COMMITTEE AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Recycled Water Committee
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Discussions with the Cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View on Recycled and Purified Water
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Receive information and discuss next steps.
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SUMMARY:
Following execution of the District and City of Palo Alto Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in August 2017 and execution of District and City of Mountain View MOU in October 2017, staff from the three agencies have met regularly to develop draft terms for an agreement on recycled and purified water projects sourced from the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). Initial discussions focused on the development of guiding principles and subsequently key terms & conditions in a District-Palo Alto agreement. (Palo Alto staff intend that Palo Alto would, as necessary, enter into separate agreement(s) with its partners in the RWQCP to enable implementation of the District-Palo Alto agreement.)
Key terms & conditions for a proposed District-Palo Alto agreement include a committed minimum volume (currently under discussion: 9 MGD) of treated wastewater for District purification, the price (if any) to be paid by the District for this volume of treated wastewater, land to be secured for a District purification plant (if sited adjacent to the RWQCP), and collaboration on reverse osmosis concentrate management.
Additional terms & conditions would include District cost sharing of a 1-2 MGD local plant embedded within the RWQCP fence line; the local plant would provide low-salinity water to blend with the relatively high salinity recycled water currently produced at the RWQCP -- in much the same way as the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center functions relative to South Bay Water Recycling.
Staff requests Committee input on the above proposed terms and conditions prior to the forthcoming meeting of the Joint District-Cities of Palo Alto/Mountain View/East Palo Alto Recycled Water Committee....
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