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Description
San Bruno City Council Meeting May 11, 2010 10b. SF Utilities Commission Presentation
B
Good
evening,
mr.
mayor
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Steve
Richie
I
am
the
assistant
general
manager
of
the
San
Francisco
Public
Utilities
Commission
for
water.
You
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
tonight
to
make
a
presentation
to
you
about
a
very
important
project
to
both
of
us.
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
I
emphasize
that
we
value
san
bruno
as
a
customer
of
ours
of
the
regional
water
system.
B
You
know,
there's
many
people
who
who
receive
water
through
the
regional
system
and
they're
all
very
important
customers
to
us
project
will
be
talking
about
benefits.
We
believe
San
Bruno,
San,
Francisco
and
the
regional
water
system
as
a
whole.
It's
really
a
way
to
make
sure
that
we're
managing
our
water
supplies
through
wet
years,
so
that
we
have
water
available
in
dry
years,
which
is
so
critical
to
us
in
terms
of
how
we
deal
with
times
of
drought.
C
Thank
you,
Steve
mayor
council
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
tonight
on
our
proposed
regional.
Groundwater,
storage
and
recovery
project
wanted
to
first
start
and
just
AK,
just
a
little
introduction
about
the
San
Francisco
PUC.
We
are
a
wholesale
and
retail
water
supplier
to
2.5
million
people
in
the
in
the
Bay
Area.
Eighty-Five
percent
of
the
water
comes
from
the
Hetch
Hetchy
watershed
up
in
the
cemetery
National
Park,
that
water
is
transmitted
167
miles
by
pipelines
and
tunnels
into
the
San,
Francisco,
Bay,
Area
and
then
come,
and
then
we
also
have
the
other.
C
C
The
main
service
goals
that
are
the
strengthen
the
system
to
have
it
be
able
to
deliver
the
water
after
an
earthquake
to
deliver
the
highest
quality
water
to
be
able
to
meet
future
anticipated
treatment
requirements
that
our
treatment
plants
provide
for
system,
redundancies
and
crossovers
for
maintenance
and
emergencies,
protect
the
natural
and
human
environment
and
then
the
last
one
developed
new
sources
of
groundwater
or
recycled
water
to
meet
our
water
supply
and
dry.
Your
needs
and
that
that
element
is
where
this
groundwater
storage
and
recovery
project
fits
in.
C
C
The
reservoir
looking
downstream
at
the
dam
and
water
levels
were
dangerously
low
at
that
time,
and
so
we
put
together
a
package
of
projects
both
this
project
regaining
our
capacity
in
Calaveras
and
Crystal
Springs
reservoir,
as
well
as
water
transfers
to
meet
our
dry
year
needs
I
want
to
just
talk
in
general
about
ground,
wire
and
storage
and
recovery.
What
does
that
mean
the
that
another
term
for
that?
C
That's
used
as
conjunctive
use,
the
Department
of
Water
Resources
defines
it
as
coordinated
use
of
groundwater
and
surface
water,
where
the
where,
in
normal
of
wet
years,
that
water
can
be
stored,
underground
and
then
accessed
in
dry
years.
So
it's
the
storing
it
in
the
Raney's
in
normal
and
wet
years,
and
then
accessing
that
or
recovering
it
in
the
dry
years
and
there's
a
lot
of
different
there's
three
different
ways:
typically,
that
that
water
stored,
sometimes
it's
spread
in
surface
ponds
and
allowed
to
infiltrate
into
the
ground
surface.
C
Others
other
water
utilities
inject
it
into
wells,
to
store
it
underground
and
then
a
third
way
in
the
way
that
we're
proposing
for
this
project
is
it
in
lieu.
So,
in
lieu
of
pumping
during
normal
and
wet
years,
we
provide
additional
surface
water
to
meet
the
customers
needs
and
then,
during
the
dry
year,
then
that
water
is
pumped
back
out
Santa
Clara
Valley
Water
District,
a
CWD
across
the
bay
in
zone
7.
All
our
have
been
implementing
this
type
of
storage
recovery
project
for
many
years.
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
the
partnerships.
C
That's
gone
on
between
san
bruno
daly
city
Cal,
what
are
in
their
south
san
francisco
service
area
in
the
PUC
in
the
in
the
West
Side
basin?
