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Home My WebLink About05.a.1) (PowerPoint) Receive presentation re WateReuse FoundationMeeting , California's Water _ Needs & Goals Through Direct Potable Reuse Presented to: CCCSD Board of Directors j F r i February 5, 2015 Presented by: J.- w_ y Mike Markus, P. E. General Manager — OCWD r� i Vice Chair— WateReuse T s � Research Foundation_ President — WateReuse California Water Solutions Rooted in Science The WateReuse Research Foundation is an international non - profit organization for public benefit, to advance the awareness, use and s impact of recycled and desalinated water, through peer - review quality scientific studies and educational forums to disseminate the latest in reclaimed water science. M b Evk.*V O..ft wW Co otwsp SealdkN &M Tmavr b wwn WATE%g 1/29/2015 .fa. / 1 The WateReuse Research Foundation has grown to over 115 Subscribers il • Founded in 1993 in California, we have grown into the unique and pre - eminent source of scientific data and analysis on recycled and desalinated water. • To date we have leveraged more than $ 60 million in funding towards almost 200 research projects — from microbiology and toxicology, to economic impact analyses, to technological innovation, to professional standards for water management. WA 12E11SE California's Recycled Water Goals California has adopted a goal of increasing the use of recycled water from approximately 0.65 MAF per year, to 1.5 MAF /year by 2020, and then to 2.5 MAF /year by 2030 — approximately a four -fold t increase over the next 16 years. How will we be able to meet these goals? ll f_ 3.0 L 2.5 U Q 2.0 y 1.5 LL p 1.0 / 0.5 0.0 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 WA IZEl1SE 1/29/2015 2 Why Direct Potable Reuse? • Drought, Impending Long -Term Water Shortages • The State cannot Achieve its Water Reuse Goals with Non - Potable Reuse ° Purple Pipe Installation Costs + Disruption of Digging up City Streets is Unpalatable WAT EUSE Senate Bill 918 (SB918) • Signed into law on September 30, 2010 • Sponsored by WateReuse California • The California Department of Public Health (DPH) is to adopt regulations for indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge by December 31, 2013 • Requires DPH to adopt regulations for surface water augmentation by December 31, 2016, if an expert panel convened pursuant to the bill finds that the criteria would adequately protect public health • Requires DPH to investigate the feasibility of developing direct potable reuse and to provide a final report to the legislature by December 31, 2016 WA%REUSE 1/29/2015 3 The National Research Council Report (2012) Endorsed Potable Reuse: "Recycled water should no longer be considered a water of'last resort'. In the U.S., up to one -third of the water used nationally each day can be recycled back into water supplies." "Additional research could enhance the performance and quality assurance of existing processes and help address public concerns over the safety of reuse to human health and the environment" "The committee did not identify any technological hurdles holding back the application of reuse to address local water supply needs." WATE ELISE WateReuse's DPR Initiative • 7-f Year Initiative • 2010: • WRCA /NWRI /CUWA - workshop in Sacramento to discuss DPR and regulatory barriers and needs • Sponsored Direct Potable Reuse: A Path Forward • Sponsored SB918 • 2012: • Foundation funded 4 projects from existing resources; • Launches fundraising initiative for research and • Works/ collaborates with CDPH Expert Panel, SWRCB, Legislature • 2013 -14: raised >$6MM from water agencies, industry suppliers and launched 20 key research projects valued at $7.5M and counting • Fall of 2014: RAC convened to consider research recommendations from DDW Expert Panel WATEIZEME • 2016: Achieve a positive report to the legislature under SB918. 8 1/29/2015 4 Specific Goals To Be Achieved Through Our Collaboration • Remove barriers to IPR and DPR by 2016 • Complete body of scientific research needed, building upon "DPR: A Path Forward" and the NRC Report — covering technical, practical, economic, policy and public awareness. • Attainment of SB918 schedule for developing potable reuse regulations (i.e., IPR regulations in place; draft DPR regulations proposed). • Achieve public acceptance of DPR as measured by consumer, customer, environmental groups and political leaders espousing DPR as a solution to CA water challenges WA REUSE Success of WateReuse Research vuar ,sr W k DIRECT Br�u Pr�vrces :nrortct Pprf ; . POTABLE socw.,,:w..wo PrM Pot�. Rwir }. REUSE f A Pddh do W -dg's. _ WA REUSE d0 17 1/29/2015 4'1 Applied Research Being Funded Through DPR Initiative Treatment Reliability (WRRF- 11 -02; 13 -03; 14 -13; 14 -16) I Engineered Storage (WRRF- 12 -06) " Special New 24/7 Monitoring (WRRF- 11- 01;WRRF- 14 -01) m Public Acceptance (WRRF- 12 -06; 13 -02) ® Critical Control Points (WRRF- 13 -03; 14 -12; 14 -16) Regulatory Concerns How do we achieve treatment and process reliability through redundancy, robustness, and resilience? 