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Notice and Agenda of a Board Workshop Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.

MEETING LOCATION: District Administration Building 12770 Second Street, Yucaipa

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD: Director Ken Munoz, Division 1

Director Bruce Granlund, Division 2 Director Jay Bogh, Division 3 Director Lonni Granlund, Division 4 Director David Leja, Division 5

I. Call to Order II. Public Comments At this time, members of the public may address the Board of Directors on matters within its

jurisdiction; however, no action or significant discussion may take place on any item not on the meeting agenda. III. Staff Report IV. Presentations

A. Overview of California Drought Conditions and Related Regional Issues [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-141 - 1 of 66]

B. Overview of California Water Use Estimates for 2010 [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-142 - Page 17 of 66]

C. Overview of the Latest Information from the Yucaipa Valley Subsurface and Groundwater Investigation [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-143 - Page 23 of 66]

V. Operational Updates A. Overview of the Energy Efficiency Upgrades and Automated Demand Response Project

[Workshop Memorandum No. 14-144 - Page 25 of 66] B. Status Report on the Permitting of Additional Sources of Supply of Recycled Water for the

Community [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-145 - Page 31 of 66] C. Status Report on the Water Conservation Efforts of the Yucaipa Valley Water District

[Workshop Memorandum No. 14-146 - Page 33 of 66]

Any person with a disability who requires accommodation in order to participate in this meeting should telephone Erin Anton at (909) 797-5117, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting in order to make a request for a disability-related modification or accommodation. Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Board of Directors after distribution of the workshop packet are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the District office located at 12770 Second Street, Yucaipa. Meeting material is also be available on the District’s website at www.yvwd.dst.ca.us

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Yucaipa Valley Water District Board Workshop VI. Capital Improvement Projects

A. Overview of the Proposed Second Street Water Conveyance Pipeline Project [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-147 - Page 48 of 66]

B. Overview of the Mesa Grande Drive Water Mainline Project [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-148 - Page 49 of 66]

VII. Development Projects A. Development Agreement No. 2014-02 for Tract No. 17351 with Lissoy Family Trust -

Heritage Oaks, Calimesa [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-149 - Page 51 of 66] VIII. Administrative Items

A. Summary of Final Drilling Costs Associated with the Yucaipa Regional Basin Investigation [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-150 - Page 54 of 66]

B. Overview of the Regional Water Conservation Memorandum of Understanding [Workshop Memorandum No. 14-151 - Page 58 of 66]

IX. Director Comments X. Adjournment

Staff Report

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Water bond deal is done. But will it actually improve California’s water system?

August 20, 2014 by Justin Ewers Source: http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/water-bond-deal-is-done-but-will-it-actually-improve-

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Since lawmakers agreed to a $7.5 billion water bond measure last week, most of the attention has been on how they did it (almost unanimously!), the size of the bond (smaller and more viable than the measure it bumped off the ballot), how much would go to storage projects such as dams (almost 40 percent), and how little would go to restoration projects that could be linked to the governor’s controversial Delta tunnels (1.1 percent). There’s another issue worth considering, though: During one of the worst droughts in a century, will these billions of dollars put California on a path to water sustainability? California Forward and its partners in the California Economic Summit have been urging lawmakers to make this their highest priority in bond discussions this year, emphasizing the need not just for more investment in the state’s aging water infrastructure but for smarter investment that will encourage more comprehensive governance of the state’s fragmented water system—and more comprehensive solutions to the state’s water challenges. So how did lawmakers do?


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While Proposition 1, as the measure will be called on the November ballot, may not accomplish all of these goals in a single stroke, it does make an initial investment in the governor’s comprehensive Water Action Plan—and many of the proposal’s provisions are a positive step in the right direction. For starters, the bond is mostly free of traditional “pork”—that is, earmarks for specific projects to earn votes rather than advance state goals. Instead, the bond dedicates a significant amount of funding to broadly-defined types of projects that will provide multiple benefits (reducing fire danger, for example, while also increasing water supply and improving water quality), it encourages integrating local water management efforts across watersheds, and it creates competitive grant processes to support infrastructure that provides the biggest return on the state’s investment. More details on each of these areas can be found below: What’s not in the bond: Tunnel funding, earmarks The most notable feature of the bond may not be what’s in it—but what’s not. In an effort to improve its political prospects, the measure is very clear about the fact that any ecosystem restoration projects it supports in the Delta cannot be used to “pay the costs of the design, construction, operation, mitigation, or maintenance” of the governor’s controversial Delta tunnels. There’s also little obvious pork in the measure, with appropriations being made to specific agencies and types of water infrastructure—but not, as in the past, via earmarks to specific projects. This is thanks in large part to “no-frills” dictats from the governor and to the groundwork laid by Assembly Member Anthony Rendon (D-South Gate) and Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis), who were committed to crafting a more “principled” water bond long before the drought forced the Capitol lawn to go brown. The bond does still have its occasional “porkette,” as some observers call them: One of the biggest is its allocation of $100 million for enhancements of “an urban creek,” for example—a funding stream that seems to be tailor-made for projects along the voter-rich Los Angeles River. Still, these funds aren’t earmarked for a specific city or stretch of the river, and they can be used for projects anywhere along the watershed. This and a few other examples of legislative back-scratching, in other words, are a far cry from the set-asides for bike paths and swimming pools that were added to win votes in past bonds. Funding for projects that achieve multiple benefits Summit leaders have been encouraging state leaders to use this year’s drought investments to advance a new paradigm where the state sets goals and regions compete to craft strategies that deliver results. The final bond follows this path in several places. The entire $1.495 billion watershed chapter, for example, is devoted to “competitive grants for multi-benefit ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects in accordance with statewide priorities.” A sizeable portion of these funds ($327.5 million) will be distributed to state conservancies, a traditional method of allocating bond funds that some lawmakers tried to move away from earlier this year. But the final measure does provide some admirably clear-cut goals for these dollars. The legislation provides a detailed list of ways they can be used, giving highest priority to “multi-benefit” projects that improve “water quality, water supply, and watershed protection”—from restoring river parkways to protecting fish and wildlife corridors.


