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The document discusses how stormwater is being treated as a resource in Southern California through programs like the Enhanced Watershed Management Program. This program takes an integrated planning approach to manage stormwater runoff, focusing on capture and reuse of stormwater as well as groundwater recharge. Examples are given of projects like the Rory M. Shaw Wetlands Park that have been implemented to manage stormwater runoff through infiltration and create recreational and habitat benefits.
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How to Overcome Public Perception Issues on Potable Reuse Projects
Michael R. Markus, P.E., Orange County Water District, Fountain Valley, CA
Eleanor Torres, Orange County Water District, Fountain Valley, CA
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how the Orange County Water District
(the District; OCWD) was able to insulate itself from public opposition to its potable reuse
project, the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS).
To understand what challenges the District would be facing it is important to first understand
what was happening with other projects that were being developed at the same time in
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with the project to help anticipate and react to various issues that developed. Finally, it will be
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District has taken to educate people on the benefits of reuse.
Introduction
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and north Orange County in the state of California, U.S.A. It was created by the State
Legislature in 1933 for that purpose and is governed by a 10-member Board of Directors that
sets policy, establishes the amount of pumping out of the basin and sets tariffs. The District
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total water demands for its 19 retail agencies which serve 2.5 million people. The remaining
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the Delta to Southern California. These supplies are enough to meet the water demands in
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District relies on rainfall, stormwater capture, Santa Ana River flows, untreated imported water
and recycled water for refilling its basin. This amount of water.
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How to Overcome Public Perception Issues on Potable Reuse Projects
Michael R. Markus, P.E., Orange County Water District, Fountain Valley, CA
Eleanor Torres, Orange County Water District, Fountain Valley, CA
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how the Orange County Water District
(the District; OCWD) was able to insulate itself from public opposition to its potable reuse
project, the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS).
To understand what challenges the District would be facing it is important to first understand
what was happening with other projects that were being developed at the same time in
Southern California. Second, it is important to understand the process by which the outreach
program was developed and how it was executed. That program was ongoing and changed
with the project to help anticipate and react to various issues that developed. Finally, it will be
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Legislature in 1933 for that purpose and is governed by a 10-member Board of Directors that
sets policy, establishes the amount of pumping out of the basin and sets tariffs. The District
currently has set the amount of groundwater that can be pumped out of the basin at 77% of the
total water demands for its 19 retail agencies which serve 2.5 million people. The remaining
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The Southern California region has a semi-arid climate, which receives approximately 355 mm
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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) built a 320 km aqueduct in the
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the Delta to Southern California. These supplies are enough to meet the water demands in
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Groundwater basins provide an important source of supplemental supply to the imported water
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Title:
Sustainability in Water Resources Management: Changes in Meaning and Perception
Author:
Hermanowicz, S W
Publication Date:
12-01-2005
Series:
Working Papers
Publication Info:
Working Papers, Water Resources Center Archives, University of California Water Resources
Center, UC Berkeley
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Keywords:
water resources, water quality, water demand, physical sustainability, water reuse, entropy,
energy
Abstract:
The meaning of sustainability in the context of water resources management has changed
through the time. Initially meeting water demand was the dominant concern. While later quality
issues became more important followed by wider water reuse, today sustainability must include
a whole range of aspects (e.g., energy, pollution, persistent chemicals), spatial and time scales.
New approaches to define sustainability metrics are needed. A possible approach is to use
fundamentallybased entropy and energy flows.
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Sustainability in Water Resources Management
Changes in Meaning and Perception
Slawomir W. Hermanowicz
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1710
March 2005
Abstract:
The meaning of sustainability in the context of water resources management has changed through
the time. Initially meeting water demand was the dominant concern. While later quality issues
became more important followed by wider water reuse, today sustainability must include a whole
range of aspects (e.g., energy, pollution, persistent chemicals), spatial and time scales. New
approaches to define sustainability metrics are needed. A possible approach is to use fundamentally-
based entropy and energy flows.