Since
the
mid-90s,
we've
worked
cooperatively
on
a
number
of
projects,
improving
the
geologic
understanding
of
the
basin,
doing
monitoring,
developing
a
computer
model
of
the
basin
constructing
groundwater
monitoring
wells,
we've
done
a
pilot,
storage
and
recovery
project.
C
You
look
at
the
feasibility
of
this
banking
working
on
recycled
water
projects
and
then,
most
recently,
san
bruno
has
taken
the
lead
on
the
southwest
side,
groundwater
management
plan
and
with
with
input
from
these
other
agencies.
So
there's
been
a
quite
a
history
of
working
together
so
on
to
the
project.
So
this
this
is
a
outline
of
the
the
westside
groundwater
basin.
Extends
from
Golden
Gate
Park
down
through
daly
city
colma,
south
san
francisco
underlies
san
bruno
and
and
then
down
to
burlingame
the
for
convenience.
C
There
are
the
three
partner
agencies
in
the
southwest
side
basin,
our
daly
city
in
their
service
area,
Cal
water,
showing
their
service
area
in
san
bruno,
the
basin
thins,
the
south,
millbrae
and
burlingame
don't
use
groundwater
for
municipal
use.
The
the
key
component
here
is
these
other
three
entities
are
able
to
use
both
groundwater
and
san
francisco
system
water,
which
makes
a
perfect
fit
for
this
kind
of
water
storage.
Questions
are
in
the
middle
of
this.
C
The
capacity
so
in
on
well,
let
me
how
about
in
water
supply,
actually
the
the
Hetch
Hetchy
system,
both
the
Hetch
Hetchy
and
the
local
reservoirs,
have
a
we
have.
A
typical
yield
of
265
million
gallons
per
day
is
what
that
that
surface
water
supply
is
in
this.
This
project,
the
dry
year
component
of,
is
just
over
7
million
gallons
per
day.
So
it's
a
small
but
important
component
of
that
dry
year
mix
with
these
with
these
other
projects.
C
The
to
put
that
another
thing,
though,
that's
impressive.
The
footage
in
comparison
is
the
amount
of
storage
that
and
I'll
show
this
later,
but
I
think
it's
worthwhile
just
saying.
Looking
at
this
slide,
the
amount
of
water
that
we
can
store
underground
in
this
portion
of
the
basin
has
been
estimated
at
seventy
thousand
acre
feet,
of
which
we
want
to
utilize.
Roughly
sixty
thousand
acre
feet
and
sixty
thousand
acre
feet
is
that
is
the
volume
of
water.
C
That's
in
Crystal
Springs
reservoir
upper
and
lower
Crystal
Springs
reservoir
for
further
down
on
the
peninsula
that
you
see
from
I
to
80,
or
you
drive
over
when
you're
going
over
92
to
to
Half
Moon
Bay.
So
that's
a
sizable
amount
of
water
supply
to
be
able
to
store
in
the
space,
in
fact,
so
this
is
how
the
project
would
work.
So
this
upper
upper
graphic
is
a
schematic
cross-section
of
the
Westside
basin,
with
the
saturated
current
saturated
dock
for
shown
in
blue.
C
So
the
bet
Basin
boundaries
here,
stippled
pattern
and
then
the
vacated,
storage,
I'll
call
it
so
historically,
water
levels
were
higher
in
the
basin
due
to
historic
pumping
is
lowered,
the
water
level
in
the
basin
to
two
to
three
hundred
feet
below
the
ground
surface,
and
so
there's
an
ability
to
store
water.
In
this
this
this
vacated
storage,
the
this
is.
This
is
a
typical
well
like
San
Bruno
has
a
municipal
supply
well,
and
so
that's
sort
of
the
existing
conditions.
C
And
then
here's
the
drier
conditions-
and
this
is
the
benefit
of
the
projects-
is
then
both
san
bruno,
the
other
partners,
turn
on
their
municipal
wells.
We
turn
on
the
project
Wells
to
recover
that
stored
water.
I'll
show
you
a
little
different
accounting
of
that.
You
know
again.
It
was
existing
conditions
wet
year
dry
year
to
look
at
that
a
little
differently.
This
is
the
same
concept,
existing
conditions
on
the
left.
What
year
dry
year.
This
is
the
total
water
use
of
those
three
utilities
combined
and
so
typically.
C
Currently,
there's
fourteen
and
a
half
million
gallons
per
day
of
surface
water
used
by
those
entities,
and
then
groundwater
from
the
from
all
those
agencies
are
pumping
about
6.7
million
gallons
per
day.
