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THE OFFSPRING OF THE MOTHER OF INNOVATION
BEAUTY OR THE BEAST?
PAUL A. SCIUTO, GENERAL MANAGER
February 7, 2017
Agenda• Backstory of Beauty and the Beast
• Drinking out of the Risk Cup
• More Water equals More Winners
• Changing the Future
Monterey County Water Setting
It’s Complicated, Really
Seaside Groundwater Basin
Adjudicated Basin with limited
extraction
Salinas Groundwater Basin
Reduce seawater intrusion
Meeting SWRCB Orders
Cease and Desist orders on
Carmel River diversions
National Marine Sanctuary
Reduces pollutants
discharged to Bay
Salinas River
Reduces pollutant loads from
Clean Water Act 303(d)-
listed impaired waters
Salinas & Carmel Rivers
Habitat for steelhead
and CA red-legged
frog in decline
Groundwater Sustainability Act
Legislation passed in 2014
(Local control versus State Control)
Water Supply Diversification i.e Risk Cup
Future Sources Traditional Sources
Why Pure Water Monterey?
Pure Water Monterey is a: • multi-benefit, • multi-region, • multi-agencyproject that will provide purified, high quality, drinking water for the Monterey Peninsula and additional irrigation water for the Salinas Valley.
PURE WATER MONTEREY
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
• SWRCB Cease and Desist Order (WR 2009‐0060)
– Requires new water supply by end of 2021
• Pure Water Monterey can reduce CalAm’s Carmel River diversions by 3,500 AFY; thereby Restoring Carmel River Habitat
• AND can be implemented sooner than other proposals (i.e., desalination)
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REGIONAL PLANT FLOW
Salinas Industrial Pond Water shunt start date
April 2, 2014
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Sources of Water for Purification
Produce Wash Water or Ag Wash Water
Treated Wastewater
Sources of Water for Purification
Storm Water Runoff:• Salinas• Dry & Wet Weather
Agricultural Drainage: • Blanco Drain• Reclamation Ditch
Source Water Flow Diagram
Who Doesn’t Like a Winner
Recycled Water Availability for Agriculture
AF/YR
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Current
Future
Irrigation
Outfall
Treated Source Waters
Ozone Treatment
Membrane Filtration
Reverse Osmosis
UV Disinfection and Hydrogen
Peroxide
How Does Advanced Purification Work?
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Existing Cal-Am/Seaside Wells
ASR(Carmel River
Water)
Groundwater Injection
WellVadose Zone
Well
Rainfall
Groundwater
Dune and Alluvial Deposits
Paso Robles Aquifer
Santa Margarita Aquifer
Monterey Formation
Groundwater Replenishment Schematic
Change…. Not in your pocket
• Collaboration
• Expansion
• New Frontiers
Expanding Boundaries
Farmworker Housing Connection
Pure Water Monterey Demonstration Facility
Drinking is Believing
Questions ?