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Home My WebLink About2017-03-23 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Interagency Committee Meeting Minutes Minutes of the YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD Interagency Committee Meeting Held March 23, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. 1 MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD Thursday, March 23, 2017, 4:00 P.M. 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870 1. CALL TO ORDER The March 23, 2017 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 J. Wayne Miller, President Marc Marcantonio, General Manager Al Nederhood, Vice President Steve Conklin, Engineering Manager MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF Brett Barbre, Director Rob Hunter, General Manager OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF Roger Yoh, Director Mike Markus, General Manager OTHER ATTENDEES Brook Jones, YLWD Director (As observer only - non-participatory.) 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 the State is still under the Emergency Drought Declaration, which will continue until the SWRCB meeting in May. At that time, it is assumed that the State Board and the Governor will lift the drought mandate, but that remains to be seen. There were comments from the attendees that if the “emergency” is lifted, it will require action through the Legislature to establish permanent water conservation measures that were previously in place under the temporary emergency measures. Minutes of the YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD Interagency Committee Meeting Held March 23, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. 2 4.2. MWDOC Member Agencies Drought Response Mr. Hunter reported that all MWDOC member agencies previously self- certified that they have a 3-year water supply; further, each agency is maintaining an unofficial goal of 10% conservation. Overall, the cumulative savings for the combined agencies is 20%. 4.3. MWD Water Supply Conditions and Outlook Director Barbre reported that the MWD water supply condition is very strong, with 100% of supply being provided by the SWP at this time. MWD is aggressively working to feed water to its above- and below- ground storage facilities. With no demand having to be met from the Colorado River, that supply is being stored in Lake Mead. 4.4. MWDOC's OC Water Reliability Investigation Mr. Hunter reported that additional refinements are being made to this document. 4.5. Condition of OCWD Groundwater Basin and Projections for Basin Production Percentage and Replenishment Assessment Mr. Markus reported that with the availability of MWD water, OCWD is proposing to purchase 65,000 AF of MWD full-service untreated water for recharge and also looking at purchasing another 30,000 AF of same through MWD’s Cyclic Recharge Program. With these purchases for recharge, OCWD is anticipating the basin overdraft to be reduced from 379,000 AF last year, to 320,000 AF this year, and potentially to 280,000 AF with the Cyclic Recharge water. For FY 2017-18, OCWD is currently proposing a 75% BPP and an RA of $442/AF. 4.6. PFOS/PFOA Testing and Mitigation Mr. Conklin reported on the meeting at OCWD on March 17, 2017 on the issue of PFOS and PFOA in the groundwater. He indicated that OCWD provided an update on sampling taking place and plans for future sampling in the vicinity of the SAR and upstream in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. 4.7. Huntington Beach Desalination Project Mr. Markus reported that Poseidon is working on the permit application to the State Lands Commission for the project. He understands that the application will be considered by the Commission by the end of 2017. Regarding the Carlsbad Project now in operation, he indicated that the water is being produced for approximately $2200/AF. Minutes of the YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD Interagency Committee Meeting Held March 23, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. 3 4.8. California WaterFix Project Mr. Hunter reported that the Draft Biological Opinion for the Project has been circulated for review and comment. He also noted that a new “benefit” of the Project has been suggested. That is, in very wet years, like the one at present, the twin pipelines can carry heavy flood flow from above the Delta to below it, and reduce potential flood impacts to the Delta. 4.9. North and South Basin Projects Mr. Markus reported that work continues on the EW-1 Project for the North Basin, which is a new well which will extract approximately 1 mgd of contaminated groundwater and discharge it into the OC Sanitation District sewer trunk near the well site. This has the duel benefit of removing contaminated groundwater from the basin and also providing waste water that will be a source of supply for the final expansion of GWRS. 4.10. YLWD Well Projects Mr. Conklin reported that YLWD Well #21, adjacent to OCWD’s Conrock Basin, has been completed and is waiting for completion of the Richfield Rd Pipeline (delayed approximately two months due to the weather). Once in operation, Well #21 will also provide irrigation water for OCWD’s landscaping in the vicinity of La Palma Avenue. He also noted that planning has started for YLWD’s Well #22, adjacent to OCWD’s Huckleberry Basin. It will be an estimated two years before that well is operational. 4.11. Future Meeting Schedule and Agenda Items The Committee determined to hold these meetings on a bi-monthly basis with the next meeting scheduled May 25, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. 5. ADJOURNMENT 5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m. SC