The bond doesn’t allocate nearly as many resources as it might have directly to the upper mountain watersheds where two-thirds of the state’s water comes from—setting aside $38 million to the Sierra-Cascade region, or 0.5 percent of the total bond funds. (The state’s powerful Coastal Conservancy, home to millions of people but significantly less water, will receive over $100 million.) The measure does make much greater strides than past bonds have to better connect water projects in the mountains with the more populous valleys below—a key to the state’s water sustainability. This includes funding everything from “restor[ing] mountain meadows” to implementing “fuel treatment projects to reduce wildlife risks, protect watersheds tributary to water storage facilities, and promote watershed health.” Integrating projects across watersheds Some of the measure’s most compelling policies are in the nearly $1 billion allocated to regional water management. All of the funding in this section goes to Integrated Regional Watershed Management Plans (IRWMPs), a decade-old effort to encourage the state’s more than 600 urban and agricultural water districts to coordinate actions to better manage water resources. The measure states that funding should go first to projects “that cover a greater portion of the watershed”—part of a continuing effort to ensure the plans fund watershed-wide activity instead of smaller-scale projects. To receive these funds, regions must also have developed plans to sustainably manage their groundwater, the first step toward reducing the state’s reliance on rapidly-depleting aquifers. Stormwater also was added to the regional water management mix—along with surface and underground storage, watershed restoration, and conveyance facilities. As the California Water Foundation’s Lester Snow pointed out at last week’s Economic Summit Capitol Day, this is an essential element of making the state’s water spending more efficient: “We have to get this mindset of integration. We can’t spend money within the boundary of each entity. Capturing stormwater coming from another city and getting it into your groundwater basin—that’s where we [have not been] investing.” Some experts still believe the bond could have encouraged even greater integration. “I personally would have liked to see more of the recycled, groundwater remediation, and replenishment funds located in IRWMP, where it is all flexible and can be used as the locals see fit,” says Celeste Cantú, general manager of the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, a successful model of watershed management. As time goes on, she believes the state will come to value that flexibility as a way to meet local needs more efficiently. Maximizing return on investment While the bond's $2.7 billion dedicated for storage projects has raised some eyebrows—largely for a provision that could allow new reservoirs to be built without additional legislative appropriation—lawmakers tried to ensure these funds will go to the most cost-effective projects, whether they involve a dam or not. The bond’s language, borrowed from the 2009 measure it replaces, lays out some laudable goals for storage projects, distributing funds to the California Water Commission to allocate through a competitive process “that ranks potential projects based on the expected return for public investment as measured by the magnitude of the public benefits provided.”


The timeline for using these funds is so tight (with all environmental reviews, feasibility studies, and contracts with beneficiaries to be completed by January 1, 2022) that many water experts believe the measure may do more to support a range of alternative approaches to storage—groundwater storage and conjunctive use, for example—than the major new dam proposals now being considered. How these funds are spent matters, and implementation of the bond will be as important as the passage of the measure itself. But in this and other sections of the bond, lawmakers have clearly set the bar high—and begun the long journey to California’s water sustainability.


EDITORIAL: California is challenged by drought — and simple math By The Fresno Bee Editorial Board, Fresno - August 20, 2014

When it comes to water, the state of California is like the inept parent who can't say no to the kids.

Thanks to University of California researchers, we now know that the state has overpromised on water delivery and under delivered.

How large is the shortfall?

Tie yourself to a chair before reading on because you might slap yourself in the head and fall over backward.

Here's what The Sacramento Bee's Matt Weiser wrote on Tuesday: "California's total freshwater runoff in an average year is about 70 million acre-feet, according to the (UC) study. But the state has handed out junior water rights totaling 370 million acre-feet."

Do the math.

The state has assigned rights for more than five times the amount of water available in an average year — never mind a drought year or three consecutive drought years such as we are experiencing.

Unfortunately for farmers, other businesses reliant on water and residents watching their shrubbery die, the facts get worse.

The researchers only did the math for water rights allocated after 1914. Unaccounted for in their calculations were pre-1914 holders of senior water rights.

Is it any wonder that California's water battles are fierce and never ending? The state has created expectations that can be met only with a deluge requiring construction of a biblical ark to survive.

"They give these rights-holders a false sense of security," UC Merced Engineering Professor Joshua Viers, a co-author of the study, told Weiser. "It's an entitlement that may never be filled. That is unfortunate because we continue to allocate water rights to this day."


There is a contrarian view that granting rights to water that doesn't exist isn't a bad thing. Craig Wilson, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta water master for the State Water Resources Control Board, says that excess allocation of water is "overblown."

Wilson's reasoning? Many rights-holders use less water than their permits allow and some of their irrigation water returns to canals or streams as runoff for others to use.

But Wilson's theory is based on anecdotal observation, not facts. Understand: the state doesn't require water rights-holders to report what they take in real time. Neither does the state verify for accuracy the annual reports of water users.

Is gross oversubscription a rational basis for assigning water rights and permits in a Western state with 38 million people?

Only if you believe in fairy tales with a wizard who turns one bottle of water into five.

