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The Water Authority has developed a Reuse Plan, one of five implementation plans identified in Water 2120. Integration of reuse as a supply alternative to meet demand into the future was one of the key findings during development of Water 2120. Baseline modeling suggests that wastewater will become available for use as a supply in the mid-2020’s.
The Reuse Plan outlines how the Water Authority will apply the adaptive management process to evaluate, select, design, and implement reuse projects as part of developing reuse as a supply alternative. For adaptive management to be effective, there is an element of iterative evaluation of existing and new projects to ensure current information is considered in the evaluation and selection of new projects as well as the operation of ongoing reuse projects. The Reuse Plan discusses how the Water Authority will apply the evaluation criteria from Water 2120 that was developed with input from customers, the Technical Customer Advisory Committee (TCAC), and technical experts. The plan is meant to be a “living” document with an emphasis on using updated information to identify projects and tasks for the Water Authority to proceed with, pending board approval.
Included in the Reuse Plan are summaries of four reuse projects that rose to be the topmost ranking during evaluation either during Water 2120 or during subsequent project review.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.