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San Diego: America’s Finest City

San Diego: America’s Finest City. August 14, 2013. Marsi Steirer Deputy Director. Urban Water Institute’s 20th Annual Water Policy Conference. City of San Diego. Population 1.3 million Service area covers 404 square miles 8 th largest city in the U.S.

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San Diego: America’s Finest City

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  1. San Diego:America’s Finest City August 14, 2013 Marsi SteirerDeputy Director Urban Water Institute’s 20th Annual Water Policy Conference

  2. City of San Diego • Population 1.3 million • Service area covers 404 square miles • 8th largest city in the U.S.

  3. Public Ownership of Water Supply City of San Diego purchases private water companies – 1901 Metropolitan Water District formed in 1928 San Diego County Water Authority formed in 1944

  4. San Diego is downstream San Diego is Downstream San Diego San Diego

  5. City of San Diego Water System

  6. Population Growth vs. Water Use Population Growth

  7. San Diego Keeps Growing 2035: 298,860 acre-feet per year By 2035 San Diego may need 54% more water 2010: 204,886acre-feet per year

  8. Drought Monitoring August 6, 2013

  9. What is being done… • Regional:Desalination Local: • Water Conservation • Groundwater Development • Recycled Water • Water Purification

  10. Water Purification Demonstration Project Components • Advanced Water Purification (AWP) Facility • Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) • San Vicente Reservoir Study • Regulatory requirements • Energy and economic analysis • Pipeline alignment study • Public outreach & education program

  11. Independent Advisory Panel • Convened to provide expert peer review of the technical, scientific, and regulatory aspects of the Demonstration Project • Similar role as IAP for the City’s Water Reuse Study & Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment Project • Provided feedback regarding • – San Vicente Reservoir • – AWP Facility • – Proposed regulatory framework

  12. Independent Advisory Panelconclusions • Ten IAP meetings over three years • IAP issued summary “letter of findings” November 16, 2012 • Unanimously concluded the Demonstration Project satisfied all City Council directives, and a San Vicente Reservoir augmentation project would be a landmark project “ . . .The Panel believes that the …Report … (is) responsive to the directives set forth by the City Council.”

  13. San Vicente Reservoir Study • Reservoir provides an environmental barrier that satisfies anticipated regulatory requirements • Purified water will be diluted at least 200:1 under all anticipated reservoir operations • Important aspects of water quality in San Vicente will not be affected by adding purified water • Reservoir expansion will improve water quality; purified water will not substantially change this

  14. Long-Range Water Resources Plan 2012 UpdateEnergy & Economic Analysis An Energy and Economic Analysis of various water supply options and portfolios was performed through the Long-Range Water Resources Plan (LRWRP) 2012 Update • Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of purified water delivered to San Vicente comparable to that of imported water • Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of purified water lower than ocean desalination

  15. Education & Outreach Program Register at www.PureWaterSD.org

  16. Public Outreach & Education Public Opinion Poll Use Advanced Treated Recycled Water as an Addition to Drinking Water Supply

  17. Public Opinion Poll: Accepting of Recycled Water to Supplement Drinking Water if Respondent Learned ...

  18. BIOCOM • Building Industry Association of San Diego • Building Owners and Managers Association, San Diego Chapter • Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 • Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation • Empower San Diego • Endangered Habitats League • Environmental Health Coalition • Equinox Center • Friends of Infrastructure • Industrial Environmental Association • National Association of Industrial and Office Properties • San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council • San Diego Audubon Society • San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation • San Diego Coastkeeper • San Diego County Apartment Association • San Diego County Taxpayers Association • San Diego Business Leadership Alliance • San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce • San Diego River Park Foundation • Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter • Sustainability Alliance of Southern California • Utility Consumers’ Action Network Friends of Infrastructure

  19. Regional Water Board • Regional Water Board Resolution re. IPR/RA, October 12, 2011 • Regional Water Board “… supports efforts to develop the Reservoir Augmentation Project at San Vicente Reservoir.” • City submitted Proposed Compliance Approach to Regional Water Board on August 30, 2012 • City received a letter of concurrence from the Regional Water Board on February 12, 2013 • “The . . . Water Board, with concurrence from USEPA, strongly supports the efforts of the City to develop the San Vicente Reservoir Augmentation Project…”

  20. California Department of Public Health Concept Approval • City submitted conceptproposal to CDPH in March 2012 • CDPH concept approval letter September 7, 2012 “Based on CDPH’s review of the City’s … submittal … CDPH approves the San Vicente Reservoir Augmentation Concept.”

  21. Summary Advanced Water Purification Facility Operated 12 months; produced water that met all state and federal standards San Vicente Reservoir Study Satisfied all anticipated regulatory requirements Regulatory Framework Received conceptual approval for a full-scale project from CDPH & Regional Water Board Energy & Cost Analysis Energy comparable to imported water and cost is $2,100 - $2,300 per AF Education & Outreach Outreach increased resident’s understanding of water purification Public opinion continues upward toward favoring purified water Project Report Adopted by San Diego City Council in April 2013

  22. Contact Info Marsi Steirer msteirer@sandiego.gov 619.533.4112 Water Purification Demonstration Project @PureWaterSD purewatersd

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