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/08/20/4079786_california-is-challenged-by-drought.html?sp=/99/274/&rh=1#storylink=cpy

Source: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/08/20/4079786_california-is-challenged-by-drought.html?sp=/99/274/&rh=1


Presentations


Workshop Memorandum 14-141

Date: August 26, 2014

Subject: Overview of California Drought Conditions and Related Regional Issues

As the drought issues continue to evolve, the District staff will present a discussion and updated information to describe the severity and impacts in our region and throughout the state.

National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, Latest Seasonal Assessment - Latest Seasonal Assessment - During the past 30 days, widespread rainfall over the Southwest (robust monsoon), central and northern Plains, parts of the Mississippi Valley, and most of the eastern third of the Nation (except portions of the Southeast) improved drought conditions across parts of Arizona, most of New Mexico, portions of the south-central Plains, and the Tennessee Valley and Carolinas. Locally heavy rains (more than 4 inches within 24-hours) fell at several locations,


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including almost 8 inches north of Phoenix, AZ, and over 13 inches near Islip, NY, producing flash flooding. Increased rainfall, partly due to tropical systems (Tropical Storm Iselle for Hawaii, Tropical Storm Bertha for Puerto Rico), also diminished dryness, but mainly in Hawaii and less so in Puerto Rico. In contrast, drought conditions worsened across sections of the Northwest, Great Basin, and parts of Texas. Abnormal dryness expanded across the Southeast and scattered areas of the north-central Plains and Midwest due to short term dryness. Unseasonable heat over the Western States exacerbated ongoing drought conditions. Except for the formation of Bertha, suppressed convection over the Caribbean basin generally persisted, with abnormal dryness and moderate drought remaining in southern and eastern Puerto Rico. The seasonal drought outlook valid for August 21 through November 30, 2014 is based on analysis of initial conditions, short-, medium-, and long-range outlooks, and climatology. Climate anomaly composites based on the forecast of a weak El Niño (65% chance this fall and early winter) were also considered, though these impacts typically become more pronounced during the winter, after the end of this outlook period. Decreased soil moisture due to below normal rainfall increases the potential for drought development across parts of the Southeast and Midwest, but subnormal temperatures have kept evaporative levels low. An anticipated wet pattern during late August in these regions, however, may halt the development of drought and even erase abnormal dryness, so no areas of development were included here. Drought development is favored across the Northwest based on below average precipitation the past 90-days and a tilt towards dryness and/or warmth in the 1-5, 6-10, and 8-14 day forecasts, monthly and seasonal outlooks. Persistence is forecast for the Far West and Great Basin as September and October are climatologically dry and warm (and peak fire season), especially in California, although November typically is the start of the wet season in the Pacific Northwest. A continued active monsoon across the Four Corners states is anticipated to bring additional localized drought relief - with the moisture expected to spill northeastward into the Plains which brings favorable odds of above-normal rainfall and drought amelioration. Equal chances of SON rainfall, changing to below-normal odds later in the year and into 2015, favors persistence of the remaining small D1(L) in central Molokai, Hawaii (low reservoir), while a low frequency tropical convective climate signal (trending towards El Niño conditions) is anticipated to continue a regime of suppressed convection across the Caribbean, favoring continued drought degradation across Puerto Rico. Forecaster: D. Miskus Next Seasonal Drought Outlook issued: September 18, 2014 at 8:30 AM EDT Seasonal Drought Outlook Discussion

Source: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/sdo_summary.html


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The National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting above average temperatures and typical precipitation patterns for June 2014.

Temperature Probability September 2014

Precipitation Probability September 2014

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Subject: Overview of California Water Use Estimates for 2010

In response to increased interest associated with the current drought conditions in California, the United States Geological Survey recently released water use estimates for 2010. The purpose of this workshop item is to briefly present the data included in the USGS report.



California Water Use Estimates for 2010 Released

Released: 20 August 2014

Contact Information: Laurel Rogers, USGS - 619-980-6527

Leslie Gordon, USGS - 650-329-4006

Source Information: http://ca.water.usgs.gov/news/2014/CaliforniaWaterUseEstimates2010.html

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - About 38 billion gallons per day (42,000,000 acre-feet per year) of water were withdrawn from groundwater and surface-water sources in California in 2010, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey dataset, which is now available online. To put the quantity in perspective, this daily amount is equivalent to draining Lake Shasta, California's largest reservoir, at full capacity about once every 40 days. The site shows water-use estimates based on source type (surface water vs. groundwater, and fresh vs. saline water) and withdrawal category, including irrigation, public supply, and thermoelectric. Estimates are provided for individual counties and for the entire state.

"The current drought in California has increased demand for these data," said USGS California Water Science Center Director, Eric Reichard. "This information is critical for managers and planners to understand how factors such as population, industry, crops, energy production and climate affect water withdrawals."

Since 1950, the USGS has compiled and published national water-use estimates every five years. In response to increased interest associated with current drought conditions, the 2010 water-use estimates for California have been released prior to other state or national water-use publications, which are expected to be published in late 2014. The delay between data collection and release is due to the time it takes to compile data from many sources and assure its quality.

Water-withdrawal estimates are provided for individual counties and for the entire state by source type and by category, following the USGS National Water-Use Information Program guidelines. The USGS California Water Science Center is responsible for determining the most reliable sources of data, compiling and analyzing those data, estimating missing data, and preparing documentation of the sources and methods used to estimate water use for California.

These estimates provide a snapshot of water use in 2010. The quantification of water use provides a baseline for assessing the interrelationship between factors such as demographics, land use, irrigation practices, climate, economics, and legal decisions, and water availability. These water-use estimates are important inputs to hydrologic models that are used for water resource planning and management.


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• In 2010, Californians withdrew an estimated total of 38 billion gallons per day (42,000,000 acre-feet per year) compared with 46 billion gallons per day (52,000,000 acre-feet per year) in 2005.

