Department of Water Resources
A daily compilation of significant news articles and comment
October 1, 2007
5. Agencies, Programs, People
WATER POLICY:
Lawmakers push water plan - Capital Press
WATER BANKING:
District investigates water banking project - Antelope Valley Press
SACRAMENTO-AREA FLOOD CONTROL:
Editorial: Waters may rise, but so will region's readiness; Score one for trees -- and federal, state and local efforts to prepare for wet years -
FLOOD CONTROL LEGISLATION:
Water measure's OK applauded; Assemblywoman Wolk sees gains from flood control decision - Vacaville Reporter
WATER RATES ISSUES:
Paso council feels heat over water; After initiative campaign gets 2,000 signatures, council will consider revising water-rate plan -
POSSIBLE MEETING VIOLATIONS:
Water board faces Brown Act charges - Antelope Valley Press
TOUR OF PID FACILITIES:
Public gets a look at PID water plant - Paradise Post
RETIREMENT:
Water critical to desert’s future; Jack Clarke retires from Ranchos Water Co. after 40 years - Victorville Daily Press
WATER POLICY:
KGTV News 10 (
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders appear to be far apart on an agreement for a solution, and water agencies in the Southland are voicing worries over aspects of the governor's preferred solution.
"Our chief concern is a delta fix,'' said Metropolitan Water District general manager Jeff Kightlinger, whose agency supplies water for more than 18 million people from San Diego north to the Tehachapi Mountains. Kightlinger wants the state to concentrate on new levee protections and other methods to ensure that fresh water makes it through the
But some northern
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Sunday that key northern legislators want a proposed statewide bond issue to pay only for water storage dams up north, and not fix the delta for Southland water users.
Assemblyman John Laird of
Southern California water agency directors are worried about what looks like a fundamental shift in North American weather patterns, significantly drying out the eastern Sierra Nevada and
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http://www.10news.com/news/14239945/detail.html
Lawmakers push water plan
Capital Press – 9/28/07
By Bob Krauter,
Assembly Republican leader Mike Villines, R-Fresno, along with state Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, are authors of legislation to advance Schwarzenegger's $9 billion fix for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
"It is one of the most significant policy issues that we can deal with - not just this year but as a broad issue for all of
Schwarzenegger's plan builds on his earlier proposal to fix
Villines' bill would use $600 million from already approved propositions to help address environmental concerns in the delta.
The governor's approach has the support of major farm organizations like Western Growers, California Grape and Tree Fruit League and the California Farm Bureau Federation.
"New surface reservoirs will bring significant value for urban and environmental water uses. And they will relieve pressure to fallow a lot of farmland during future droughts," said California Farm Bureau President Doug Mosebar in a statement. "We need to keep farmland producing affordable, locally grown food for our people, and to maintain our rural communities."
Schwarzenegger's plan, which is being carried in the state Senate by Dave Cogdill, differs from an approach advocated by state Senate President pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, who has authored Senate Bill 1XX, a $5.4 billion water bond. Perata's bill does not fund specific water storage projects, but it devotes $2 billion for regional water supply reliability projects and $2.4 billion for delta restoration.
Perata said his bond deal dovetails with a measure sent to the governor, Senate Bill 1002, which would allocate $611 million from Propositions 1E and 84 for delta improvements.
"Our water system desperately needs help," Perata said in a news release. "SB1002 was a good start. It can get money out the door as soon as it is signed. But we must do more than that, and quickly. We should put SB1XX on the next election ballot and begin funding major improvements to the delta and the state's system of water conveyance and storage."
Mike Villines said he favors directing funds for specific water storage projects as the voter-approved propositions last year did little to boost water supplies.
"We want named sites that will have funding and no more false promises. People forget that we did Prop. 50, we did Prop. 84, we did Prop. 1E, the water bond. These are all significant promises to water interests and those who are looking for more water storage that they were going to get water storage via these propositions," Villines said. "The rug was pulled out from under us every time. I am taking all of the remaining dollars from those and moving them towards real water planning and to be prepared to do water storage and water quality projects. Democrats want to see regional planning as real water storage and I don't believe that is the case."
