HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-09-14 Desal Committee PacketOTAY WATER DISTRICT
DESALINATION PROJECT COMMITTEE MEETING
and
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2554 SWEETWATER SPRINGS BOULEVARD
SPRING VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
Boardroom
THURSDAY
October 9, 2014
12:00 P.M.
This is a District Committee meeting. This meeting is being posted as a special meeting
in order to comply with the Brown Act (Government Code Section §54954.2) in the event that
a quorum of the Board is present. Items will be deliberated, however, no formal board actions
will be taken at this meeting. The committee makes recommendations
to the full board for its consideration and formal action.
AGENDA
1. ROLL CALL
2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO
SPEAK TO THE BOARD ON ANY SUBJECT MATTER WITHIN THE BOARD'S JU-
RISDICTION BUT NOT AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA
DISCUSSION ITEMS
3. INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FOR THE ROSARITO DESALINATION PLANT AND
CONVEYANCE AND THE OTAY MESA CONVEYANCE AND DISINFECTION
SYSTEM PROJECTS (KENNEDY)
4. ADJOURNMENT
BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING:
Jose Lopez, Chair
Mitch Thompson
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All items appearing on this agenda, whether or not expressly listed for action, may be delib-
erated and may be subject to action by the Board.
The Agenda, and any attachments containing written information, are available at the Dis-
trict’s website at www.otaywater.gov. Written changes to any items to be considered at the
open meeting, or to any attachments, will be posted on the District’s website. Copies of the
Agenda and all attachments are also available through the District Secretary by contacting
her at (619) 670-2280.
If you have any disability that would require accommodation in order to enable you to partici-
pate in this meeting, please call the District Secretary at 670-2280 at least 24 hours prior to
the meeting.
Certification of Posting
I certify that on October 3, 2014 I posted a copy of the foregoing agenda near the
regular meeting place of the Board of Directors of Otay Water District, said time being at least
24 hours in advance of the meeting of the Board of Directors (Government Code Section
§54954.2).
Executed at Spring Valley, California on October 3, 2014.
______/s/_ Susan Cruz, District Secretary _____
STAFF REPORT
TYPE MEETING: Desalination Committee MEETING DATE: October 9, 2014
SUBMITTED BY: Bob Kennedy
Engineering Manager
CIP./G.F. NO: P2451-
001101
DIV. NO. ALL
APPROVED BY:
Rod Posada, Chief, Engineering
German Alvarez, Assistant General Manager
Mark Watton, General Manager
SUBJECT: Informational Update for the Rosarito Desalination Plant and
the Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection System Projects
GENERAL MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION:
No recommendation. This is an informational item only.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
Please see Attachment A.
PURPOSE:
To update the Otay Water District (District) Board of Directors
(Board) on the progress of the Rosarito Desalination Plant and
the Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection System Projects
(Project)(see Exhibit A for Project location).
ANALYSIS:
This item was last presented to the Desalination Committee
(Committee) at a meeting held on July 15, 2014. The updates or
significant milestones that have been reached since the last
update to the Committee include:
Rosarito Beach Desal Project in the News
The drought has been a constant topic in the national, state,
and local news. Projects that provide a new supply of water
have been mentioned including the Rosarito Beach Desalination
project. The San Diego Union-Tribune and the San Diego Daily
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Transcript have mentioned this project in the following two
articles (see Exhibits B & C):
“One Desal Plant, Two Countries?”, San Diego Union-
Tribune, 8/24/2014
“Otay Makes Plans to Use Water from Proposed Desal
Plant in Baja”, San Diego Daily Transcript, 8/27/2014
Please also see a cartoon published recently in the Arizona Star
News (Exhibit D).
Public Outreach Efforts
NSC Agua retained Galileo Branding for their public outreach
program and the District retained (W)right on Communications for
District public outreach efforts. On August 27, 2014, staff met
with the public outreach teams from both NSC Agua and the
District to coordinate the message being presented to business
organizations, government and opinion leaders.
Galileo and NSC Agua also presented proposed changes to the
nscagua.com website that will be implemented soon including a
Frequently Asked Question section (see Exhibit E).
(W)right on Communications is likewise preparing the District’s
Public Outreach Program that in the near future will be shared
with NSC Agua for implementation. For now,(W)right on
Communications has prepared a presentation about the project in
Spanish.
NSC Agua Environmental Report
On September 2, 2014, NSC Agua submitted to SEMARNAT the third
and last environmental report for the Project in Mexico. This
report covers the conveyance project from El Florido to the
U.S./Mexico border.
Division of Drinking Water (DDW) Permitting (formerly CDPH)
On July 1, 2014, the Drinking Water Program transferred from
California Department of Health to the State Water Resources
Control Board. The DDW transfer to the State Water Resources
Control Board aligns the state’s drinking water and water
quality programs in an integrated organizational structure to
best position the State to both effectively protect water
quality and the public health as it relates to water quality,
while meeting current needs and future demands on water
supplies.
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NSC Agua started source water testing at the power plant intake
and outlet structures on September 18, 2014. This was an
important milestone. The water samples were brought to this
side of the Border. Even though some minor issues arose with
Border Patrol, the samples were finally delivered to the lab.
The results will be posted with DDW. A meeting has been set for
October 28, 2014 to review comments on the “White Paper”
submitted to DDW back in February 2014 and to review testing
results of the source water testing.
To better coordinate the preparation of the Sanitary Surveys, as
required in the DDW permit, the District is organizing a work
group with attendance of NSC Agua, District staff, and
consultants for both parties on October 9th.
