would likely be reviewed by OCWD's Property Management Committee in
August, after which it will be considered by OCWD's Board and then
YLWD's Board.
4.11. Future Agenda Items
None.
5. ADJOURNMENT
5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m. The next YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD
Interagency Committee meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday,
September 27, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
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