Villines said the governor's water package deals with conveyance to move
"When we say alternative conveyance, we are talking about a peripheral canal. I think people have changed their positions on this over the last 20 years," Villines said. "The delta is our primary mechanism for moving water in the state. It is very susceptible to earthquake."
A federal court ruling Aug. 31 has added urgency for a delta solution. It calls for water diversions from the delta to be cut as much as 37 percent starting in December, which could crimp supplies to 23 million Californians and 5 million acres of farmland.
A blue ribbon task force, appointed by Schwarzenegger this year, is due to present its final report on a delta management plan in late November.
"I don't expect a lot of surprises in that report. Frankly, we know what they are going to say and where they're going and we want to include them," Villines said. But he added that the state needs to act on its water future by passing legislation to put a comprehensive water bond package before voters on the Feb. 5 ballot.
"There is political will on both sides of the aisle. There seems to be a bipartisan willingness to have real discussions and move forward on real water planning," Villines said. "Will we do it? Can we be committed to it and get something done over the next three weeks? We can and I hope we do. That's what we've got to focus on. Just keep working hard. This is too important to drop the ball." #
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=616&ArticleID=35581&TM=24761.15
WATER BANKING:
District investigates water banking project
By Alisha Semchuck, staff writer
PALMDALE - Everyone needs water. That's a given. Where the next drop comes from remains the question.
Directors from the Palmdale Water District board on Wednesday listened intently to a presentation given by Andrew Werner, a representative of Western Development and Storage LLC, a
The firm formed Valley Mutual Water Company "to serve the agricultural water needs" in the area where it operates, Werner said. Valley Mutual, a public agency called Semitropic Water Storage District, and the Rosamond Community Services District joined forces in August to create a Joint Powers Authority.
The JPA was formed "to manage and operate the Antelope Valley Water Bank and Semitropic Water Bank" for banking partners throughout the state, Werner explained. He pointed out that the water banking project is still open to bringing in more partners.
Whether the Palmdale Water District will enter into that relationship is uncertain.
"We were looking at whether we should participate before they developed the JPA," said Dennis LaMoreaux, general manager of the Palmdale Water District. The district is continuing to look into the possibility.
However, LaMoreaux said, "right now, it's too early to tell. We could potentially participate as a customer" or as a member of the Joint Powers Authority, if the existing members would be open to that arrangement. "I think that would go for the other members of the (
Board members of the Rosamond Community Services District voted unanimously in August to buy into the authority. The Rosamond district supplies water to 4,000 residential and business users and plans to purchase 6,000 acre-feet of storage capacity in the project, according to Robert Neufeld, the Rosamond district's general manager. Each acre-foot equals 325,851 gallons, the amount consumed by the average single-family household in one year - about 891 gallons per day.
The Antelope Valley Water Bank is between 150th and 170th streets west, and stretches from Avenue A north to Holiday Avenue. Western Development purchased the property formerly owned by Van Dam Farms and tested it for viability as a groundwater recharge area. Sometime around 2001, Western Development decided to create a water banking program from scratch. Water that flows along the California Aqueduct will be piped into man-made basins and soak into the ground.
The water bank has a storage capacity of 500,000 acre-feet. Users can draw out 100,000 acre-feet per year. The Environmental Impact Report was completed in September 2006, and a pilot project testing the viability as a recharge area for percolation into the ground was completed in October 2006, Werner said.
Western Development worked on the project "over the last six years in close coordination with local agencies to ensure that it can meet … local and regional needs, while protecting (basin) stakeholders," Werner said.
"Start-up recharge will begin this winter, with full-scale construction scheduled for 2008," he said.
Semitropic is in Wasco, north of
Semitropic's existing water bank has the capacity to store 1 million acre-feet of water, and can draw out 90,000 acre-feet per year. Phase 2 of Semitropic's water bank will enhance that agency's capacity.
Semitropic stores water in the State Water Project - the California Aqueduct - and the Central Valley Project, otherwise known as the federal
The list of Semitropic customers includes the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Castaic Lake Water District,
In all, the combined facilities of Semitropic and the Antelope Valley Water Bank will offer partners 800,000 acre-feet of storage capacity and 200,000 acre-feet of recovery capacity.
Thus "200,000 shares will be issued in the combined facilities," Werner said. "Each share will provide 4 acre-feet of storage, plus lower priority capacity on a 'when-available' basis."
Each share also will provide 1 acre-foot per year of recovery plus lower priority capacity on a "when-available" basis and 0.66 acre-feet per year of recharge plus lower priority capacity.
Lower priority capacity means that if some customers in the water bank do not use their full recharge and recovery potential, then other customers in the bank could make use of it.
There are benefits to becoming a partner, Werner said. Between the current JPA members, there are four water banks that have been developed or are in the process of being developed.
"I don't know anyone else who can say that," Werner said. "It's a really powerful track record. What we're trying to accomplish is good for everybody. We're in this for the long haul." #
http://www.avpress.com/n/28/0928_s11.hts
SACRAMENTO-AREA FLOOD CONTROL:
Editorial: Waters may rise, but so will region's readiness; Score one for trees -- and federal, state and local efforts to prepare for wet years
Situated where it is,
Saving the trees
Until this month, it appeared the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers might enforce a one-size-fits-all approach in requiring trees to be removed near flood control levees. Strict enforcement might have denuded parts of the
That threat has eased. The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency held a scientific conference that revealed strong evidence that healthy trees pose little or no structural risks near levees, and can be beneficial.
Mayor Heather Fargo, Department of Water Resources Deputy Director Les Harder and others urged the corps to review this evidence before acting.
This month, the corps said it would not enforce the strict policy until a new one is developed. Credit goes to Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp, the corps' chief engineer, for working with local officials. Although there's more to be done on developing an updated policy on levee vegetation, flood agencies can now focus fully on more pressing priorities.
Shoring up the dikes
The corps and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are working well together on a new spillway for Folsom Dam that will greatly reduce flood risks on the
This latter project has drawn protests from some
Flood legislation
Before adjourning, the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 930, which allows SAFCA to acquire easements from willing landowners in the
The Legislature also approved another bill, Senate Bill 276, which would allow SAFCA to speed up work on Folsom Dam and levee upgrades to bring
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should sign these bills, as well as a larger flood package the Legislature passed -- Assembly Bills 5, 70, 156 and AB 162, and Senate Bills 5 and 17. Although this package doesn't go far enough in preventing development in deep, marginally protected flood basins, it's a step forward. More work will be needed next year, although, in this place known as the
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/405044.html
FLOOD CONTROL LEGISLATION:
Water measure's OK applauded; Assemblywoman Wolk sees gains from flood control decision
Assemblywoman Lois Wolk (D-Solano) has applauded the recent approval of a federal measure authorizing $23 billion in water pro- jects for flood protection and environmental protection, including $1.3 billion for projects in
The Water Resources Development Act, which the Senate passed on Monday, authorizes $106 million to repair and strengthen levees in the San Francisco Bay-Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers Delta. The bill also authorizes a project to strengthen existing flood control in the
"This measure will help us keep moving on urgently-needed projects in my district and throughout
"The Delta is in crisis, and countless Californians are living at risk of catastrophic flooding. This is a good start to addressing these issues, after seven years without a Water Resources Development Act.
However, Wolk cautioned that Congress' next move must be to reform the way the Army Corps of Engineers protects Americans from floods-a point she stressed in meetings with members of
"Now is the time for Congress to step up and provide the Army Corps of Engineers with new directives that move the Corps away from its current, piecemeal approach to flood protection, which enables pork projects to be completed before higher-priority projects," said Wolk.
"The Corps needs a comprehensive, system-wide approach to the Delta and the
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_7042556
WATER RATES ISSUES:
Paso council feels heat over water; After initiative campaign gets 2,000 signatures, council will consider revising water-rate plan
By Leah Etling, staff writer
The Paso Robles City Council will consider revising the city water rate structure in response to public outcry over fees that were set to double next week.
Council members Tuesday night will have the option to roll back the current increase, which was approved to pay for the city’s portion of the Nacimiento Water Project. Under the current plan, the monthly flat-rate portion of customers’ bills would go up incrementally from its current $12, stopping at $60 in 2010.
The $178 million pipeline project from
Opponents of the increased flat fee in Paso Robles recently collected more than 2,000 signatures on a petition that calls for repealing the increases. If the council fails to act, a special election would be held, probably early next year.
“It’s not necessarily the (Nacimiento) project itself, it is the amount of cost involved,” petition drive organizer John Borst said of his reasons for objecting to the rate increase.
Councilman Gary Nemeth said that the council is making good on a commitment it made to water customers when the first set of increases were passed this summer.
“The initial rate, the flat rate, was set so we could get a better interest rate on the bonds. We’ve done that. We’re saving $300,000 per year because of the rate we got. We said at the same meeting we would come back with another structure that would seem to be more fair to everybody, from single families to commercial interests, and we’ve done that,” Nemeth said.
Paso Robles City Manager Jim App said that after the interest savings, it will cost $6.8 million per year to pay for the city’s portion of the project, which includes operation and maintenance costs of the pipeline and a new treatment plant.
“The costs are fixed and the city must have a permanent, reoccurring revenue stream in place,” App wrote in a staff report.
One of the primary objections to the eventual $60 flat rate was that it would be absorbed equally by private homeowners and businesses. Petition signers argued that seniors on fixed incomes shouldn’t have to pay as much as hotels or the Ravine water park.
The alternative rate structures proposed by city staff for the council to consider on Tuesday include two options.
Under the first, there would be no increase in the flat fee. Instead, the per-unit cost of water would go up from its current rate of $1.28 to $2.25 in February 2008, $2.75 in July 2008, $3.50 in July 2009, and $4 in July 2010.
One unit is equal to 748 gallons of water.
The second proposal would raise the flat rate and the per-unit cost, but by lesser amounts than the current plan or the first option. The flat fee would go up by $6 a year, from the current rate of $12 to $18 in February 2008, $24 in July 2008, $30 in July 2009 and $36 in July 2010. Meanwhile, the per-unit rate would jump gradually from $1.28 to $2.34 in 2010.
Paso Robles’ residential water customers use from six to 81 units of water per month, depending on the size of their family, lot, and how much landscaping they have, said public works director Doug Monn.
Nemeth suggested that customers can use their last water bill to calculate their costs under the options, decide which would be best for them, and share their opinion with the city through phone, e-mail or public comment at the Tuesday meeting.
One supporter of the petition drive, Pascual Padilla, said that even if the council changes its mind about how the rates will be structured, he’d still prefer to see the voters decide.
If the City Council does not repeal the rate increase, it must call for a special election and allow voters to decide whether to keep the eventual $60 flat fee in place.
An election date would likely be combined with the statewide primary planned for Feb. 5, 2008.
Cost of an election is estimated at $40,000. #
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/155032.html
POSSIBLE MEETING VIOLATIONS:
Water board faces Brown Act charges
By Alisha Semchuck, staff writer
PALMDALE - A letter from the
The Ralph M. Brown Act, a portion of the California Government Code, stipulates the way local elected or appointed boards of public agencies must conduct meetings. The Brown Act was created to ensure that the agencies conduct business in open meetings accessible to the public, and those sessions provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas, including public comment.
In the letter dated Sept. 20, Jennifer Lentz Snyder, assistant head deputy of the DA's Public Integrity Division, identified potential meeting violations but also acknowledged that the board can discuss specific legal matters in closed session.
In the letter, Snyder wrote that the DA's office conducted an investigation in response to a complaint alleging Brown Act violations such as "failing to provide adequate notice of matters to be considered" and discussing issues in closed session that fall outside the boundaries defined by law as permissible closed session topics.
Furthermore, Snyder stated that the water board failed "to permit public comment as required by law."
The district attorney's letter did not reveal the name of the person or persons who filed that complaint.
However, a number of Rosamond residents had criticized the board for agreeing to move forward with land acquisition plans at its July 10 meeting - roughly 1,400 acres at 60th Street West and Gaskell Road in Rosamond, property owned by longtime Valley onion and carrot farmer John Calandri. After some disagreement, board members voted 4-2, with one abstention, in favor of closing escrow about 45 days early on the land selected for a proposed water bank.
