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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
APRIL 2, 2019
TITLE:
RECEIVE AND FILE RECYCLED
WATER MASTER PLAN
(NONGENERAL FUND)
{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6, 1A}
CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Receive and file the Recycled Water Master Plan.
DISCUSSION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
❑ As Recommended
❑ As Amended
❑ Ordinance on 111 Reading
❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading
❑ Implementing Resolution
❑ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
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The City Water Enterprise provides potable drinking water for all of the City's residents and
businesses, delivering an average of 30 million gallons a day. In order to accomplish this, the City
owns and operates a water system that consists of 480 miles of pipe, 22 groundwater wells, 4
pressure control stations, 7 import water connections, 7 water booster stations, 8 reservoirs, and
45,000 service connections.
The City supplies water to meet its demand from three sources. About 75% of the water supply
comes from the local wells from the Lower Santa Ana River Groundwater Basin, also known as
the Orange County Groundwater Basin. About 24% is imported surface water from the Colorado
River and San Joaquin Delta purchased from the Metropolitan Water District, and approximately
1 % comes from recycled water sources.
The City of Santa Ana receives recycled water from the Orange County Water District (OCWD)
recycled water system called the Green Acres Project (GAP). GAP is a water reuse effort that
provides recycled water for landscape irrigation at parks, schools, and golf courses; industrial
uses, such as carpet dyeing; toilet flushing; and cooling for power generation. Currently, recycled
water use in Santa Ana is limited, but includes the irrigation of some City parks, schools, street
medians, green belts, and commercial -industrial uses. Only about 1% of the City's total water
demand (350 acre-feet) is supplied by recycled water. Using recycled water directly supplants
potable water use which, in turn, reduces the demand on the groundwater basin and preserves
potable supplies for other uses.
The existing recycled water distribution system exists in only a small portion of the City and is
wholly owned and operated by OCWD. In order for the availability and use of recycled water to
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expand in the community, the City would need to build and operate its own recycled water
system. There are many environmental and economic benefits of expanding recycled water use
throughout the community, including a source of lower-cost water, saving local resources, and
the ability to irrigate landscapes in times of drought.
A recycled water master plan is utilized by municipalities and water agencies as a systematic
means to identify and assess the best and most efficient means of developing a recycled water
system that meets the demands and expectations of the community. The 2019 City of Santa
Ana Recycled Water Master Plan (Plan) includes the development of a computerized hydraulic
model, identification of recycled water demand in the community, identification of recycled water
sources, and establishes an ordered list of capital improvement projects and costs. The Plan will
serve as the basis of future decisions regarding the potential expansion of recycled water in the
City, and assist the City in obtaining available grant funding for the identified projects.
The Plan establishes a Capital Improvement Program schedule and budget for the proposed
expansion of the system. The Plan provides focus to the areas of most immediate need and
where benefits may be achieved, and includes required infrastructure assets necessary to deliver
recycled water to new users. Highlights from the Plan include the following:
• Establishes four phases of recycled water system expansion
• Identifies a total of 448 potential recycled water customers consuming about 3,032 acre-
feet of recycled water annually
• Identifies an initial investment of $6.22 million to deliver an additional 1,185 acre-feet of
recycled water annually to 141 potential users
• Plans for expansion of the system to reach all major areas of the City
• Uses a format consistent with requirements of regulatory and grant funding agencies.
The City of Santa Ana Water Resources staff will utilize the Plan to pursue grant funding
opportunities and prepare future operations and capital improvements schedules with
corresponding budgets. Staff will coordinate the Plan's findings along with the current and future
water rate studies to provide a more environmentally responsible water system for the Santa Ana
community.
The City Recycled Water Master Plan March 2019 is available on the City's website at:
https://www.santa-ana.org/sites/defau It/files/pw/documents/_City-of-Santa-Ana-
Recycled-Water-Master-Plan-March-2019. pdf
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
This item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #6 - Community Facilities & Infrastructure,
Objective #1 (establish and maintain a Community Investment Plan for all City assets), Strategy A
(develop a complete inventory of all assets to determine the scope of improvements needed to
sustain the City's current infrastructure investment).
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
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Fuad Sweiss, PE, PLS
Execu ive Director
Public orks Agency
FSS/NS/RR
Exhibit: 1. 2019 Recycled Water Master Plan may be reviewed at:
htti2s://www. sa nta-an a. org/pw/wate r-and-sewer/water-
services/Santa Ana Recycled Water Master Plan March 2019
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