The
way
that
water
stored
is
then,
we
would
increase
in
the
normal
and
wet
years.
We
would
increase
our
deliveries
to
those
customers.
They
would
still
maintain
some
pumping
to
keep
the
wells
exercised
and
so
that
water
goes
into
storage
and
then
the
payout.
C
So
the
project
benefits
both
our
regional
and
and
local.
The
new
dry
year,
storage
of
six,
you
know
to
have
a
local
storage
of
61
thousand
acre
feet.
If
you
imagine
trying
to
build
a
reservoir
in
the
bay
area,
the
size
of
Crystal
Springs
reservoir
today
would
be
nearly
impossible.
The
permit
and
trying
to
find
that
much
land
provides
it
a
huge
regional
benefit
to
all
the
all
the
PUC
customers.
C
There's
no
evaporation,
brown
water,
that's
stored,
underground,
isn't,
subject
to
evaporation.
You
have
several
feet
of
evaporation
from
surface
water
reservoirs
every
year
on
a
local
level.
The
basin
controllers
will
be
higher
in
most
years,
and
so
there
be
less,
there
will
be
less
pumping
lift
costs,
because
that
water
will
be
shallower.
Take
less
energy
to
pull
that
water
out
of
the
ground
when
it's
being
used.
The
wells
can
also
be
used
as
a
backup
to
the
partner
agencies.
C
So
there's
sixteen
well
sites
that
we've
looked
at
plus
three
alternatives
that
have
been
identified.
We
did
a
alternatives,
analysis
where
we
looked
at
about
40,
different
well
sites
in
them
in
the
basin
and
then
and
then
have
started
the
environmental
process
and
field
work
to
move
move
forward
on
evaluating
these
well
proposed
sites.
C
Let
me
just
give
you
the
basic
project,
description
and
schedule
here,
so
the
project
would
require
developing
agreements
with
then
with
each
of
the
partners
to
store
the
store
and
recover
the
water
we
developed.
The
design.
Drought
is
a
7.2
million
gallons
per
day
over
seven
and
a
half
year
design
drought.
So
that's
60
thousand
acre
feet
when
filled
with
last
seven
and
a
half
years
would
provide
a
seven
and
a
half
year
benefit
to
the
region.
C
It's
a
pretty
draconian
drought
which
hasn't
occurred
historically,
but
was
put
together
a
sore
to
historic,
long-term
droughts
to
design
for
a
worst-case
scenario,
and
then
we
pump
only
the
stored
water.
This
isn't
an
extraction
project
to
go
out
in
pumping
native
water
from
the
basin,
but
only
stored
water
that
an
operating
committee
would
be
developed
with
the
partners
to
monitor
the
volume
stored
in
the
polymn
pumped
I
told
you.
C
The
schedule
we'vewe've.
This
is
a
project-
that's
been
in
the
been
in
planning
for
many
years
and
and
sort
of
thought
about
and
then
was
put
into
this
water
system
improvement
program
to
probably
provide
the
funding.
So
we've
completed
fieldwork
initial
analysis
at
14
of
the
16
sites
started
the
environmental
review
last
summer.
The
e
ir
is
expected
to
be
out
by
the
middle
of
next
year,
mid-2011
and
then
certified
in
2012.
The
operations
agreement
would
be
finalized
after
the
EIRs
certified.
C
The
design
is
starting
and
we're
starting
to
have
discussions
with
the
partner
agencies
about
the
preliminary
design
criteria,
the
bid
and
will
award
wouldn't
happen
until
12
2013
and
then
construction,
2013,
2
2015
opportunities
for
public
input.
We're
expecting
to
have
a
scheduled
meeting
later
this
summer.
That
will
coordinate
with
san
bruno
staff
on
the
timing
and
location.
Then,
once
the
ER
is
out,
there'll
be
public
meetings
associated
with
that,
so
an
ability
for
citizens
to
comment
and
the
city
to
comment
on
the
draft
dir
and
that's
all
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
C
A
D
Might
be
better
if
I
answer
that
question
I
asked
Greg
to
avoid
discussion
tonight,
because
it's
premature
of
any
of
these
types
of
issues
that
would
be
specifically
related
to
a
contractual
agreement
that
would
accompany
a
decision
in
a
moving
forward
towards
an
actual
conjunctive
use
program
in
which
we
and
the
other
partner
agencies
formally
implemented.
Just
as
a
little
bit
of
background.
