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The City has developed tentative plans for a recycled water treatment, storage, pumping and distribution system that will serve high quality water to existing and future water users for landscape irrigation and various industrial uses. This system provides a means of meeting water demands that would otherwise have to be met from potable water soumes. The recycled water system is described in two engineering feasibility reports previously reviewed by the City Council: · Water Recycling Feasibility Study for the Redwood Shores Area, by Kennedy Jenks Consultants, January 22, 2002. · Water Recycling Feasibility Study for Redwood City, by Kennedy Jenks Consultants, August 7, 2002. Attachment 'E' includes excerpts from the executive summary of the August 7, 2002 final report, presenting the consultant's recommended project, estimated project costs, implementation strategy and schedule for implementation. The recommended project would, at full utilization, deliver up to 1,995 AF/Y, thereby reducing demand on the San Francisco regional water system. Permits, entitlements and approvals required in order to acquire/develop additional supplies via a recycled water project include: · Regional Water Quality Control Board approval of Water Reuse Program Technical Report under General Order 96-011. The SBSA has secured approval. · California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) clearance. The Redwood City Planning Commission certified the Mitigated Negative Declaration on August 6, 2002. · Contribution Agreement No. 4-1933-C, entered into on June 6, 2002, by and between the City of Redwood City and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The agreement establishes each party's responsibilities for the construction of a 24-inch recycled water transmission line within the Highway 101 right-of-way. · City Council approval of project. Consideration of approval of "Alternative D" project (see Attachment 'E') is tentatively scheduled for March 2003. · State of California Department of Health Services Title 22 approval of Engineer's Report for operation of a recycled watei' distribution system. Preliminary work on this task is now underway. In addition to the recycled water project, the Public Works Services Department will be developing additional water conservation measures ("best management practices" or "BMP's") for consideration by the City Council between October 2002 and April 2003. These will be presented in the context of amendments to the City's Urban Water Management Plan. Conservation has been identified as: · A way to increase supply reliability for existing customers · A method for accelerating "passive" conservation projections to "active~ - i.e.: forcing more rapid replacement of inefficient water fixtures and appliances Other possible sources of water supply which will be investigated include: · Transfers of water entitlements and/or banked water from other agencies that are also members of the Bay Area Water Users Association (BAWUA). BAWUA is comprised of the 28 cities, water districts and other utilities that purchase water from San Francisco. The interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan (IWSAP) adopted by all BAWUA agencies and SFPUC last year provides for voluntary transfers of water among BAWUA agencies during periods when mandatory rationing is in effect on the San Francisco regional water system. Some BAWUA agencies have the capacity to draw more heavily on local groundwater during dry years and thus may be willing to agree to transfer some portion of their San Francisco entitlement to other BAWUA agencies willing to pay for this back up supply. This is a possible source of relief from rationing at levels more severe than Page 7 of 9