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Meeker Session 3 "The New Frontier"
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Embracing Water Supply Sustainability - Advocating for Reuse in Our Water Supply Portfolios
Melissa Meeker, Executive DirectorSouthern California Water SummitNovember 8, 2014
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How it actually works:
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Downstream…
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De facto Water Reuse
Consumer
DischargeDrinking Water
TreatmentConventional Wastewater Treatment
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Indirect Potable Reuse
Drinking Water Treatment
Conventional Wastewater Treatment
Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Consumer
Environmental Buffer
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Direct Potable Reuse Concept
Drinking Water Treatment
Conventional Wastewater Treatment
Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Consumer
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How do you view water?
Significantly Undervalued
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Balancing Water Demands and Limited Resources
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•Article in the LA Times – UC researchers have determined that California has issued water rights that amount to roughly five times the state's average annual runoff
Chronic Imbalance between Supply and Demand
August 2014 January 2011
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Potential for Water Reuse• About 7% of municipal wastewater effluent in the U.S. is reclaimed and beneficially reused
• Israel reuses more than 70%
• Singapore reuses 30%, up from 15% in recent years
• Australia, now at 8%, has a national goal of 30% by 2015
92.7%
7.3%
About 33 bgd Municipal Effluent
Available Water
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•Drought•Population growth•Increased municipal, industrial, and agricultural demand•Dependence on single source of supply•TMDLs/Nutrient load caps
Factors Driving Water Reuse Today
“Water scarcity”
No one strategy can solve the future water needs of the state, so the portfolios include different mixes of strategies, such as conservation, reuse, agricultural transfers, and new water supply development. Colorado Water Conservation Board, 2012
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Provides local, climate-independent,sustainable supply for the environment, agriculture, industry AND people• The need has never been greater• Shift in climate• Greater awareness of
environmental/downstream concerns• Existing treatment systems are
protective• Treatment technologies have been proven• Continued technological advancement• Significant research to ensure reliability
The time is now
Economic
Environmental
Social
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The WateReuse Story: Who We Are, What We Do
Trade Associa
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Research
Foundation
Leadership
Research
Education
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What is needed?Leaders
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• Funding Advocacy
• Policy Development and Implementation
Research
• Applied• Timely• Robust
Education and Outreac
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•Message development•Tool development•Tiered Campaigns
The Right Water for the Right Use
In California:Jennifer West, WRCA Managing Director• Sacramento-based• Extensive legislative experience
Research
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Since 2000…•198 projects commissioned•Over $61M in funding leveraged•145 published reports•50 projects still active
So far in 2014…•13 projects launched•$3M WRRF funding, leveragedby additional $4.2M (and counting) •15 published reports (and counting)
Research Foundation
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Projects Started Reports Published
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• Potable Reuse• Business
Economics/Triple Bottom Line
• Industrial Reuse
• Public Acceptance & Policy
• Desalination
Research Categories
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WateReuse Research Themes: Project count
# of Projects by Topic
Potable ReuseWater Quality and Human HealthEconomics/TBLPublic PerceptionEnergy/DesalIndustrialTreatment Techn/Opera-tions
Potable - IPRDPR
WQ/Human Health - PathogensChemicalsDisinfection byproducts
Techn/Ops - RONon-membrane basedOperator Training
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To overcome the regulatory, scientific, technical, and attitudinal barriers to DPR by undertaking three main tasks:• Conduct rigorous scientific research• Communicate the research findings through public awareness programs•Work with regulatory authorities to facilitate DPR implementation by local water utilities•>US $6 million raised to date, leveraged (so far) $12M
Research Path to Achieve DPR Initiative Goal
How do we achieve treatment and process reliability through redundancy, robustness,
and resilience?
Regulatory Concerns
Community Concerns
Utility Concerns
How do we address the
economic and technical
feasibility of DPR?
How do we train operators to run these advanced
systems?
How do we increase public
awareness of the water cycle and
illustrate the safety of DPR to
lead to acceptance?
Barriers to DPR
Regulatory
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Utility Community
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WRRF DPR research program worth over $12M is underway
to address these concerns to illustrate the feasibility of DPR
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13-02 Public Perception
•Polling•Focus groups•Telephone surveys•Northern and Southern California
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Financial Support
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• State Water Resources Control Board – $800M in 1% Interest Loans through CW SRF•MWD Local Resources Program Incentive•$340/AF over 25 yrs; $475/AF over 15 yrs• Includes on-site retrofits as eligible costs in the LRP
• 2014 State Water Bond - $7.545B ; $725M earmarked for water recycling/ advanced treatment technology projects•Competitive bid process; 50%/50% grants and low interest loans available
Funding Sources
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•Research•Applied answers to critical questions•Education and Outreach•Tools and action to make water part of the sustainability
•Leadership•Do it for the economy, environment, and society’s quality of life.
In Summary
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The days of using water once and disposing of it are behind us.
Melissa Meeker, Executive [email protected] West, WR CA Managing [email protected]