WATER ISSUES

The AWA Members Water Issues Committee meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m., at Nordman, Cormany, Hair & Compton’s 6th Floor Conference Room – 1000 Town Center Drive – Oxnard.
( The Committee is dark during the months of April, August and December)
 

COMMITTEE AGENDAS

January 2011 Agenda
 

AWA Water Issues Committee 2010 Plan of Work

Adopted by Committee: January 19, 2010
Co-Chairs: William Hair and Stacy A. Roscoe

COMMITTEE STUDY ISSUES  

1. Water Supply (Planning/Interagency Cooperation)

a. Water Reclamation (infrastructure & planning)              

High - Oxnard G.R.E.A.T. project update

High - Brackish water Desal. projects

High - Recycled water projects

b. Water Transfers (updates on related legislative bills/projects)

Medium -Oxnard/Ventura Transfer Pipeline funding

Low -Other Local Transfer Projects

c. Water Storage Projects – Ventura County 

 Medium -New ground water Management Strategies for the aquifers

Medium -Freeman Enhancement Project (Ferro Pits, RiverPark Development, etc.)

Medium -Matilija (keep eye on removal plan)

Low -Banking Potentials (future bond interest, etc.)

d. State Water Project

High -2010 Water Bond Passage

High -Bay Delta Conservation Plan

Medium -State Surface Water

Low -Emergency Preparedness

e. Water Supply

High -Drought Planning

High -Conservation Measures for Groundwater Replinishment

Medium -Stormwater Recovery

 f. Review Projects in Other Areas

High -Permanent funding for infrastructure/user pay concepts

High -Ag Waiver Renewal Process

Medium -City of Santa Paula & Fillmore Sewer Plant Updates

Medium -United WCD Water Supply & Water Plan

Low -Water Quality & Food Safety in Ag Community

Low -Brine Line/Outfall in Port Hueneme

Low -Hear from Cities on what they are doing on water issues.

 g.  Safe Yields for Steelhead Restoration/Passage Construction

High -United Freeman Diversion/water supplies 

High -Lake Casitas/water supplies

2. Water Quality

Priority

                 a. Chlorides & Nitrates (maximum allowable levels; and other related study topics as listed below.)

High         -Discharge/High TDS (Regional Board)

High         -Review - Chloride level standards for Santa Clara River Watershed

High         -TMDL levels for local watersheds (monitor process with regulatory agencies)

High         -Sea Water Intrusion (still significantly low in lower aquifer)

High         -Septic Tanks (phase-out)

Medium   -U.S.G.S. Brine Projects

Medium   -Water Softeners ( legislation/technology)

High          b. Urban Storm Water (permits)

Medium   c. Technologies/Solutions to Clean Up and Resolve Problems

                  -Pharmaceuticals & Viruses in water

Medium   d. Utilizing Recycled Water for Groundwater Supply

 Medium  e. Drinking Water Standards

Low           f. Growth/Development of Aquifer outcrop zones (impacts quality & supply)  

3. Regulation/Legislation

High  -Stormwater Regulations 

High -Water costs (Litigation among city and water contractors fighting among each other)

High -User pay concepts

High -All new regulations on horizon summarized (including Fish & Game habitat / maintenance issues)

High -Best Management Practices        

High -Ventura County Watersheds Condition   

High -Delta decision/cutbacks 

High -Habitat Cons. Plans (comply with major species act)         

High -Endangered Species Act (effects on water supply & potential fiscal impacts)

Medium -Food Safety Regulations

Medium -Section 7 Steelhead

Low -Review Biological Impact – NOAA Fisheries

4.  Associated Issues (Impacting Water Supply, Quality or Cost)

High - Invasive Species – Quagga

High -Prop 218 Public Outreach

Medium -Ventura County Watersheds Planning

(Statewide pilot program for wetland restoration and mitigation banking—Regional Board & EPA involvement; Investigating the use of treated water on wetlands)

Medium -FEMA-Flood Plain Mapping (V.C. Focus).

Medium -Energy/Water Strategies  (demand management, Federal issues, hydraulic energy, etc. Water Energy Demands – looking for ways to reduce costs, water tariffs & meter fees)  

Medium -Climate Change

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RECYCLED WATER SUBCOMMITTEE

The Recycled Water Subcommittee is coordinated and activated under the umbrella of the Water Issues Committee. Past activites include quarterly workshops, study sessions, conferences and subcommittee meetings.  

Currently (as of February 4, 2010) the subcommittee activity has been redirected under the monthly Water Issues Committee meetings where standing reports are given.