Martha DavisInland Empire Utilities Agency

April 8, 2010

Inland Empire Utilities Agency

• 800,000 residents served

• Five regional wastewater treatment plants (current flow (60 mgd)

• Two non-reclaimable wastewater sewer pipeline systems

• Operates, with LACSD, largest enclosed composter in State for biosolids processing

• Produces recycled water, compost and renewable energy

Is a Municipal Water District serving 242 square miles of the Chino Basin in the western portion of San Bernardino County

Provides regional wastewater service and distributes wholesale water and recycled water

+ Ongoing (increasing?) regulatory constraints on imported water diversions

+ Climate change impacts on water supplies

+ Variable weather/more intense droughts

+ Time needed to build delta improvements?

+ Increasing and competing water needs throughout California

= Need for more flexibility throughout SWP system

Groundwater◦ 5-7 Million Acre-feet of Storage – one of the largest

groundwater basins in southern California◦ 1 million acre-feet of unused storage capacity currently◦ Safe Yield of 140,000+ Acre-feet per year with capacity

to increase◦ Over 800 Active Wells

High quality Recycled Water◦ Over 90,000 Acre-feet of water available for reuse

Storm Water Capture◦ Region now loses over 40,000 acre-feet per year on

average of water that historically recharged the Chino Groundwater Basin

Opportunities for Water Efficiency◦ Over 60% of water use within region is for outdoor

irrigation

Regional Partnerships◦ Outstanding collaboration and cooperation among local

governments and agencies providing water services

IEUA Recycled Water UsageIEUA Recycled Water UsageActual and PlannedActual and Planned

Recharge Sites◦ 19 Sites throughout

Chino Basin Sources of Water

◦ Stormwater & Local Runoff◦ Imported Water (MWD)◦ Recycled Water

Natural Soil Aquifer Treatment (SAT) Confidence of Regulators Recharge Basin Operations & Maintenance

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Without the Integrated Water Management Strategy, the need for expensive imported water is expected to increase from 60,000 acre-feet to over 150,000 acre-feet

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• With the implemented of the planned water initiatives, the region will significantly reduce it need for imported water and during dry years almost completely roll off imported water supplies

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Water Projects that Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

IEUA Renewable Energy InitiativesIEUA Renewable Energy Initiatives

•Goal: Go Gridless by 2020 ( esti. 20 MW)Goal: Go Gridless by 2020 ( esti. 20 MW)•3.5 MW Solar Installed – More being planned3.5 MW Solar Installed – More being planned•Anaerobic Digesters/Methane Gas Anaerobic Digesters/Methane Gas •Fuel CellFuel Cell•WindWind•In ConduitIn Conduit HydroHydro•Energy Energy efficiencyefficiency

By 2025, IEUA expects that its service area will be able to meet nearly 80% of water needs through local sources (currently at 70%)

Full service imported water supplies are expected to remain roughly at the same level as 2005 or to decline slightly◦ Conservation – 33,000 acre-feet (10% of demand)◦ Recycled water – 90,000 acre-feet ◦ Groundwater production – 200,000 acre-feet◦ Desalted groundwater – 40,000 acre-feet

Replacement of imported water with local sources is projected to save over 225,000

MWh/year by 2025.

The greenhouse gas emission reductions attributed to local development and use of recycled water alone is roughly 100,000

tons of CO2 equivalents per year.

Questions?