BACWA Regional Programs Including Bay Area Regional Water Recycling

1. BACWA Regional ProgramsIncluding Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Michele M Pla Executive Director Bay Area Clean Water Agencies BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

2. BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

3. BACWA Vision Statement Develop a region-wide understanding of the watershed protection and enhancement needs through reliance on sound science, environmental and economic information and ensure that this understanding leads to long-term stewardship of the San Francisco Bay Estuary BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

4. Who Are BACWA • Joint Powers Authority of Five Principals • San Francisco PUC • EBMUD • City of San Jose • Central Contra Costa San Distict • East Bay Dischargers Authority • Thirteen Associate Members • Twenty Five Affiliate Members BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

5. Regional Projects Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Project Bay Area Biosolids Processing Facility • Clean Estuary Partnership • Risk Exposure Reduction Bay Area Pollution Prevention Group BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

6. Recycled water • Provides reliable drought proof supply • Reduces discharge of wastewater to Bay • Can be used to correct salinity problems in North Bay wetlands and to reduce deleterious freshwater inflows in South Bay BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

7. BARWRP Master Plan • Completed in 1999 • Identified priority projects • Identified regional issues that impact recycling such as public acceptance • Individual projects on list have been getting funded and implemented consistent with Master Plan • 50 thousand Acre-Feet per year has been developed since 1999 • 110 thousand Acre-Feet can be developed by 2020 with Federal and State assistance BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

8. BARWRP Study Area • Recycle Master Plan covers recycle planning for 22 Bay Area public entities • Represents over one-sixth of the population of California BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

9. CALFED Authorization • CALFED Authorization bill requires USBR to determine if recycling projects in BARWRP are “feasible” for Title XVI funding • Deadline for finding is April 23, 2005 • Written findings due by Secretary of Interior to Congress by July 23, 2005 • 13 BARWRP agencies have submitted documentation on projects to USBR • Only $300,000 in federal funding included for Bay Area recycling in President’s budget for FY 06 BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

10. CALFED Authorization Bay Area agencies have formed several local partnerships to develop recycled water opportunities and are requesting Title 16 “feasibility determinations”: • ACWD with Union San • CCCSD • City of Daly City • City of Livermore • City of Palo Alto • City of Redwood City • City of San Jose • City of Santa Clara • DDSD with local cities • EBMUD with DSRSD • EMBUD with UC Berkeley • EBMUD + East Bay cities • SCVWD with local cities • San Benito County WD • SFPUC with local cities BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

11. CALFED Water Recycling State/Federal Funding Balance • Bay Area CALFED Funding • 3 Projects • $11million • Southern California CALFED Funding • 24 Projects • $ 112 million BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

12. Additional Recycling Opportunities • 10 projects submitted to SWRCB for funding under Prop 50, Chapter 7 • 17 additional Bay Area projects at some stage of development BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

13. Next Steps • Secretary of Interior feasibility findings due to Congress by July 2005 • Need Authorization once findings are complete • FY 06 and 07 federal funding to be explored for appropriations BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

14. Bay Area Regional Biosolids Processing Facility • Biosolids are the residual from the wastewater treatment process • Treated and beneficially reused • Land application is not a long term viable option for reuse of biosolids • Study started in January 2004 on feasibility of a regional processing facility • Found to be feasible • Second phase of analysis is underway BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

15. Mission Statement The mission of the BACWA Biosolids Committee is to develop a publicly supportable, regional biosolids recycling and management program that provides economical, diversified, reliable, and sustainable options that benefit communities and the environment. BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

16. Sustainability Supportability Governance Technical Reliability Siting Considerations Decision Processes Local End Uses Long-Term, Stable Market Cost Allocation Public Acceptance Environmentally Beneficial Risk Allocation Permittable Community Impacts Ownership / Project Delivery Feasibility Study:BACWA Objectives & Criteria Regional Benefits BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

17. Feasibility StudyProgram Requirements • Location: must be located in 9-county Bay Area • Quality: biosolids delivered for processing at facility must meet EQ limits for Part 503 Rule and SWRCB Water Quality Order 2000-10-DWQ • Processing Technologies: • capable of meeting all current regulations • demonstrated successful full scale experience • capable of processing biosolids similar to participating agencies’ BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

18. Feasibility StudyFeasibility Study Outcomes • Governance / Ownership Structures • Guiding Principles • Draft Terms & Conditions • Siting • Former Oakland Army Base • Delta Diablo Sanitation District WWTP • West Contra Costa County Solid Waste Landfill • Technology • Thermal Drying • Composting BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

19. Regional Biosolids program will involve two contracting instruments • Inter-Agency GovernanceAgreement • Regional Joint Powers Authority • Joint Venture • Lead Agency • Merchant Facility Governance Structure 1 Project Delivery Selection 2 Participation Contracts Participation Terms & Conditions BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

20. Next Steps for Regional Biosolids • Agreement on Who are interested Agencies that will take the next step • Settle on two sites – for Phase III • Undertake Facility Planning and Environmental Review • Develop Joint Powers Agreement • Eventually develop facility BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

21. Clean Estuary PartnershipMission Statement Use sound science, adaptive management, and public collaboration to develop and implement technically valid and cost-effective strategies (including TMDLs) that result in identifiable, sustainable water quality improvements for San Francisco Bay. BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

22. Risk Exposure Reduction • Fish in the Bay are Contaminated by Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides • Harmful to eat, especially for young children and women of child bearing years • TMDLs are intended to result in protection of uses – but it will take a long time BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

23. Clean Estuary Partnership Working on Risk Exposure Reduction • Partners are evaluating best approaches to • Kick off programs to educate and inform specific communities about catching and eating fish from the Bay • Develop education and communication with health care professional on indications of potential health problems • Institutionalization in DOHS and other agencies of specific programs BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

24. Bay Area Pollution Prevention Group • BayWise • Integrated Pest Control Management • Flyers in hardware and garden stores • Think Before You Put it In the Sink All programs are regionally focused and designed to prevent pollutants from getting into the sewerage or stormwater management systems BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

25. BACWA Members Are Thinking Regionally • Watershed Stewardship calls for: • Pollution prevention • Best management of waste, both liquid and solids • Participation with others to develop broader based water quality attainment plans for the Bay • Focus on risk reduction • Your support is much appreciated BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay