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April 20, 2009
4. Water Quality –
Water recycle plan in works
The
By Daniel Lopez
Recycled water for irrigation use appears to be on tap for areas of
Last week, agreements were finalized between Marina Coast Water District and the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency to develop the Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project.
The project, once completed, will deliver about 1,500 acre-feet of water to the cities of
Bringing recycled water to the area would reduce dependency on the
"It just adds another spoke to your water wheel," he said.
The recycled water would be distributed after being treated through extra filtration and disinfection at the Pollution Control Agency's wastewater plant in
"It doesn't take a lot of energy to recycle water," Keith Israel, general manger of the Pollution Control Agency, said.
During the last 11 years, about 60 percent of the wastewater treated at the plant has been recycled, he said, and the agency has a goal of recycling all of the water it treats.
Farmers in the Castroville area use the roughly 12,000 acre-feet of water produced from spring to fall.
Currently, the wastewater not being reused is treated and then released into
"It's a waste to see this water going out to the ocean when it could be used,"
The next steps to moving the project forward are securing funding and determining the level of demand that exists for recycled water.
City parks and golf courses, including the greens at
Constructing the roughly 10-mile delivery pipeline, which would run along Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard, and the need for a pump station at the treatment plant in Marina may cost $25 million, Heitzman said.
"It's going to be something that serves the public for decades," Heitzman said.
Recycled water could be delivered as soon as 2011.
Cal Am spokeswoman Catherine Bowie said the possibility of connecting to the recycled water is appealing.
The state Water Resources Control Board has ordered Cal Am to reduce its pumping from the
Cal Am's proposal to build a seawater desalination plant in Moss Landing as a solution has undergone environmental review.
Alternative projects that have been evaluated are a Cal Am-owned desalination plant called the North Marina Project, and the Regional Project, which would combine a publicly owned desalination plant in
The state Public Utilities Commission will recommend the development of one of the projects or a combination of features from them in a report that could be finished by late summer.
Local agencies have already made some agreements that could move the Regional Project forward.
"We are seeing so much progress and it's very encouraging,"
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