• Total estimated surface-water withdrawals in California were 25 billion gallons per day (28,000,000 acre-feet per year) (67%), compared with 35 billion gallons per day (39,000,000 acre-feet per year) (76%) in 2005.

• Total estimated groundwater withdrawals were 13 billion gallons per day (15,000,000 acre-feet per year) (33%), compared with 11 billion gallons (12,000,000 acre-feet per year) (24%) in 2005.

• About 82% of all California water withdrawals were from fresh water sources, compared with 72% in 2005. In both 2005 and 2010, about 74% of all fresh water withdrawals were for irrigation.

The 38 billion gallons per day (42,000,000 acre-feet per year) of withdrawals in 2010 were distributed among eight categories:

• Irrigation: 61% (23,000 million gallons per day, or 26,000,000 acre-feet per year).

• Thermoelectric power generation: 17% (6,600 million gallons per day, or 7,400,000 acre-feet per year).

• Public supply: 17% (6,300 million gallons per day, or 7,100,000 acre-feet per year). Average daily gross per capita use was 181 gallons.

• Aquaculture: 3% (970 million gallons per day, or 1,100,000 acre-feet per year).

• Industrial: < 1% (400 million gallons per day, or 450,000 acre-feet per year).

• Mining: < 1% (270 million gallons per day, or 300,000 acre-feet per year).

• Livestock: < 1% (190 million gallons per day, or 210,000 acre-feet per year).

• Self-supplied domestic use: < 1% (170 million gallons per day, or 190,000 acre-feet per year). Average daily per capita use was 69 gallons.

A water-use trends analysis will be provided on the web site at a future date, but in general a comparison with previous compilations indicates that overall withdrawals increased from 1950 to 1980 as population more than doubled, but have generally declined since 1980, even though the State's population has increased by more than 50% since then.

In California, as in other states, there are uncertainties associated with estimating some of the water use components. The biggest uncertainties for California are associated with irrigation water use. The quantity of groundwater pumped for irrigation is generally not measured, and surface-water diversion data, particularly at the county level, are incomplete or only available at scales different from those used in this study. Therefore, irrigation water use must be estimated using crop coefficients generated from crop evapotranspiration models that compute water requirements, and from reported irrigation crop acreages.

The USGS's National Water-Use Information Program is responsible for compiling and disseminating the nation's water-use data. The USGS works in cooperation with local, state, and federal environmental agencies to collect water-use information and compiles these data to produce water-use information aggregated at the county, state, and national levels. Every five years, data at the county level are compiled into a national water-use data system and state-level data are published in a national circular.


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The downloadable dataset is available online.


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Subject: Overview of the Latest Information from the Yucaipa Valley Subsurface and Groundwater Investigation

The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District in partnership with the City of Redlands, San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, South Mesa Mutual Water Company, Western Heights Mutual Water Company, City of Yucaipa and Yucaipa Valley Water District concluded a drilling operation to determine the subsurface soil conditions in the Yucaipa Valley. The purpose of this agenda item will be to provide an overview of the latest information.

The illustration above shows a highly fractured area with earthquake faults that create a series of separate groundwater storage basins.


Operational Updates




Subject: Overview of the Energy Efficiency Upgrades and Automated Demand Response Project

The Yucaipa Valley Water District operates a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (“SCADA”) system to control numerous functions at our water, sewer and recycled water sites. The District staff has been collecting information to enhance the functionality of the SCADA system to include information on energy use, real-time energy demands, and energy costs. This additional information will improve the overall efficiency of the District operations. Typically, a SCADA system consists of the following subsystems:

• Remote terminal units (RTUs)connect to sensors in the process and converting sensor signals to digital data. They have telemetry hardware capable of sending digital data to the supervisory system, as well as receiving digital commands from the supervisory system. RTUs often have embedded control capabilities such as ladder logic in order to accomplish boolean logic operations.

• Programmable logic controller (PLCs) connect to sensors in the process and converting sensor signals to digital data. PLCs have more sophisticated embedded control capabilities, typically one or more IEC 61131-3 programming languages, than RTUs. PLCs do not have telemetry hardware, although this functionality is typically installed alongside them. PLCs are sometimes used in place of RTUs as field devices because they are more economical, versatile, flexible, and configurable.

• A telemetry system is typically used to connect PLCs and RTUs with control centers, data warehouses, and the enterprise. Examples of wired telemetry media used in SCADA systems include leased telephone lines and WAN circuits. Examples of wireless telemetry media used in SCADA systems include satellite (VSAT), licensed and unlicensed radio, cellular and microwave.

• A data acquisition server is a software service which uses industrial protocols to connect software services, via telemetry, with field devices such as RTUs and PLCs. It allows clients to access data from these field devices using standard protocols.

• A human–machine interface or HMI is the



apparatus or device which presents processed data to a human operator, and through this, the human operator monitors and interacts with the process. The HMI is a client that requests data from a data acquisition server.

• A Historian is a software service which accumulates time-stamped data, boolean events, and boolean alarms in a database which can be queried or used to populate graphic trends in the HMI. The historian is a client that requests data from a data acquisition server.

• A supervisory (computer) system, gathering (acquiring) data on the process and sending commands (control) to the process.

• Communication infrastructure connecting the supervisory system to the remote terminal units.

• Various process and analytical instrumentation. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA

On February 5, 2014, the Board of Directors approved a Professional Service Contract to complete the proposed upgrades [Director Memroandum No. 14-009]. The purpose of this workshop item is to provide an update on the status of the project.


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The District staff has solicited proposals from partners to assist with the development of this program. The project team that will provide the best value to the District includes: Honeywell Utility Solutions and Qversa. The estimated costs for the project and anticipated funding sources are summarized below.

