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The Dublin San Ramon Services District and Zone 7 Water Agency are set to present the San Ramon City Council with an annual update on the region’s water systems and supply Tuesday evening.
This year’s update will focus primarily on the feasibility of potable water reuse to improve overall water reliability and supply in the Tri-Valley.
Specifically the presentation will discuss the potential options for implementing potable water reuse in the area from a study completed by the Tri-Valley Water Liaison Committee.
The committee — formed in 2014 by a consortium of local governments and water agencies — completed a study, finding that potable water reuse would bring increased drought resistance and local control to water resources. It detailed options for implementation such as groundwater injection, surface water augmentation and connection upstream of the Zone 7 water treatment plants.
“The joint Tri-Valley potable reuse technical feasibility study answered a number of questions about general feasibility, but also brought to light a number of technical, regulatory, and economic challenges,” city engineer Brian Bornstein wrote in a staff report. “Although a potable reuse project offers the strong possibility of bolstering the Tri-Valley’s water supply considerably, a potable reuse project is very complex and challenging.”
Due to the large scale of the project, if local agencies and governments decided to proceed with the options listed, the project would likely take approximately a decade to become fully operational, Borenstein explained.
The Tri-Valley effort includes DSRSD, which provides potable water service to the Dougherty Valley area of San Ramon, but does not include the East Bay Municipal Utility District, the water service provider for other parts of the city.
The San Ramon City Council is set to hold its regular meeting Tuesday 7 p.m. at the council chambers, 7000 Bollinger Canyon Road.
in other business
*Steve Burdo, community and media relations manager of Contra Costa County Animal Control Services Department, will make a presentation on updates to the county’s animal control services.
* The council will also vote on authorizing the Mayor Bill Clarkson to extend the city’s contract with Fire Protection Specialists, Inc. for the provision of fire system services, an additional three years. If approved, the city will have the city under contract for eight years at an accumulative cost of $500,000.
This is a consent item however, so it will be approved without further discussion unless a request is made to pull the item for discussion by a council member, staffer or resident.