I'll
come
to
your
specific
question
in
a
second,
the
City
Council
is
probably
aware
that
we've
been
in
discussion
in
some
level
really
about
over
the
last
10
years.
D
So
this
is
a
project
that
has
a
long
history
and
it's
one
that
we
are
continuing
to
participate
in
discussions
with
the
PFC
and
the
other
partner
agencies
are
very
pleased
to
see
these
technical
studies
and
the
other
detailed
information
being
developed.
That
will
help
staff
advise
you
and
will
help
you
make
a
final
decision
about
a
contractual
relationship,
the
cost
of
the
water.
D
How
much
of
that
water
during
wet
years
we
would
purchase
and
pay
for,
and
what
that
rate
would
be
would
be
subject
to
those
specific
contractual
discussions,
and
that
is
still
an
issue
about
which
there
has
been
substantial
discussion,
but
about
which
there
is
at
this
moment
no
final
decision.
Thank.
A
E
I'd
like
to
these
are
both
the
city
manager.
To
explain
to
the
public
is
this?
Is
this
good
for
San
Bruno?
You
know.
Is
this
an
advantage
that
we
have
say
over
other
cities
that
don't
pump
water
and
that
are
totally
dependent
on
on
puc
waters,
because
you
know
there's
three
cities
that
pump
water
and
I
see
how
the
map-
and
we
happen
to
be
over
a
nice
aquifer-
I
mean
none
of
the
you
know.
E
None
of
the
pumps
are
in
San
Francisco,
and
so
you
know,
did
South
San
Francisco
its
daly
city
and
its
san
bruno
that
are
going
to
be
affected
by
this.
So
does
that
give
us
a
you
know
an
advantage
in
the
future
with
possible
what
the
obvious
you
know,
increases
in
rates
and
you
know,
and
and
and
the
ever-present
you
know,
droughts
that
they
come.
D
D
The
the
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
that
San
Bruno
has
been
benefited
and
will
continue
to
be
benefited
by
the
technical
evaluations
that
are
part
of
this
process
and
which
we
are
pursuing
as
a
lead
agency
in
the
ground
water
management
plan
that
it
is
recently
being
started
in
which
the
PUC
and
others
are
participating
with
us.
The
so
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
that
we
are.
D
We
have
have
been
benefited
and
will
continue
to
be
benefited
by
the
by
the
technical
information
by
the
ability
to
make
choices
with
respect
to
management
of
our
system
and
provision
of
water
to
our
customers.
Our
residents
and
whether
or
not
ultimately,
the
details
of
an
agreement
and
the
precise
operational
programme
of
a
conjunctive
use
project
are
of
interest
and
benefit
to
city
of
San.
Bruno
is
pending
some
amount
of
further
investigation
and
negotiations
and
the
environmental
review
of
the
project.
A
Thank
you,
alright.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
we
do
of
this
a
question
from
the
public
robert
rico,
seventh
avenue.
I
believe.
A
number
of
years
ago
we
san
bruno
was
asked
not
to
pump
water
or
six
months,
nine
months
or
whatever,
when
they
were
looking
at
water
levels
in
Lake,
Merced
or
whatever
and
storage,
and
the
SFPUC
agreed
at
that
point
to
sell
us
water
at
the
same
cost
or
close
to
it
that
we
pumped
our
own.
A
So
in
effect
there
was
no
major
net
difference
in
the
cost
of
water
to
supply
to
to
our
residence.
Has
that
been
given
that
same
principle
been
given
discussion
or
thought
in
this?
If
we
are
going
to
participate
in
this,
should
we
be
able
to
buy
water
in
the
the
wet
years
from
the
PUC
at
about
the
same
price
that
we
could
have
pumped
so
that
there
wouldn't
be
a
drastic
difference
in
cost
to
our
residents,
city
manager,.
D
The
the
program
that
mr.
Michael
is
talking
about
is
in
fact,
is
mr.
Bartow
mentioned
earlier
trial,
conjunctive
use
program
that
was,
in
effect,
I
believe
in
2003-2004
time
period
approximately,
and
that
is
in
fact
the
mr.
Rocco
correctly
recites
the
agreement
that
was
in
place
at
that
time,
and
the
answer
is
yes.
Similar
arrangement
is
part
of
the
discussion
that
has
occurred
and
again
whether
where
we
end
up
with
precise
details
and
cost
arrangements
is
subject
to
further
discussion.