Automated Demand Response Project - Financial Summary Task 1: SCADA Hardware and Software Upgrades - Qversa $65,200 Task 2: SCADA to ADR JACE Gateway Interface - Qversa $7,500 Task 3: Power Monitoring Equipment at ADR Sites - Qversa $76,500 Task 4: Power Monitoring at Non-ADR Sites (14 Sites) - Qversa $125,300 ADR DRAS Programming, Gateway, Meter & PLC Interface - Honeywell $49,500 Engineering and Technical Audit - Honeywell $6,750 Project Maangement and Technical Coordination $14,750 Project Commissioning and Close Out $4,800

Estimated Project Costs $350,300 Reservation of Funds from SCE Techncical Incentive ($286,200) Department of Energy Smart Grid Investment Grant ($10,400)

Estimated Net Contribution - Yucaipa Valley Water District $53,700




Subject: Status Report on the Permitting of Additional Sources of Supply of Recycled Water for the Community

The Yucaipa Valley Water District currently provides recycled water to the community from the water recycling treatment process constructed at the Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Filtration Facility. This equipment and overall treatment system was approved for use by the Department of Public Health in 2007.

With the expansion of the recycled water system over the past seven years, the Yucaipa Valley Water District is in the process of connecting an additional source of recycled water to the regional recycled water system. The additional source of recycled water will be provided by the Wochholz Regional Water Recycling Facility located at the end of County Line Road. This source of supply is now available due to the completion of the most recent phase of the recycled water system expansion completed in 2013 and will provide a drought proof recycled water supply to the community.



Prior to activating this additional source of recycled water supply, the Yucaipa Valley Water District must obtain the permit for operation from the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Department of Public Health. The recently approved Basin Plan Amendment provides the regulatory framework for compliance from the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the District staff is in the process of finalizing the permit with the Department of Public Health. The purpose of this workshop agenda item is to discuss the status of the permit from the Department of Public Health and the activation of the additional source of recycled water to the existing recycled water system.




Subject: Status Report on the Water Conservation Efforts of the Yucaipa Valley Water District

On August 6, 2014, the Board of Director adopted Resolution No. 2014-14 declaring emergency water conservation restrictions pursuant to State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2014-0038 [Director Memorandum No. 14-061]. The purpose of this director memorandum is to provide an update on the status of the water conservation efforts by the Yucaipa Valley Water District. Background: On July 15, 2014, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted Resolution No. 2014-0038 that established emergency drought regulations mandating water conservation and prohibiting the wasteful outdoor use of drinking water. This Resolution created mandates for individuals and well as for water suppliers which are described below.

Individual Mandates Authority: California Water Code Section 1058.5

References: California Water Code Sections 102, 104, 105 Prohibited Activities in Promotion of Water Conservation: To promote water conservation, each of the following actions is prohibited, except where

necessary to address an immediate health and safety need or to comply with a term or condition in a permit issued by a state or federal agency:

The application of potable water to outdoor landscapes in a manner that causes runoff such that water flows onto adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, private and public walkways, roadways, parking lots, or structures;

The use of a hose that dispenses potable water to wash a motor vehicle, except where the hose is fitted with a shut-off nozzle or device attached to it that causes it to cease dispensing water immediately when not in use;

The application of potable water to driveways and sidewalks; and

The use of potable water in a fountain or other decorative water feature, except where the water is part of a recirculating system.

The taking of any action above, in addition to any other applicable civil or criminal penalties, is an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each day in which the violation occurs.



Water Supplier Mandates Authority: California Water Code Section 1058.5

References: California Water Code Sections 102, 104, 105, 350, 10617 and 10632 Mandatory Actions by Water Suppliers The term “urban water supplier,” when used in this section, refers to a supplier that meets the

definition set forth in Water Code section 10617, except it does not refer to suppliers when they are functioning solely in a wholesale capacity, but does apply to suppliers when they are functioning in a retail capacity.

To promote water conservation, each urban water supplier shall implement all requirements and actions of the stage of its water shortage contingency plan that imposes mandatory restrictions on outdoor irrigation of ornamental landscapes or turf with potable water. As an alternative to the above requirement, an urban water supplier may submit a request

to the Executive Director for approval of an alternate plan that includes allocation-based rate structures that satisfies the requirements of chapter 3.4 (commencing with section 370) of division 1 of the Water Code, and the Executive Director may approve such an alternate plan upon determining that the rate structure, in conjunction with other measures, achieves a level of conservation that would be superior to that achieved by implementing limitations on outdoor irrigation of ornamental landscapes or turf with potable water by the persons it serves to no more than two days per week.

To promote water conservation, each urban water supplier that does not have a water shortage contingency plan or has been notified by the Department of Water Resources that its water shortage contingency plan does not meet the requirements of Water Code section 10632 shall, within thirty (30) days, limit outdoor irrigation of ornamental landscapes or turf with potable water by the persons it serves to no more than two days per week or shall implement another mandatory conservation measure or measures intended to achieve a comparable reduction in water consumption by the persons it serves relative to the amount consumed in 2013.

In furtherance of the promotion of water conservation each urban water supplier shall prepare and submit to the State Water Resources Control Board by the 15th of each month a monitoring report on forms provided by the Board. The monitoring report shall include the amount of potable water the urban water supplier produced, including water provided by a wholesaler, in the preceding calendar month and shall compare that amount to the amount produced in the same calendar month in 2013.

Beginning October 15, 2014, the monitoring report shall also estimate the gallons of water per person per day used by the residential customers it serves. In its initial monitoring report, each urban water supplier shall state the number of persons it serves.

