Item 36 - Grant Applications for Water Well Projects

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PROJECT INFORMATION FORM Please complete a unique Project Information Form for each project in the application. There are no character limits on specific questions but the Project Information Form as a whole may not exceed 10 pages. 1. Project Name: Well 29 Rehabilitation Improvement Project 2. Local Project Sponsor (if different than grantee): Same as grantee 3. Please provide the latitude and longitude of the project site. For linear projects or those covering a large area, report the coordinates for a central point. If this information is confidential, it must be clearly labeled “confidential.” You can find the latitude and longitude easily using google maps. You can find instructions at the following link: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/18539?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop. Latitude: 33°44'43.1"N Longitude: 117°52'34.3"W 4. Please briefly describe the proposed project. The City’s Well 29 is located at 722 West 1st Street. Drilling of the well occurred in 1980, with the subsequent installation of pumping facilities occurring in 1982. Well 29 is one of three wells pumping water from the groundwater basin to the Walnut Street Reservoir as part of the City’s Walnut Pump Station System. Due to the age of the well and the deterioration of the well’s capacity and equipment, the City is not able to utilize Well 29 at its full capacity and therefore needs to rehabilitate Well 29 and reconfigure the existing site. The rehabilitation of Well 29 is referred to in this application as the “Project”. The Project will achieve the following benefits: • Makes additional water supplies available (adding approximately 2,500 gallons per minute (gpm) to the City’s pumping capacity). • Improves water management (by enhancing system flexibility). • Benefits fish, wildlife and the environment (by making the City less reliant on imported water, 4,000 acre-feet yearly (AFY). 5. Does this project respond to an existing emergency to humans and/or wildlife? If so, please describe the emergency and how this project is addressing it. Yes, the Project will rehabilitate a local groundwater well which will provide the City of Santa Ana increased resilience to ongoing and future droughts. Currently the City acquires approximately 22% of its water supply from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s (MWD) imported water connections that receive water from the Colorado River and the State Water Project (SWP) from northern California, which are directly influenced by climate conditions in northern California and the Colorado River Basin, respectively. Both regions are currently experiencing and have been suffering from multi-year drought conditions which directly impact water supplies to southern California. For instance, due to the on-going drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin, the federal government declared a shortage on the Colorado River for the first time in the existence of the Colorado River Compact. This declaration curtails allocations to Colorado River water users. Additionally, the Sierra Nevada Mountains (the source of water for the SWP) are currently designated