ITEM:

INFORMATION ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS

 

22.

MONTHLY CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER  COMPANY PRODUCTION REPORT

 

Meeting Date:
May 16, 2005

Budgeted: 

N/A

 

From:

David A. Berger,

Program/

N/A

 

General Manager

Line Item No.:

 

 

 

Prepared By:

 

Greg James

Cost Estimate:

N/A

General Counsel Approval:

N/A

Committee Recommendation:

N/A

CEQA Compliance:

N/A

 

SUMMARY: 

 

April 2005

 

Total System for Month:  Total California American Water (Cal-Am) system production for April was 979 acre-feet (AF), 19 percent less than the anticipated goal of 1,209 AF, as shown on the accompanying table (Exhibit 22-A). The 979 AF of production in April represents a 29 percent savings from Cal-Am's base year (i.e., Water Year 1988) production of 1,376 AF.

 

Total System, Water Year to Date:  Total system production for 2005 Water Year (WY) through April 30, 2005 has been 6,945 AF.  The anticipated production of 7,934 AF for this same period is based on an annual goal of 15,285 AF from the Cal-Am system for customer use plus a maximum of 350 AF for injection into the Seaside Basin.  Monthly production goals are calculated by multiplying total annual production (15,285 AF) times the average fraction of annual production for each month (based on production data from 1988 to 1997).

 

Ground Water Production:  During April, 66 AF were produced from Cal-Am wells in the Upper Carmel Valley.  This production was 72 percent less than the anticipated production of 233 AF.  Lower Carmel Valley (LCV) well production was 913 AF, 14 percent more than the anticipated production of 804 AF.  In April, no water was produced by Cal-Am from the coastal subareas of the Seaside Basin, 100 percent less than the 172 AF of production that was anticipated.

 

Surface Water Production:  In April, no water was diverted through the Carmel Valley Filter Plant (CVFP) from San Clemente Reservoir, equivalent to the zero AF of production that was anticipated.  The total diversion through the CVFP for WY 2005 has been zero AF, or zero percent of total system production. Average release to the Carmel River from San Clemente Dam during April was 210 cubic feet per second, as measured at the Sleepy Hollow Weir.

 

The anticipated river flow, storage values and production goals were developed jointly by the District, Cal-Am, and the California Department of Fish and Game in consultation with NOAA Fisheries.  Cal-Am and District staff are monitoring reservoir storage, inflow and water quality, and will make additional changes as conditions warrant.  Please refer to Exhibit 22-A for additional information regarding Cal-Am production in April 2005.

 

EXHIBITS

22-A    Monthly Cal-Am Production Report

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