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Home My WebLink About2015-09-22 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Interagency Committee Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 4:00 p.m. 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870 1. CALL TO ORDER The September 22, 2015 meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District's Joint Agency 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 Director Gary Melton Steve Conklin, Engineering Manager Damon Micalizzi, Public Information Mgr John DeCriscio, Operations Manager MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF Director Brett Barbre Rob Hunter, General Manager OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF Director Roger Yoh John Kennedy, Asst General Manager OTHER ATTENDEES None. 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.1. State Water Resources Control Board's Drought Response Mandate and Projection for Greater Conservation It was reported in the meeting by Mr. Marc Marcantonio and Mr. Rob Hunter that it appears likely that the State Board will call for continued mandatory water-use reduction beyond the current February 2016 end date, regardless if there is a wet winter or not. 1 4.2. MWDOC Member Agencies Response to Drought and Turf Replacement Rebate Program As reported by Mr. Hunter, most member agencies are at or near their required cut-backs. Assuming that this level of conservation continues, it is likely that MWDOC will have water available to sell to OCWD for recharge, with the amount yet to be determined. Regarding the turf replacement program, all rebate funds have been allocated; however, some of the turf projects are not proceeding and the funds are being made available to those on the waiting list. Some funding is still available for rebates for smart timers. 4.3. MWD Water Supply Conditions and Outlook Director Brett Barbre reported that the SWP allocation for MWD remains at 20%. The water supply from the Colorado River basin is good, and the Colorado River Aqueduct is flowing full to meet the needs of southern California. The wet spring along the Colorado has helped mitigate the lower water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead. 4.4. MWDOC's OC Water Reliability Investigation Mr. Hunter reported that the study is moving along well, with a productive meeting with the MWDOC member agencies last week. Additional meetings are scheduled for October and November in order to get back on schedule for a draft report in Nov/Dec 2015. 4.5. OCWD Groundwater Basin Condition, Basin Production Percentage, and Replenishment Assessment Mr. John Kennedy reported that the basin overdraft is currently at an estimated 381,000 AF. His Board recently approved an increase in the BPP to 76% for the remainder of FY 15-16, based on the assumptions that replenishment water will be available for purchase from MWDOC and that a wet winter is likely. Mr. John DeCriscio noted that with the high overdraft and lower water level in the basin, YLWD has production wells that are drawing air and have had to be throttled-back, which mitigates the air problem but cuts the water production. In the ensuing discussion, it was reported that YLWD can achieve a 70% BPP under current demand conditions, but that will drop to about 61% when pumping for CUP begins this fall. There was a suggestion that perhaps another groundwater producer agency could increase its CUP pumping to meet part of YLWD's allocation, which would allow YLWD to achieve a higher BPP than 61%. Mr. Kennedy said that he will investigate this idea. 4.6. Huntington Beach Desalination Project and Next Steps Mr. Kennedy reported that OCWD is still studying the Term Sheet options and costs for taking all of the production from the proposed Poseidon project, and that Poseidon is planning to go back to the Coastal Commission late this year with its permit application. 2 4.7. Potential Projects for the Water Bond and Outlook for Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Nothing new to report. 4.8. Status of North Basin and South Basin Projects Mr. Kennedy confirmed that U.S. EPA is now the lead agency for the North Basin Project. With EPA in the lead, there is hope that this might bring more parties to the bargaining table, and conversely, concern that in the long run, that EPA could declare the project a superfund site. The impacted parties are looking at options for a near-term fix that could result in extraction, treatment and beneficial use of the resulting water. No new information on the South Basin Project. 4.9. YLWD Well Projects and Proposal for Dual-Use Mr. Steve Conklin reported that a Notice to Proceed will be issued shortly to begin construction of the Well 21 Equipping Project that will include construction of the turn-out for irrigation water for OCWD. Work will take approximately one year to complete. 4.10. 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, November 24, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. SC 3