To promote water conservation, each distributor of a public water supply, as defined in Water Code section 350, that is not an urban water supplier shall, within thirty (30) days, take one or more of the following actions:

Limit outdoor irrigation of ornamental landscapes or turf with potable water by the persons it serves to no more than two days per week; or

Implement another mandatory conservation measure or measures intended to achieve a comparable reduction in water consumption by the persons it serves relative to the amount consumed in 2013.


Capital Improvement Projects




Subject: Overview of the Proposed Second Street Water Conveyance Pipeline Project

The Yucaipa Valley Water District has been planning the construction of a 30” drinking water pipeline on Second Street south of Eucalyptus and north of Persimmon Avenue. This pipeline improvement will replace the existing pipeline with a 30” pipeline to support the water conveyance in Pressure Zone 13.

The purpose of this agenda item will be to provide an overview of the proposed pipeline project.




Subject: Overview of the Mesa Grande Drive Water Mainline Project

The Yucaipa Valley Water District has performed a series of hydraulic analyses to determine whether offsite pipeline improvements are needed for the development of Tract No. 17351. Based on the modeling results, there will need to be a series of pipeline improvements in Mesa Grande Drive to improve the southern portion of Pressure Zone 15. While most of the improvements can be phased over time, there is a pipeline that will need to be constructed to support Tract No. 17351 and to increase the overall fire flow in this portion of Pressure Zone 15.

During this workshop item, the District staff will provide an overview of the ultimate demands in Pressure Zone 15 and methods to systematically improve the water distribution system in this area over time.


Development Projects




Subject: Development Agreement No. 2014-02 for Tract No. 17351 with Lissoy Family Trust - Heritage Oaks, Calimesa

On April 29, 2014, the District staff provided an overview of the offsite pipeline requirements for Tract No. 17351 at the easterly end of County Line Road. Based on the modeling results, there will need to be a series of pipeline improvements in Mesa Grande Drive to improve the southern portion of Pressure Zone 15. While most of the improvements can be phased over time, there is about 1,500 feet of pipeline that will need to be constructed to support Tract No. 17351 and to increase the overall fire flow in this portion of Pressure Zone 15.

The District staff has been working with the developers of Heritage Oaks for the preparation of a development agreement for Tract 17351. The District staff will be providing an overview of the development agreement at the board workshop.


Administrative Items




Subject: Summary of Final Drilling Costs Associated with the Yucaipa Regional Basin Investigation

On December 4, 2013, the Board of Directors authorized participation by the Yucaipa Valley Water District in the Phase II activities of the Yucaipa Basin study for a sum not to exceed $136,945. [Director Memorandum No. 13-078] The costs for the Phase II activities were as follows:

Description Cost Proposal for drilling, logging and destruction of nine reverse rotary dual tube boreholes and preparation of technical memorandum by Geoscience (This proposal does not include the cost to convert a borehole to a monitoring well.)

$404,850

Proposal for calculating the Annual Change in Storage for the Yucaipa groundwater basins for six years from 2006 to 2014.

$46,920

Total $451,770 Using the financial cost distribution for the first phase of the Yucaipa basin study, the cost distribution was approved as illustrated in the table below:

Agency / Agencies Yucaipa Basin

Production

Percentage of Study

Cost Allocation

of Cost San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, City of Yucaipa and San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency

Not

Ap

plic

able

50% $225,885

San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District City of Yucaipa

San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency

40% 3% 7%

$181,885.00 $14,000.00 $30,000.00

Yucaipa Valley Water District 61% 30% $136,943.24 Western Heights Mutual Water Company 20% 10% $46,048.05 City of Redlands 3% 2% $6,983.19 South Mesa Mutual Water Company 16% 8% $35,910.52

Total $451,770 The attached memorandum provides information about additional work related to the final drilling costs. The District staff is in the process of reviewing the memorandum. Additional information will be provided at the board workshop.




Subject: Overview of the Regional Water Conservation Memorandum of Understanding

The Yucaipa Valley Water District is working together with the City of Calimesa, the City of Yucaipa, South Mesa Mutual Water Company, Western Heights Mutual Water Company, and the Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District to develop a joint Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the State Water Resource Control Board’s emergency water conservation regulations. A copy of the draft Memorandum of Understanding will be provided and discussed at the board workshop.


Director Comments


June 2014

FACTS ABOUT THE YUCAIPA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Service Area Size: 40 square miles (sphere of influence is 68 square miles) Elevation Change: 3,140 foot elevation change (from 2,044 to 5,184 feet) Number of Employees: 5 elected board members

57 full time employees Operating Budget: Water Division - $13,072,750 Sewer Division - $11,689,000 Recycled Water Division - $433,500 Total Annual Budget - $25,195,250 Number of Services: 12,206 water connections serving 16,843 units

13,492 sewer connections serving 20,312 units 62 recycled water connections

Water System: 215 miles of drinking water pipelines

27 reservoirs - 34 million gallons of storage capacity 18 pressure zones 12,000 ac-ft annual water demand (3.9 billion gallons) Two water filtration facilities:

- 1 mgd at Oak Glen Surface Water Filtration Facility - 12 mgd at Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Filtration Facility

Sewer System: 8.0 million gallon treatment capacity - current flow at 4.0 mgd

205 miles of sewer mainlines 5 sewer lift stations 4,500 ac-ft annual recycled water prod. (1.46 billion gallons)

Recycled Water: 22 miles of recycled water pipelines

5 reservoirs - 12 million gallons of storage 1,200 ac-ft annual recycled demand (0.4 billion gallons)

Brine Disposal: 2.2 million gallon desalination facility at sewer treatment plant

1.108 million gallons of Inland Empire Brine Line capacity 0.295 million gallons of treatment capacity in Orange County


June 2014

THE MEASUREMENT OF WATER PURITY One part per hundred is generally represented by the percent (%).

