UCSD Technical Seminar Series

City of San Diego’s Recycled Water Program

January 13, 2010

Marsi Steirer
Public Utilities Department
Deputy Director
City of San Diego’s Water Supply - FY 2009 Actuals
Recycled Water
3.1% Conservation
Local Surface Water 12.3%
9.1%

Imported
75.4%

Source: City of SD Public Utilities Department 1/06/10

City of San Diego’s Water Supply
FY 2009 Actuals

Recycled Water
3.1% Conservation
Local Surface Water 12.3%
9.1%

FY 2030 Projections

Other Local Supplies

4.7% Conservation
Local Surface Water 14%
9%

Imported
75.4%
Source: City of SD Public Utilities Department

Imported
72.2%
Source: 2005 Urban Water Management Plan
Water Supply Challenges
1. Regulatory
– Pumping restrictions are sharply
limiting imported water from
Northern California
2. Drought
– Last four years in California
– 9 of last 12 on the Colorado River
– Major reservoirs at low levels
3. Climate change impacts

www.sandiego.gov/water/conservation/drought/

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Fish Protections Restrict Pumping

Delta smelt

Longfin smelt

Banks Pumping Plant State Water Project

Green sturgeon
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Central Valley steelhead Chinook salmon
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Colorado River Hydrologic Conditions

Bathtub ring around Lake Mead is approximately 120’ tall.

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El Niño Will Not Solve Shortage

Lake Hodges spillway – February 2005 7

Recycled Water

North City Water Reclamation Plant South Bay Water Reclamation Plant

Irrigation Dust Suppression

Distribution System
Meter Trend
Recycled Water Meters
Served by North City & South Bay WRP

500

450

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0
FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
# of Meters 19 88 135 203 235 294 318 352 374 409 440 451 465
452
Beneficial Reuse
14000

12000

10000
Acre-Feet per Year

8000

Southern Service Area SBWRP

6000 Northern Service Area NCWRP

4000

2000

0
05 06 07 08 09

Fiscal Year
Top 10 Customers of 2008
Online Interactive Availability Map
Planned Expansion 2009 - 2015
• Recycled Water Master Plan
• Parkland/Open space irrigation
retrofits
• Infill customers
Water Reuse Program
Phase 1 – Water Reuse Study
Phase 2 – Demonstration Project
Phase 3 – Full-scale Indirect Potable Reuse Project
Water Reuse Study
Purple Pipe Expansion Strategies
• Focus on irrigation

Indirect Potable Reuse Strategies

• Requires advanced treatment
• High year-round use
Upper Occoquan Reservoir, • Uses existing reservoirs
Fairfax County, Virginia
Indirect Potable Reuse
Demonstration Project
 Multiple Barriers Approach

Treatment
Detention
Pipeline at Potable
UV + Time
Tertiary
Treatment
Ultra-
filtration
Reverse
+
Osmosis + Peroxide + Chlori-
nation
+ in
Reservoir
+ Drinking
Water
Plant
Water
Supply

Advanced Water
Treatment Process
IPR/RA Demonstration Project
Tasks and Budget
Project Management $1,688,000 *
• Award contract Winter 2010
Independent Advisory Panel $250,000
• First meeting May 2009
AWT Demonstration Plant $7,400,000
• Estimate award contract Spring 2010
Reservoir Detention Study $420,000
• Award contract April 2009

Pipeline Alignment $50,000 *

• Project Management contract

Public Outreach $1,700,000 *

• Project Management contract
Contingency $338,000
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET $11,811,000

GRANT FUNDING $3,970,000

* Components within this Agreement

Independent Advisory Panel Meeting
May 11, 2009
Demonstration Project Concept
Limnology & Reservoir Detention Study

San Vicente Reservoir - 2004 23

San Vicente Reservoir
after enlargement

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Public Opinion Survey Results
San Diego County Water Authority Survey

Do You Think Our Drinking Water Already Contains

Recycled Water?
2009

Yes 40%

No 34%

DK/Ref 26%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Wastewater discharges
upstream of San Diego

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Coalition of Support
 Recycled Water Study

Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant

San Diego Bay

Study Launch
More Information

• www.sandiego.gov/water