NorCal SectionMonthly Meeting

April 22, 2008

Recycled Water Program

Public Outreach & Lessons Learned

Doug VenableEl Dorado Irrigation District

• Drinking Water

• Waste Water

• Hydroelectric

• Recreation

• Recycled Water

El Dorado County

Produced over

1 billion gallons of recycled

water

TwoWWTPs

SerranoFirst subdivision in California to use dual

plumbed front & back yard landscape irrigation

Required Use For new developments where recycled water is available

Approved new housing developments with recycled water

• Blackstone– 1,445 units

• Hawk View– 114 units

• Bell Woods– 80 units

• Carson Creek– 1,973 units

Total of 3,612 new homes to be builtTotal of 3,612 new homes to be built

Golf Course

Residential Front YardsResidential Front Yards

Residential Back YardsResidential Back Yards

MediansMedians

ParksParks

SchoolyardsSchoolyards

Building An Outreach Program

Taylor the Program

• Who is your audience?

• What are their concerns?

Dual Plumbed Community

Methods of Communication

• Website & Email

• Brochures

• Bill inserts

• Postcards...

• Newsletters

• Newspaper articles

• Fact sheets

• Workshops & Public meetings

• Surveys & Questionnaires

Building Relationships

• Home Owner’s Associations• Neighborhood groups• Community advocate groups• CC&R’s• Develop trust & relationships

– Education– Transparent objectives– Provide facts– Early planning– Collaboration

Comprehensive Program Development

• Health & safety– Title 22– Cross-connection prevention– Backflow protection

• Good irrigation practices

• Agency requirements– Approval process– Inspections

Site Supervisor

• Industrial & Commercial– Facility Employee– Irrigation Contractor

• Responsibilities– Maintaining system– Monitor recycled water use– Uphold local agency rules & regulations– Train & educate facility personnel– Report all modifications to system

Site Supervisor

• Residential applications– Home Owner’s Association– Resident

• Responsibilities– Maintaining system– Monitor recycled water use– Uphold local agency rules & regulations

• Good irrigation practices

• Agency requirements– Approval process– Inspections

Irrigation Workshops

• Face to face meeting

• Irrigation plan and inspection process

• Local agency rules & regulations

• Noncompliance issues

• Questions and answers

EID Recycled Water Orientation

• Monthly workshop at HOA clubhouse

• Required for;– Contractors and Landscape Designers

(repeated every 18 months)– site supervisors– sales staff– residents

Lessons Learned

• Developers– Preconstruction meetings– Service releases– Outreach material– Public meeting venue– Sales staff– Transfer responsibility to HOA

Lessons Learned

• Homeowners– Noncompliance– Outreach– Education– Modifications– Regulations

Lessons Learned

• Contractors & Designers– Level playing field– Noncompliance– Contractor-Agency

Agreement– Clear Design & Construction

standards• Multi lingual versions

QUESTIONS?

Doug VenableEl Dorado Irrigation District

NorCal SectionMonthly Meeting

April 22, 2008