Keywords: water resources, water quality, water demand, physical sustainability, water reuse,
entropy, energy
The Beginnings
Through the human history, the meaning of sustainability in the context of water resources
management has been changing slowly but quite perceptibly. Originally, sustainability simply meant
meeting human demands by natural supplies. For this reason, all human settlements arose in a
proximity of sufficient water sources where even peak demands were smaller than the available
“base” flow in a river or groundwater supply. As the demand for human consumption, agriculture,
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Problems with Water:
Demise of the Marsh Arabs
What sets the scales for water as a commodity?
What sets the price of water?
How does water quality enter the picture?
Is there a need to protect the price of water for some specific uses?
Does the last question suggest that waters has different worth under free trade?
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Water in our Ecosystems: Cont.
Adequate water: Domestic, industrial, agricultural uses, and the rest of nature
Sustainability of water supplies: Future use
Maintenance of water quality: Pollution from natural (salt), industrial/agriculture, domestic sources.
Trans-boundary issues: Sharing water between cities/rural districts, states, countries.
Natural Saline Waters
Colorado River
Sources of fresh water:
Ground water: Aquifers
- Volume (km³), removal rate (km³/sec)
– Issue recharge rates and depletion times
Rivers and streams: Runoff in channels
- Volume transport (km³/sec)
- Downstream water quality
Lakes: Still waters, natural and dam created
- Volume exchange: Residence times
- Water quality and pollution build up
Residence and depletion times:
Residence time:TR Equilibrium (Steady State)
Depletion rates:TD
Rate of resource decay
Problems to consider:
Calculate the residence times for the different water pools in the last lecture (see Tables).
Discuss the assumptions you have to make to turn these global numbers into something that might be useful for policy. (What do you have to assume?)
Choose a lake that you are interested in and work out its water balance.
Calculate a depletion time for an aquifer.
Water Stocks in the Environment
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From: Chow, Maidment and Mays, Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill, 1988
Water Fluxes in the Environment
Salinity ~ 35 gm salt/kg sea water; potable water < 19
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More on freshwater availability
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Global Water Balance (land)
Rainfall (119,000 km3/yr or 31 in) =
Evapotranspiration (72,000 km3/yr or 19 in) +
Runoff (44,700 km3/yr or 11.7 in) +
Infiltration (2,200 km3/yr or 0.3 in)
Conclusion: the world lives on a “water budget”
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Stocks and Fluxes
Budgeting of an environmental stock takes place over a period of time (day, month, year, etc).
[Change in Stock] = [Flux In]
- [Flux Out]
+ [Stock created]
- [Stock withdrawn]
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Rainfall Data
Annual Rainfall in the Continental US, 1895-2003
Source: NOAA (www.noaa.gov)
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Evaporation
Found by “evaporation pans”
Actual Evaporation =
Pan Evaporation x 0.70
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Transpiration
Vegetation uptake and release of water for metabolic (growth) purposes
Uptake takes place through the roots
Release takes place through the leaves (stomata)
Vegetation functions as a “pass-through” for water
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Source: Laio et al., Advances
In Water Resources 24, p. 708,
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June 19, 2014 City Managers Meeting- Storm Water
The document provides recommendations for sustainable stormwater quality funding in Los Angeles County. It recommends viewing stormwater systems as utilities requiring dedicated funding, and engaging cities, the county, and stakeholders to determine if a regional fee is viable. It also recommends continuing work on public education, pursuing legislation, and forming committees for elected officials and joint stakeholders to improve coordination and consensus building on funding solutions. The peer reviewers were asked for their perspectives on the recommendations and how best to proceed.
The Future of Energy Costs - Peter Weigand
This document summarizes a presentation for the California Cities Managers Association about changes to California's energy laws and the smart grid. It discusses how the traditional electric grid is being replaced by a smart grid that uses renewable energy and two-way communication. It outlines several new California laws and mandates affecting cities around renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicles, and low-income assistance programs. It then presents various options available to cities around purchasing renewable energy, financing energy efficiency projects, forming community choice aggregation programs, and accessing incentive programs. It discusses the concept of "smart cities" and questions the feasibility and costs of achieving full energy efficiency and renewable energy. Finally, it provides resources cities can utilize for assistance.
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