This is equivalent to about fifteen minutes out of one day. One part per thousand denotes one part per 1000 parts.

This is equivalent to about one and a half minutes out of one day. One part per million (ppm) denotes one part per 1,000,000 parts.

This is equivalent to about 32 seconds out of a year. One part per billion (ppb) denotes one part per 1,000,000,000 parts.

This is equivalent to about three seconds out of a century. One part per trillion (ppt) denotes one part per 1,000,000,000,000 parts.

This is equivalent to about three seconds out of every hundred thousand years. One part per quadrillion (ppq) denotes one part per 1,000,000,000,000,000 parts.

This is equivalent to about two and a half minutes out of the age of the Earth (4.5 billion years).


June 2014

GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY USED TERMS Every profession has specialized terms which generally evolve to facilitate communication between individuals. The routine use of these terms tends to exclude those who are unfamiliar with the particular specialized language of the group. Sometimes jargon can create communication cause difficulties where professionals in related fields use different terms for the same phenomena.

Below are commonly used water terms and abbreviations with commonly used definitions. If there is any discrepancy in definitions, the District's Regulations Governing Water Service is the final and binding definition.

Acre Foot of Water - The volume of water (325,850 gallons, or 43,560 cubic feet) that would cover an area of one acre to a depth of 1 foot.

Activated Sludge Process – A secondary biological sewer treatment process where bacteria reproduce at a high rate with the introduction of excess air or oxygen, and consume dissolved nutrients in the wastewater.

Annual Water Quality Report - The document is prepared annually and provides information on water quality, constituents in the water, compliance with drinking water standards and educational material on tap water. It is also referred to as a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).

Aquifer - The natural underground area with layers of porous, water-bearing materials (sand, gravel) capable of yielding a supply of water; see Groundwater basin.

Backflow - The reversal of water's normal direction of flow. When water passes through a water meter into a home or business it should not reverse flow back into the water mainline.

Best Management Practices (BMPs) - Methods or techniques found to be the most effective and practical means in achieving an objective. Often used in the context of water conservation.

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) – The amount of oxygen used when organic matter undergoes decomposition by microorganisms. Testing for BOD is done to assess the amount of organic matter in water.

Biosolids – Biosolids are nutrient rich organic and highly treated solid materials produced by the sewer treatment process. This high-quality product can be used as a soil amendment on farm land or further processed as an earth-like product for commercial and home gardens to improve and maintain fertile soil and stimulate plant growth.

Catch Basin – A chamber usually built at the curb line of a street, which conveys surface water for discharge into a storm sewer.

Capital Improvement Program (CIP) – Projects for repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of assets. Also includes treatment improvements, additional capacity, and projects for the support facilities.

Collector Sewer – The first element of a wastewater collection system used to collect and carry wastewater from one or more building sewer laterals to a main sewer.

Coliform Bacteria – A group of bacteria found in the intestines of humans and other animals, but also occasionally found elsewhere and is generally used as an indicator of sewage pollution.

Combined Sewer Overflow – The portion of flow from a combined sewer system, which discharges into a water body from an outfall located upstream of a wastewater treatment plant, usually during wet weather conditions.

Combined Sewer System– Generally older sewer systems designed to convey both sewage and storm water into one pipe to a wastewater treatment plant.


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Conjunctive Use - The coordinated management of surface water and groundwater supplies to maximize the yield of the overall water resource. Active conjunctive use uses artificial recharge, where surface water is intentionally percolated or injected into aquifers for later use. Passive conjunctive use is to simply rely on surface water in wet years and use groundwater in dry years.

Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) - see Annual Water Quality Report.

Cross-Connection - The actual or potential connection between a potable water supply and a non-potable source, where it is possible for a contaminant to enter the drinking water supply.

Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) - The category of compounds formed when disinfectants in water systems react with natural organic matter present in the source water supplies. Different disinfectants produce different types or amounts of disinfection byproducts. Disinfection byproducts for which regulations have been established have been identified in drinking water, including trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, bromate, and chlorite

Drought - a period of below average rainfall causing water supply shortages.

Dry Weather Flow – Flow in a sanitary sewer during periods of dry weather in which the sanitary sewer is under minimum influence of inflow and infiltration.

Fire Flow - The ability to have a sufficient quantity of water available to the distribution system to be delivered through fire hydrants or private fire sprinkler systems.

Gallons per Capita per Day (GPCD) - A measurement of the average number of gallons of water use by the number of people served each day in a water system. The calculation is made by dividing the total gallons of water used each day by the total number of people using the water system.

Groundwater Basin - An underground body of water or aquifer defined by physical boundaries.

Groundwater Recharge - The process of placing water in an aquifer. Can be a naturally occurring process or artificially enhanced.

Hard Water - Water having a high concentration of minerals, typically calcium and magnesium ions.

Hydrologic Cycle - The process of evaporation of water into the air and its return to earth in the form of precipitation (rain or snow). This process also includes transpiration from plants, percolation into the ground, groundwater movement, and runoff into rivers, streams and the ocean; see Water cycle.

Infiltration – Water other than sewage that enters a sewer system and/or building laterals from the ground through defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does not include inflow. See Inflow.

Inflow - Water other than sewage that enters a sewer system and building sewer from sources such as roof vents, yard drains, area drains, foundation drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm drains and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow does not include infiltration. See Infiltration.

Inflow / Infiltration (I/I) – The total quantity of water from both inflow and infiltration.

Mains, Distribution - A network of pipelines that delivers water (drinking water or recycled water) from transmission mains to residential and commercial properties, usually pipe diameters of 4" to 16".

