2010
ANNUAL REPORT
California
Government Code Section 118-350 requires that the District annually prepare a
written report upon the activities of the District in the protection and augmentation
of the water supplies, and specifies what information shall be included.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
·
Recharged
1,111 acre-feet of Carmel River Basin water into the Seaside Groundwater Basin
at the MPWMD Water Project 1 site during this last winter season. This water was stored temporarily and
extracted for community water supply use later in the year.
·
Successfully
rescued over 3,800 wild steelhead from drying reaches of the
Carmel River last summer. The
fish were placed into permanently wetted river and lagoon locations, and into
the MPWMD Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility, where a record-setting 86%
survival rate was achieved this past year.
·
Completed
a ten-year summary analysis of the MPWMD‘s Carmel River bioassessment
program. This program monitors the
ongoing impacts to the food chain for the Carmel River steelhead population.
·
Lead
a cooperative interagency effort to estimate the steelhead rearing population
in the Carmel River Lagoon. The lagoon
steelhead population has been at risk recently due to the presence of predatory
striped bass fish.
·
Resolved
protests of water right permit for Water Project 2.
·
Received
preliminary notice of $1 Million Integrated Regional Water Management planning
grant. Grant was confirmed in January
2011.
·
Received
tentative notice of $6 Million Integrated Regional Water Management
implementation grant. This grant will
support $25 Million in regional water related projects.
·
The
highly successful MPWMD-administered Rebate Program (a joint partnership with
California American Water and Seaside Municipal Water District) processed 2,227
applications and issued $68,884 in Rebates for savings of 63 acre-feet in 2010.
·
Staff
conducted over 1,600 inspections of properties within MPWMD to verify
compliance with District Regulations.
·
The
District’s Conservation Regulation (Regulation XIV) underwent a thorough
revision for the first time since 1987.
·
The
new and comprehensive database system was launched in the Water Demand Division
to combine the permits, conservation and rebate databases into one
Windows-based system.
MONTEREY
PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
2010
ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 2
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Total
revenues received in Fiscal Year 2009-10 were $6,294,695 while expenditures
totaled $6,625,278. The difference
of $330,583 came from funds that were accumulated in the General Operating
Reserve in previous years. As of
June 30, 2010, a balance of $937,688 remained in the General Operating
Reserve. The budget
for Fiscal Year 2010-11 anticipates revenues of $9,975,800 and expenditures
of $10,590,100. The difference of
$614,300 is being used out of the General Operating Reserve to fund a
portion of the amount budgeted to complete Water Project 1. The total amount budgeted for completion
of Water Project 1 is $1,095,600, while $2,435,200 is budgeted for work on
Water Project 2. The budget also
includes $150,000 in funding for preliminary work on Water Project 3. Water Projects 1 & 2 are wells and appurtenances for underground water
storage and recovery; while Water Project 3 is a proposed desalination
plant.
MONTEREY
PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
2010
ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 3
PRESENT AND FUTURE WATER
REQUIREMENTS
Present Water Requirements: In Water Year 2010, approximately 16,000 acre-feet (AF) of water were produced to satisfy existing water requirements within the District. Of this total, 11,410 AF or approximately 70% was produced by California American Water (CAW), the largest water purveyor in the District.
Future Water Requirements: In 2006, District staff estimated that approximately 4,500 acre-feet per year (AFY) of new water supplies would be needed to meet future CAW water requirements within the District. This estimate was based on general plan build-out conditions provided by each of the jurisdictions within the District and included a 20% contingency factor. This estimate has been questioned and is scheduled to be reviewed in Calendar Year 2011[1].
Available Water Supplies: Presently, approximately 13,760 AFY of water are available in the Carmel River and Seaside Groundwater Basins to serve CAW customers within the District. Similarly, approximately 4,740 AFY of water are assumed to be available to serve non CAW users in the District. However, because of legal and regulatory constraints, the amount of water available to CAW in the future will be reduced by 8,610 AFY and the amount of water available to non CAW users will be reduced by approximately 200 AFY. This calculation assumes that CAW will retain rights to produce 3,376 AFY from Carmel River sources, 1,474 AFY from Seaside Groundwater sources, and receive 300 AFY from the Sand City Desalination Facility.
In 2006, District staff estimated
that approximately 12,500 AFY of new supplies would need to be developed to
replace existing unpermitted unlawful diversions from the
Requirements for Future Capital Improvements: A number of water supply alternatives have been proposed by the District, CAW, and others to address the present and future water needs in the District. On December 2, 2010, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the proposed Regional Water Project and associated Water Purchase Agreement between CAW, Marina Coast Water District (MCWD), and Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA). Under this agreement, the Regional Desalination Project and associated brackish water wells would cost up to $297,500,000. Similarly, the CAW-only conveyance facilities would cost up to $107,000,000. Annual operations and maintenance costs are estimated to range between $12,900,000 and $14,270,000. All of these costs would be recovered through water rates.
MONTEREY
PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
2010
ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 4
PRESENT AND FUTURE WATER
REQUIREMENTS (Continued)
Requirements for Operation and Maintenance: Updated costs for operation and maintenance of the proposed Regional Water Project are being developed and will be subject to CPUC review.
METHODS AVAILABLE FOR
FINANCING
The District has historically paid for costs associated with water supply projects on a pay-as-you-go basis with the majority of the funding coming from user fees, the District’s largest and most fluid revenue source. The District also has a $1.5 million line of credit to provide additional funding for preliminary costs of current and future potential water supply projects. Possible sources of funds to pay for actual construction of future water supply projects include ongoing revenue increases, new revenue categories, grants, bond financing and user fee increases. Actual funding sources would be dependent on the type of project, the amount of funding needed and other variables.
GROUNDWATER CHARGE
Groundwater Zone: In June 1980, the District Board approved formation of a groundwater charge zone including all District territory, except portions of the District lying within the City of Sand City. The District-wide groundwater zone was formed to provide the legal basis for a comprehensive well-monitoring program consisting of well registration, well metering, and water production reporting. Formation of the groundwater charge zone was not intended to generate revenues and it was acknowledged that no groundwater charge would be levied for the production of any naturally occurring groundwater.
Accordingly, it is recommended that no groundwater charge be levied in any zone of the District during Water Year 2011.
PROPOSED RATES
The District does not propose to levy any agricultural water or other non-agricultural water charges in Fiscal Year 2011-12.
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