Board members Keith Dyas and
The Rosamond residents cried foul - some contending that the land acquisition was done behind closed doors and on the sly, a complaint AVEK officials vehemently deny.
Russ Fuller, the AVEK general manager, denied any intentional wrongdoing. He said the DA pointed out "some minor infractions" of the Brown Act which AVEK could handle better.
Dyas, Lane and Neal Weisenberger, the board vice president, somewhat concurred.
Though Weisenberger hadn't thoroughly reviewed the letter, which arrived Wednesday at the water agency, he said a "quick glance" of the DA's comments indicated some "minor technicalities (regarding) the way we addressed some things on the agenda."
"I consider those things housekeeping items," Lane said.
Dyas pointed out that the letter requested "additional information and explanation for the process" that AVEK followed at the July 10 board meeting. "We are gathering the information requested." he said.
Weisenberger said AVEK attorney William Brunick will respond to the DA.
Referring to the agenda for the July 10 meeting, Snyder wrote, "We note there are several entries under 'Item 6. Old Business' that do not comply with the Brown Act for a number of reasons. In addition, it appears that the subject matter considered was not appropriately categorized, and in some cases, may be outside the permissible bounds of the narrowly defined closed session topics."
One of the items had to do with pending litigation, and Snyder asked if AVEK was named in the claims listed and if the agency's attorney was present in closed session to offer advice because the name of the attorney did not appear in the agenda item.
Another item in connection with anticipated litigation failed to identify the specific subsection which pertains to closed session consideration, what is called "safe harbors" language, the letter stated.
Yet another closed session item regarding the Valley groundwater adjudication case in the courts also came under the DA's scrutiny. Based on the DA's letter, the agenda description of that item "cites two different subsections of the Brown Act purportedly authorizing closed session," but the agenda didn't show that AVEK was named as a party in the case
"Please clarify whether your agency is, in fact, a party in the litigation," Snyder stated.
Regarding the Calandri property, the closed session did not "address anticipated litigation" but rather mentioned that staff would proceed with environmental work pertaining to the property.
Snyder said the Brown Act "permits an agency to meet (in closed session) with its negotiator prior to the purchase, sale, exchange or lease" of property "to ensure that the public agency's bargaining position is not compromised … so that the public does not suffer the consequences of paying too much or receiving too little because (the agency's) negotiating position is publicly known."
Snyder also noted that, based on a tape recording of the meeting, it appears the public was not given opportunity to comment.
"The apparent violations listed herein are cause for significant concern," Snyder wrote. "Because of the number of factual questions that remain to be answered, we will withhold our final findings, and any appropriate action to be taken … until your agency has the opportunity to provide the information requested."
Snyder asked that AVEK respond by Oct. 1. "We understand that this may seem like short notice, but we are bound by the time limits established by the Brown Act."
"We will correct any oversights identified by the DA," Fuller said.
"Certainly we've always done things in a professional manner," Lane said, "and above board."
"We do our best to comply with the letter of the law (concerning) the Brown Act," Fuller said. "Our goal is to be open and transparent for the public and make sure they understand the issues we're dealing with." #
http://www.avpress.com/n/30/0930_s2.hts
TOUR OF PID FACILITIES:
Public gets a look at PID water plant
By Paul Wellersdick, staff writer
A busload of at least 50 people craned their necks from the left and to the right to take a peek at pipes and tanks as the Paradise Irrigation District manager pointed out the highlights of the district's improvements.
Starting from the district office, Ridge residents got a full tour of PID facilities right down to the reservoirs that hold the Ridge's water and the plant that treats the water. Thursday's tour was the district's third annual buss tour. Some of the PID highlights were upgrades and maintenance on water storage tanks, that were made out of PID pocket with no loans. PID was proud to announce bringing more than $2 million dollars in grant money to the Ridge for capital improvements. Some grant money was spent on pipeline replacements that PID covered on the tour. Other grant funds were spent on the Magalia reservoir raw water bypass and the bladder dam that will raise
PID Manager George Barber was the MC as he answered questions from the hot seat at the front of the buss and at the few stops along the way, including the extremely popular lunch at
Jordyn Balken was the youngest tourist by a large margin. She was there with her mother, Sheri Balken. The lunch was one of Jordyn's favorites on the tour, she said while sipping a cup of water.