18 projects / Overcome Utility Batriers to Concerns Community DPR Concerns How do we address the economic and How to we increase technical feasibility public awareness of of DPR? the water cycle and How do we train illustrate the safety of operators to run DPR to lead to these advanced acceptance? systems? W" ° =C� 17 projects 5 projects 1/29/2015 riy' �! Summary of Public /Private Support Generated By WRRF To Date: Allied Support WA REUSE Water Agencies (49) ........................ $2,388,000 Engineering Firms /Other (15) .......... $2,750,000 Vendors /Suppliers (2) ..................... $ 350.000 TOTAL RAISED TO DATE (WRRF): $5,488,000 WRFConsortium ; ....................... $ 600.000 GRAND TOTAL RAISED FOR THE DPR INITIATIVE: $6,088,000 How will California Benefit from DPR? ° All types of reuse will be enhanced: ✓ Non - potable;; ✓ Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR); ✓ Direct Potable Reuse (DPR). • Recovering even just a fraction of the billions of gallons of water discharged into the ocean each day by California would be a boon to the state's: ✓ Water supplies; ✓ Economy; ✓ Communities. WA Reuse 14 1/29/2015 7 "We need to sustainably meet California's 21st Century water needs by establishing a path forward toward a resilient water supply that will ensure the States economic and ecological health. The outcome will not be found in the next project' but rather in the improvement of fundamental water management." California Water Foundation WATEIZEUSE How Much Potable Water can Reuse Provide? "7t is estimated, using available data..., that more than 2300 Mgal /d — which amounts to 2.6 MAF /year — may be available in California for new water recycling projects in 2020. This source water, after receiving complete advanced treatment (CAT), could yield more than 1000 Mgal /day (or more than 1.1 MAF /year) of potable supplies. To place this into context, 1.1 MAF /year is sufficient potable water to supply all municipal needs (including CII uses) for more than eight million Californians, or roughly one -fifth of the state's projected population for 2020." from "The Opportunities and Economics of Direct Potable Reuse" (WRRF- 14 -08) WA REUSE 1/29/2015 C•, Why CCCSD Needs to be Part of DPR Initiative • The DPR Initiative Represents Some of the Most Innovative Thinldng and Action on Securing Adequate Future Water Supplies • Approximately 50 Water and Wastewater Agencies, Including some of the Largest (i.e., MWD, LACSD, Sac Regional, Santa C1araValley WD) are part of this Initiative • It's the Right Thing to Do: the Initiative will Result in More Water for All Californians • Wastewater is Simply Water that has been Used; It is too Valuable to be Used Only Once • CCCSD Needs to be a Leader in Innovative Water Use in the North Bay and this is one way of Achieving that Objective WA REUSE More Reasons for CCCSD Participation • Path to discharge reduction and /or elimination with looming nutrient regulations • Beneficial use of effluent provides role for CCCSD to ensure customers have a long -term, reliable water supply • Keeps CCCSD in the forefront of innovation within the wastewater industry • Becoming a leader in transition from wastewater treatment to resource recovery, benefiting the community and environment Wq 1/29/2015 n J Benefits to Participation • Join with WateReuse and its Many Supporting Donors, Members, and Subscribers in Promoting a Worthy Cause • Aspire to Leadership as a Major Utility Which Recognizes Wastewater Effluent as aValuable Resource • The Serious Drought in California makes it Imperative that CCCSD Advance its Water Recycling Program to Capture and Retain this Valuable Resource • Long -term planning makes good sense; CCCSD needs to begin planning now (along with other water /wastewater agencies in the North Bay) for water needs a decade or more from now; Joining the DPR Initiative will help to promote and achieve this objective • DPR is indeed the "Wave of the Future" and CCCSD needs to "Capture the Wave" as opposed to being on the sidelines WA REUSE ■ `- Thank you!. = y For more information, contact: Mike Markus _ Vice -Chair WRRF = General Manag er, OCWD 714- 378 -3305 - Mmarkus(docwd.org ` Melissa Meeker Executive Director _ 703 - 548 -0880 iw Mrnecker(U;watereuse.org 1/29/2015 10