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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 16, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM UPDATE <br />REPORT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 2) <br />i <br />CIV MANAGER--' <br />_ <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Receive and file a Recycled Water System Update report. <br />DISCUSSION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1� Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 n Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />In 1992, the City of Santa Ana began receiving recycled water from the Orange County Water District <br />(OCWD) recycled water program /system called the Green Acres Project (GAP). GAP is a water reuse <br />effort that provides recycled water for landscape irrigation at parks, schools, and golf courses; <br />industrial uses, such as carpet dying; toilet flushing; and cooling for power generation. The GAP <br />recycled water production (treatment) facility is located in Fountain Valley. Recycled water similar to <br />the water produced by the GAP is commonly called "Purple Pipe" water. Currently recycled water <br />from the GAP is provided by OCWD to the following water purveyors for use in their service areas: <br />City of Fountain Valley Mesa Water District City of Newport Beach <br />City of Huntington Beach City of Santa Ana <br />Exhibit 1 is a map of the GAP distribution system and its major facilities. The system consists of a 7.5 <br />Million Gallon /Day treatment plant, a 5.0 Million Gallon reservoir, pump station, 37 miles of distribution <br />pipelines, and 107 active services. <br />By agreement, the GAP recycled water wholesale rate is 80% of groundwater (water from <br />underground springs and wells) cost, and retail rates are capped at 80% of potable (water suitable for <br />drinking) water retail rates. This discount makes recycled water an attractive option for high volume <br />irrigators and certain industrial users. The OCWD is in the process of renewing the GAP Sales and <br />Distribution agreements with its retailers, and it is anticipated that the recycled water price will change <br />in the near future. <br />The City of Santa Ana utilizes 8% of GAP output (347 acre feet per year) at 25 metered connections. <br />The recycled water consumed by these accounts directly supplants potable water use, which reduces <br />the demand on the groundwater basin and preserves potable supplies for other uses. These accounts <br />combined save between $86,000 and $170,000 per year with recycled water. Recycled water use in <br />Santa Ana encompasses the irrigation of City Parks, Schools, Street Medians, some retail green <br />belts, Santa Ana River green belt, and carpet dyeing. During the development of the system, users <br />1913-1 <br />