"And it's PID water," she said.
But her favorite part of the tour was the treatment plant where she learned how the water she just drank was treated and prepared for delivery to the town, Jordyn said.
"My favorite was how they clean the water with rocks and bubbles," she said.
Bill Taylor, water treatment plant shift supervisor led the Balkens and a dozen others through the facility that sits just below the Magalia dam. Sheri said the tour was informative, due in part to
PID test water constantly and tracks changes in various aspects of water quality 24/7. Sheri has lived in
"It was really neat," she said. "I didn't know the district is not for profit. I just assumed it was for profit."
She said all the information she learned from the tour made it easier to pay her bill.
"They have a lot of integrity and have our interest in mind," she said.
Other tourists said they felt the district was doing a great job and showed where their money was being spent. Ed Chombeau said since George Barber took the manager position, he has noticed a lot of improvements. Some of those include the Magalia raw water bypass project that was seen from the road on the tour and the pipeline replacements.
"He's concerned with the water supply for the future," he said. "He seems to be doing it."
Kaye Owens was on the tour last year, but learned a lot from this year's tour, he said. He was most impressed by the candid nature of the district.
"They're open and visible," he said. "Nothing's hidden."
Owens also learned that the reason why the Magalia reservoir is kept 25 feet from capacity is because the California Department of Water Resources division of dam safety requires so for earthquake protection. He also learned that PID has many entities they have to answer to. Jim Ducket is an outside auditor for PID with Davis Hammon and Company. He is no stranger to PID operations, but this was his first public tour. He audits, entire cities, districts and many municipalities. The district operates well, he said.
"It's one of the tighter ships we work with," he said.
Acquiring additional Del Oro districts would help everyone in the big picture by saving the ridge money, Ducket said.
"They have the horses," he said. "They have the power." #
http://www.paradisepost.com/ci_7031078
RETIREMENT:
Water critical to desert’s future; Jack Clarke retires from Ranchos Water Co. after 40 years
Victorville Daily Press – 9/28/07
By Matthew Durkee, staff writer
It’s a position he’s held ever since, and now Clarke retired Friday.
“When I came, Ranchos had 14 employees. Now it’s 45. We had 4,700 customers, and now it’s about 20,000,” Clarke said.
Having previously worked at Southern California Water Co. in
The Northern California native’s first memory of the
“People move up here and think the desert should be green,” Clarke said with a sigh.
Conservation, he said, is critical to the
“It’s sometimes so tempting to live for today and make decisions that feel good or appease the current populace,” said Kirby Brill, general manager of the Mojave Water Agency. “But I think Jack’s quality was to look beyond all that, to provide a stable generation for future generations.”
In describing Clarke, Brill frequently uses the word “visionary.”
“I think history will show that Jack was one of the very few, instrumental, founding fathers and certainly a visionary at seeing what needed to be done, and he held the wheel during a very, very difficult time.”
That difficult time was primarily in the 1990s, when some 450 stakeholders wrangled over water rights in the
“I think it is considered by all as the foundation for how we’re properly managing a sustainable resource for generations to come.”
Art Bishop, who serves on Mojave Water Agency’s Board of Directors, said Clarke made a big difference in the outcome.
“I believe it went a lot better and with more understanding with the help of Jack Clarke,” Bishop said.
Bishop credits Clarke with appearing at all the hearings, explaining the problems so everyone understood them, and bringing together a disparate group of competing interests.
Clarke himself considers the water rights adjudication as his major accomplishment, but there are others.
“I’ve worked with Jack for almost the last 30 years, and the fire district and the water company have had an outstanding relationship,” said Apple Valley Fire Chief Doug Qualls. “It’s very, very unique.”
Clarke said that statewide, fire departments and water companies tend to have contentious relationships, but not in
“The improvements that they have made to the water system have been phenomenal. I don’t want to overstate, but I don’t think you can in terms of the fire district’s ability to deliver (water) in the event of an emergency.”
Clarke said he plans to travel and do some consulting work after he retires.
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