The Water Authority Board Chair provided updates from two presentations: 1) The Director of Finance discussed the water rates breakdown and how the Water Authority is challenging MWD's rates in court to save tens of millions annually. 2) The Deputy General Manager presented on the MWD rates lawsuit and their efforts to push MWD to reduce unnecessary spending and lower their rate increase for 2013. 3) A Q&A session followed each presentation.

1. Water Authority Board Chair Michael T. Hogan
September 18, 2012
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2.  Tracy McCraner – Director of Finance
◦ Water Rates Breakdown
 Sandy
Kerl – Deputy General
Manager
◦ MWD Rates Lawsuit
Q & A after each presentation
 Twitter Hashtag: #watertalks
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3. LAKE
SHASTA
San Diego County
LAKE imports ~70% of its
OROVILLE
water supply
State Water Project
(Bay-Delta)
15%
Colorado River
55%
Local Supplies
and Conservation
30%
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5. Increasing San Diego County's Water Supply
Reliability through Supply Diversification
1991 2011(final) 2020
5%
11%
4%
14%
95% 3%
10% 13% 6%
13% 11%
7%
Total = 578
44% 4%
TAF 24%
30%
6%
Total = 594 TAF
Total = 779 TAF
Metropolitan Water District Recycled Water
Imperial Irrigation District Transfer
Seawater Desalination
All American & Coachella Canal Lining Groundwater
Conservation (existing and additional) Local Surface Water

6. IID and Canal Lining Deliveries 2003-2021
Acre-Feet
300,000
250,000
IID Water
Transfer
200,000
Canal Lining
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Calendar Year
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7.  Significant investments in local supply development
◦ 17 active non-potable recycling projects countywide
◦ Brackish groundwater desalting facilities
◦ Several hundred million dollars invested since 1991
 Sustaining increased conservation ethic
 Increases in water recycling and groundwater projects
 Seawater desalination
◦ Carlsbad
◦ Camp Pendleton
◦ Rosarito Beach
 Indirect Potable Reuse
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8. Investing in Water Authority Facilities*
1999 2011
266,375 AF 58 Miles 100 MGD
44.5 MW
27.5 Miles
107 Facilities
300 Miles
266 Miles
85 Facilities
5 Miles
2.8 MW
0 AF 0 Miles 0 MGD
Pipelines Pipe Relining Regional Water Canal Lining Pumping/Control Regional Water Hydroelectric
Storage Facilities Treatment Facility
Miles Miles Miles
Acre-Foot (AF) Number Millions of Gallons Megawatt (MW)
per Day (MGD)
*Includes 152,000 acre-feet of storage from the San Vicente Dam Raise, now under construction

9.  Pushing MWD to reduce spending
◦ Reduced MWD’s rate increase for 2013
◦ Saves region $5 million
 Challenging MWD’s rates in court
◦ Overcharges cost tens of millions of
dollars annually
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10.  Fiscal Year 2012/13 budget reduced 16%;
reductions include
◦ $150 million in project deferrals
◦ Workforce reduction – 31.33 positions during current
budget
◦ Refinancing debt- saving $2 million in 2013
◦ “Right-sizing” conservation spending
◦ Reduced spending on supplies, travel, training, etc.
 Lowered debt service coverage ratio for 2013
◦ Significantly reduced 2013 rate increase
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11.  Over past two decades:
◦ Achieved major water supply diversification
◦ Secured 280,000 AF/YR of long-term reliable new
supplies from Colorado River
◦ Reduced reliance on MWD supplies
◦ Achieved sustained water conservation
◦ Invested billions in new, major water supply
infrastructure
◦ Vastly improved water supply reliability to protect
region’s $186 billion economy and quality of life for 3.1
million people
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13. Visit our website: SDCWA.org
sdcwa.org/mobile-news-app
@sdcwa
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