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 ?