Mains, Transmission - A system of pipelines that deliver water (drinking water or recycled water) from a source of supply the distribution mains, usually pipe diameters of greater than 16".

Meter - A device capable of measuring, in either gallons or cubic feet, a quantity of water delivered by the District to a service connection.

Overdraft - The pumping of water from a groundwater basin or aquifer in excess of the supply flowing into the basin. This pumping results in a depletion of the groundwater in the basin which has a net effect of lowering the levels of water in the aquifer.

Peak Flow – The maximum flow that occurs over a specific length of time (e.g., daily, hourly, instantaneously).

Pipeline - Connected piping that carries water, oil or other liquids. See Mains, Distribution and Mains, Transmission.


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Point of Responsibility, Metered Service - The connection point at the outlet side of a water meter where a landowner's responsibility for all conditions, maintenance, repairs, use and replacement of water service facilities begins, and the District's responsibility ends.

Potable Water - Water that is used for human consumption and regulated by the California Department of Public Health.

Pressure Reducing Valve - A device used to reduce the pressure in a domestic water system when the water pressure exceeds desirable levels.

Pump Station - A drinking water or recycled water facility where pumps are used to push water up to a higher elevation or different location.

Reservoir - A water storage facility where water is stored to be used at a later time for peak demands or emergencies such as fire suppression. Drinking water and recycled water systems will typically use concrete or steel reservoirs. The State Water Project system considers lakes, such as Shasta Lake and Folsom Lake to be water storage reservoirs.

Runoff - Water that travels downward over the earth's surface due to the force of gravity. It includes water running in streams as well as over land.

Sanitary Sewer System - Sewer collection system designed to carry sewage, consisting of domestic, commercial, and industrial wastewater. This type of system is not designed nor intended to carry water from rainfall, snowmelt, or groundwater sources. See Combined Sewer System.

Sanitary Sewer Overflow – Overflow from a sanitary sewer system caused when total wastewater flow exceeds the capacity of the system. See Combined Sewer Overflow.

Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Line – A regional brine line designed to convey 30 million gallons per day of non-reclaimable wastewater from the upper Santa Ana River basin to the sewer treatment plant operated by Orange County Sanitation District.

Secondary Treatment – Biological sewer treatment, particularly the activated-sludge process, where bacteria and other microorganisms consume dissolved nutrients in wastewater.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) - A computerized system which provides the ability to remotely monitor and control water system facilities such as reservoirs, pumps and other elements of water delivery.

Service Connection - The water piping system connecting a customer's system with a District water main beginning at the outlet side of the point of responsibility, including all plumbing and equipment located on a parcel required for the District's provision of water service to that parcel.

Sludge – Untreated solid material created by the treatment of sewage.

Smart Irrigation Controller - A device that automatically adjusts the time and frequency which water is applied to landscaping based on real-time weather such as rainfall, wind, temperature and humidity.

Special District - A political subdivision of a state established to provide a public services, such as water supply or sanitation, within a specific geographic area.

Surface Water - Water found in lakes, streams, rivers, oceans or reservoirs behind dams.

Total Suspended Solids (TSS) – The amount of solids floating and in suspension in water or sewage.

Transpiration - The process by which water vapor is released into the atmosphere by living plants.

Trickling Filter – A biological secondary treatment process in which bacteria and other microorganisms, growing as slime on the surface of rocks or plastic media, consume nutrients in primary treated sewage as it trickles over them.

Underground Service Alert (USA) - A free service that notifies utilities such as water, telephone, cable and sewer companies of pending excavations within the area (dial 8-1-1 at least 2 working days before you dig).


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Urban Runoff - Water from city streets and domestic properties that typically carries pollutants into the storm drains, rivers, lakes, and oceans.

Valve - A device that regulates, directs or controls the flow of water by opening, closing or partially obstructing various passageways.

Wastewater – Any water that enters the sanitary sewer.

Water Banking - The practice of actively storing or exchanging in-lieu surface water supplies in available groundwater basin storage space for later extraction and use by the storing party or for sale or exchange to a third party. Water may be banked as an independent operation or as part of a conjunctive use program.

Water cycle - The continuous movement water from the earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again; see Hydrologic cycle.

Water Pressure - Pressure created by the weight and elevation of water and/or generated by pumps that deliver water to the tap.

Water Service Line - The pipeline that delivers potable water to a residence or business from the District's water system. Typically the water service line is a 1” to 1½” diameter pipe for residential properties.

Watershed - A region or land area that contributes to the drainage or catchment area above a specific point on a stream or river.

Water Table - The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.

Water Transfer - A transaction, in which a holder of a water right or entitlement voluntarily sells/exchanges to a willing buyer the right to use all or a portion of the water under that water right or entitlement.

Water Well - A hole drilled into the ground to tap an underground water aquifer.

Wetlands - Lands which are fully saturated or under water at least part of the year, like seasonal vernal pools or swamps.

Wet Weather Flow – Dry weather flow combined with stormwater introduced into a combined sewer system, and dry weather flow combined with infiltration/inflow into a separate sewer system.


June 2014

COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS

AQMD Air Quality Management District

BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand

CARB California Air Resources Board

CCTV Closed Circuit Television

CWA Clean Water Act

EIR Environmental Impact Report

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FOG Fats, Oils, and Grease

GPD Gallons per day

MGD Million gallons per day

O & M Operations and Maintenance

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works

PPM Parts per million

RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board

SARI Santa Ana River Inceptor

SAWPA Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority

SBVMWD San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system

SSMP Sanitary Sewer Management Plan

SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow

SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board

TDS Total Dissolved Solids

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load

TSS Total Suspended Solids

WDR Waste Discharge Requirements

YVWD Yucaipa Valley Water District


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