BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
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SUBJECT:
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Receive an Update on the Unique Requirements for the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project, Including Resulting Unique Benefits, Project No. 91954002 (Santa Clara County - District 1, Merced County).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Receive an update on the unique requirements for the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project, including resulting unique benefits, Project No. 91954002 (Santa Clara County - District 1, Merced County).
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SUMMARY:
As the Board may recall, in late 2023 staff, working closely with Director Hsueh, brought a long list of topics regarding the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project (Project) before the Board and recommended that many of these topics be addressed separately and in much greater detail in later meetings before, first, the Water Storage Exploratory Committee/Water Supply and Demand Management Committee (WSDM) and then the full Board. In accordance with this approved procedure, staff recently discussed several unique aspects of this Project with the WSDM and now bring discussion of these unique Project aspects before the full Board.
Operations of the expanded reservoir will differ from other Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) reservoirs in that it will be primarily used as emergency water supply. Existing Valley Water reservoirs operate on an annual fill and drain pattern, whereas the expanded Pacheco Reservoir will follow a multi-year fill and drain pattern. An expanded Pacheco Reservoir would allow Valley Water to accept and store additional municipal & industrial (M&I) water supply and improve M&I water quality by modifying delivery patterns from San Luis Reservoir. However, doing this may require changes to federal and/or state water rights or water service contracts. Valley Water will also seek its own new water right on the North Fork of Pacheco Creek, while honorin...
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