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REP. CALVERT WATER SUPPLY BILLS ADVANCE IN THE SENATE
Rebecca RudmanThursday, September 18, 2008

REP. CALVERT WATER SUPPLY BILLS ADVANCE IN THE SENATE

WASHINGTON, DC. September 11, 2008 – Today, Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona) was pleased to announce that his bill H.R. 1139, the Riverside-Corona Feeder Water Supply Act, and H.R. 2614, were marked up and reported out of the Senate Committee on Energy and Water. H.R. 1139 passed the U.S. House of Representatives under suspension of the rules on June 5, 2007 and H.R. 2614, passed the House on November 13, 2007.

"California continues to be in a statewide drought and we must take every step possible to increase our water supplies," stated Rep. Calvert. "The purpose of the Riverside-Corona Feeder water supply project is to capture and store water in wet years in order to increase Western’s firm water supplies, provide a cost-effective water supply, and improve water quality."

H.R. 1139 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District, Riverside County, California, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Riverside-Corona Feeder water supply project, which includes 20 groundwater wells, groundwater treatment facilities, water storage and pumping facilities, and 28 miles of pipeline in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

H.R. 2614, which Congressman Calvert introduced on June 13, 2007, includes two projects.

City of Corona Water Recycling and Reuse Project

 

The City of Corona receives 55 percent of its water from imported sources and 45 percent from local groundwater supplies.  The reclamation system will enable the City of Corona to provide recycled water to parks, landscape maintenance districts, schools, landscaped freeway frontages and any other project that does not require potable water.  It will also reduce the need for increased water imports and construction of additional drinking water infrastructure. 

 

The project will consist of 3 reservoirs and 2 pump stations along with retrofitted user irrigation systems. Additionally, 27 miles of pipelines are needed since recycled water is required to be kept completely separate from drinking water and uses a dedicated system of pipelines.  The City plans to retrofit approximately 200 sites including schools, public parks and landscape areas, freeway landscaping, golf courses and commercial landscaping. 

 

 Yucaipa Valley Water Supply Renewal Project

 

The Yucaipa Valley Water District (YVWD) provides treated water to Southern California communities in portions of both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Water sources used to meet demands in the Yucaipa Valley include imported supplies from northern California, local surface and ground water supplies, and water reclamation and recycling technologies. As the Yucaipa Valley transitions from an agricultural to a suburban community, YVWD must provide new infrastructure to meet the growing demands for water. In addition, regulatory requirements that control use of recycled water and wastewater discharges are becoming more stringent due to the District’s location in the Santa Ana Watershed.  YVWD must achieve a status of zero discharge providing the ultimate protection of downstream water resources consistent with the goals of the Clean Water Act.  Increasing demands for water supplies in the Valley combined with stringent water quality and wastewater discharge requirements, require innovative and non-traditional solutions in order to effectively solve the Valley’s water problems.

 

The Yucaipa Valley Water Supply Renewal Project will maximize the various water resources in the Yucaipa Valley.  This section will provide federal assistance for planning, designing, and constructing the new Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Filtration Facility that is part of the Renewal project.  The new facility will contain an advanced filtration (reverse osmosis) system and a brine pipeline to remove salinity, contaminants, and organic compounds from the water supply in the Yucaipa Valley.  The brine pipeline will extend nearly 20-miles to the existing Santa Ana Regional Interceptor brine pipeline. 

 

This project will minimize the amount of water imported from northern California, maximize the use of higher quality water, reduce withdrawals from ground water supplies, and provide a long-term, drought-proof water supply.  The full project is expected to reduce demands on the California State Water Project by over 4 billion gallons per year, which is a sufficient quantity of water for 27,000 families.

"At a time when water demand continues to grow due to the West’s increasing population, traditional water sources have been confronted by a prolonged drought and other environmental challenges," said Rep. Calvert "It is imperative that Southern California continue to reduce its dependence on imported water from the Delta and Colorado River through innovations."

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