ITEM:

INFORMATION ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS

 

23.

MONTHLY CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER PRODUCTION REPORT

 

Meeting Date:
October 16, 2006

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: 

 

September 2006

 

Total System for Month:  Total California American Water (Cal-Am) system production for September was 1,321 acre-feet (AF), eight percent less than the anticipated goal of 1,443 AF, as shown on the accompanying table (Exhibit 23-A). The 1,321 AF of production in September represents a 19 percent savings from Cal-Am's base year (i.e., Water Year 1988) production of 1,629 AF.

 

Total System, Water Year to Date:  Total system production for the 2006 Water Year (WY), which ended on September 30, 2006, was 14,216 AF.

 

Ground Water Production:  During September, 27 AF were produced from Cal-Am wells in the Upper Carmel Valley.  This production was 18 percent less than the anticipated production of 33 AF.  Lower Carmel Valley (LCV) well production was 903 AF, one percent more than the anticipated production of 892 AF.  In September, 391 AF were produced by Cal-Am from the coastal subareas of the Seaside Basin, 25 percent less than the 518 AF of production that was anticipated.

 

Surface Water Production:  In September, 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 2006 has been zero AF, or zero percent of total system production. Average release to the Carmel River from San Clemente Dam during September was 10 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 23-A for additional information regarding Cal-Am production in September 2006.

 

EXHIBITS

 

23-A  September 2006 Monthly California American Water Production Report

 

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