BACWA – Leading the way to protect our Bay

BACWA Regional ProgramsIncluding Bay Area Regional Water Recycling

Michele M PlaExecutive Director

Bay Area Clean Water Agencies

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BACWA Vision Statement

Develop a region-wide understanding of the watershed protection and enhancement needs through reliance on sound science, environmental and economic information and ensure that this understanding leads to long-term stewardship of the San Francisco Bay Estuary

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Who Are BACWA

• Joint Powers Authority of Five Principals– San Francisco PUC– EBMUD– City of San Jose– Central Contra Costa San Distict– East Bay Dischargers Authority

• Thirteen Associate Members• Twenty Five Affiliate Members

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Regional Projects

Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Project

Bay Area Biosolids Processing Facility

Clean Estuary PartnershipRisk Exposure Reduction

Bay Area Pollution Prevention Group

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Recycled water

• Provides reliable drought proof supply• Reduces discharge of wastewater to

Bay• Can be used to correct salinity

problems in North Bay wetlands and to reduce deleterious freshwater inflows in South Bay

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BARWRP Master Plan

• Completed in 1999• Identified priority projects• Identified regional issues that impact

recycling such as public acceptance• Individual projects on list have been

getting funded and implemented consistent with Master Plan

• 50 thousand Acre-Feet per year has been developed since 1999

• 110 thousand Acre-Feet can be developed by 2020 with Federal and State assistance

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BARWRP Study Area

• Recycle Master Plan covers recycle planning for 22 Bay Area public entities

• Represents over one-sixth of the population of California

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CALFED Authorization

• CALFED Authorization bill requires USBR to determine if recycling projects in BARWRP are “feasible” for Title XVI funding

• Deadline for finding is April 23, 2005

• Written findings due by Secretary of Interior to Congress by July 23, 2005

• 13 BARWRP agencies have submitted documentation on projects to USBR

• Only $300,000 in federal funding included for Bay Area recycling in President’s budget for FY 06

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Bay Area agencies have formed several local partnerships to develop recycled water opportunities and are requesting Title 16 “feasibility determinations”:

• ACWD with Union San • CCCSD• City of Daly City • City of Livermore• City of Palo Alto • City of Redwood City• City of San Jose • City of Santa Clara• DDSD with local cities • EBMUD with DSRSD• EMBUD with UC Berkeley • EBMUD + East Bay cities• SCVWD with local cities • San Benito County WD• SFPUC with local cities

CALFED Authorization

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CALFED Water Recycling State/Federal Funding

Balance

Bay Area CALFED Funding

3 Projects

$11million

Southern California CALFED Funding

24 Projects

$ 112 million

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Additional Recycling

Opportunities• 10 projects submitted to SWRCB

for funding under Prop 50, Chapter 7

• 17 additional Bay Area projects at some stage of development

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Next Steps• Secretary of Interior

feasibility findings due to Congress by July 2005

• Need Authorization once findings are complete

• FY 06 and 07 federal funding to be explored for appropriations

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Bay Area Regional Biosolids Processing Facility

• Biosolids are the residual from the wastewater treatment process– Treated and beneficially reused

• Land application is not a long term viable option for reuse of biosolids

• Study started in January 2004 on feasibility of a regional processing facility– Found to be feasible

• Second phase of analysis is underway

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Mission Statement

The mission of the BACWA Biosolids Committee is to develop a publicly supportable, regional biosolids recycling and management program that provides economical, diversified, reliable, and sustainable options that benefit communities and the environment.

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Feasibility Study:

BACWA Objectives & Criteria

Regional Benefits

Siting Considerations

Local End Uses

Public Acceptance

CommunityImpacts

TechnicalReliability

Long-Term, Stable Market

Environmentally Beneficial

Permittable

Decision Processes

Cost Allocation

Risk Allocation

Ownership / Project Delivery

Supportability GovernanceSustainability

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Feasibility Study

Program Requirements

• Location: must be located in 9-county Bay Area

• Quality: biosolids delivered for processing at facility must meet EQ limits for Part 503 Rule and SWRCB Water Quality Order 2000-10-DWQ

• Processing Technologies:– capable of meeting all current regulations– demonstrated successful full scale experience– capable of processing biosolids similar to

participating agencies’

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Feasibility Study

Feasibility Study Outcomes• Governance / Ownership

Structures– Guiding Principles– Draft Terms & Conditions

• Siting– Former Oakland Army

Base– Delta Diablo Sanitation

District WWTP– West Contra Costa County

Solid Waste Landfill• Technology

– Thermal Drying– Composting

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Regional Biosolids program will involve two contracting

instruments

Governance Structure1

Project Delivery Selection

Participation Terms & Conditions

2Participation Contracts

Inter-Agency Governance Agreement Regional Joint Powers Authority Joint Venture Lead Agency Merchant Facility

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Next Steps for Regional Biosolids

• Agreement on Who are interested Agencies that will take the next step

• Settle on two sites – for Phase III• Undertake Facility Planning and

Environmental Review• Develop Joint Powers Agreement • Eventually develop facility

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Clean Estuary PartnershipMission Statement

Use sound science, adaptive management, and public collaboration to develop and implement technically valid and cost-

effective strategies (including TMDLs) that result in identifiable, sustainable water

quality improvements for San Francisco Bay.

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Risk Exposure Reduction

• Fish in the Bay are Contaminated by Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides

• Harmful to eat, especially for young children and women of child bearing years

• TMDLs are intended to result in protection of uses – but it will take a long time

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Clean Estuary Partnership Working on Risk Exposure

Reduction• Partners are evaluating best

approaches to • Kick off programs to educate and inform

specific communities about catching and eating fish from the Bay

• Develop education and communication with health care professional on indications of potential health problems

• Institutionalization in DOHS and other agencies of specific programs

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Bay Area Pollution Prevention Group

• BayWise• Integrated Pest Control Management

– Flyers in hardware and garden stores

• Think Before You Put it In the Sink All programs are regionally focused and designed to prevent pollutants from getting into the sewerage or

stormwater management systems

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BACWA Members Are Thinking Regionally

• Watershed Stewardship calls for:– Pollution prevention– Best management of waste, both liquid

and solids– Participation with others to develop

broader based water quality attainment plans for the Bay

– Focus on risk reduction

• Your support is much appreciated