Presidential Permit
The State Department has indicated that they would not be
opposed to having CILA instead of SEMARNAT as the project
sponsor in Mexico. The State Department requires that there be
coordination with a Mexican Federal Agency for the Presidential
Permit Process and to review the associated environmental
documents and had initially suggested SEMARNAT as that agency.
At the request of the State Department, staff has prepared for
Board consideration the removal of design services during
construction from AECOM’s contract. This amounts to a deduction
of $364,774 and was approved by the Board at the meeting held on
October 1, 2014. Since these services will no longer be
included in AECOM’s contract, they will be included in the scope
of work for the project’s Construction Management contract. The
State Department has signed the Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the District and the State Department for the
preparation of the project’s CEQA/NEPA document based on the
understanding that the Board will approve the deletion of the
design services during construction from AECOM’s contract. The
MOU and State Department letter are attached as Exhibit F. The
execution of this MOU means that the CEQA/NEPA process
associated with the project and the Presidential Permit can
begin. The first step in the process will be the publication of
the Notice of Preparation/Notice of Intent and the scheduling of
the scoping meeting for the CEQA/NEPA document in early 2015.
Binational Affairs
With the assistance of the Diputado Jaime Bonilla’s staff, the
District is seeking a meeting with the Governor of Baja
California on October 10, 2014 in Tijuana. Staff is organizing
a meeting with the CILA Commissioner in the near future.
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The District, in agreement with Hector Mares-Cossio, Binational
Affairs Consultant, decided to terminate their contract,
effective September 15, 2014. Hector has been a consultant to
the project for many years and we greatly appreciate his
contributions. His present schedule, future demands on his
time, and the current status of the desalination project made
the timing right for ending the consulting contract.
CONAGUA Work Group:
Staff will make a presentation to the Mexican Congress Northern
Border Affairs Commission about the progress of the Mexican
Federal Standards for desalination intakes, outfalls, and brine
discharges. The Northern Border Affairs Commission is chaired
by Diputado Bonilla (see Exhibit G).
FISCAL IMPACT: Joe Beachem, Chief Financial Officer
No fiscal impact as this is an informational item only. (See
Attachment B - Budget Detail).
STRATEGIC GOAL:
This Project supports the District’s Mission statement, “To
provide high value water and wastewater services to the
customers of the Otay Water District in a professional,
effective, and efficient manner” and the General Manager’s
Vision, “A District that is at the forefront in innovations to
provide water services at affordable rates, with a reputation
for outstanding customer service.”
LEGAL IMPACT:
None.
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Attachments: Attachment A – Committee Action
Attachment B – Budget Detail
Exhibit A – Location Map
Exhibit B - “One Desal Plant, Two Countries?,”
San Diego Union-Tribune, 8/24/2014
Exhibit C – “Otay Makes Plans to Use Water from
Proposed Desal Plant in Baja,” San
Diego Daily Transcript, 8/27/2014
Exhibit D - David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Daily
Star 2014 Cartoon
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Exhibit E – NSC Agua Frequently Asked Questions
Exhibit F - State Department Letter and
Memorandum of Understanding
Exhibit G – Presentación a la Comisión Asuntos
Frontera Norte – LXII Legislatura
Cámara de Diputados Republica Mexicana
ATTACHMENT A
SUBJECT/PROJECT:
P2451-001101
Informational Update for the Rosarito Desalination
Plant and the Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection
System Projects
COMMITTEE ACTION:
This item was presented to the Desalination Committee
(Committee) at a meeting held on October 9, 2014. The Committee
supported presentation to the full Board.
NOTE:
The “Committee Action” is written in anticipation of the
Committee moving the item forward for Board approval. This
report will be sent to the Board as a Committee approved item,
or modified to reflect any discussion or changes as directed
from the Committee prior to presentation to the full Board.
ATTACHMENT B
SUBJECT/PROJECT:
P2451-001101
Informational Update for the Rosarito Desalination Plant
and the Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection System
Projects
Level Title1 Committed Expenditures Outstanding
Commitment
Projected Final
Cost
Vendor
$98,577.34 $98,577.34 $98,577.34 CAMP DRESSER & MCKEE INC
$13,311.19 $13,311.19 $13,311.19 CPM PARTNERS INC
$71,529.59 $71,529.59 $71,529.59 MARSTON+MARSTON INC
$437,200.00 $371,200.00 $66,000.00 $437,200.00 HECTOR I MARES-COSSIO
$26,700.00 $26,700.00 $26,700.00 REA & PARKER RESEARCH
$4,172.90 $4,172.90 $4,172.90 SALVADOR LOPEZ-CORDOVA
$267,066.00 $160,355.05 $106,710.95 $267,066.00 SILVA SILVA INTERNATIONAL
Travel $20,046.35 $20,046.35 $20,046.35 STAFF
Printing $60.59 $60.59 $60.59 MAIL MANAGEMENT GROUP INC
$162,041.07 $162,041.07 $162,041.07 GARCIA CALDERON & RUIZ LLP
$43,174.50 $43,174.50 $43,174.50 SOLORZANO CARVAJAL
GONZALEZ Y
$16,609.76 $16,609.76 $16,609.76 STUTZ ARTIANO SHINOFF
$500.00 $500.00 $500.00 REBECA SOTURA NICKERSON
$105.50 $105.50 $105.50 SAN DIEGO DAILY TRANSCRIPT
$17,500.00 $17,500.00 $17,500.00 BUSTAMANTE & ASSOCIATES LLC
$32,340.00 $32,340.00 $32,340.00 BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER
Standard Salaries $909,497.19 $909,497.19 $909,497.19
Total $2,120,431.98 $1,947,721.03 $172,710.95 $2,120,431.98
$5,108.75 $5,108.75 $5,108.75 MARSTON+MARSTON INC
$120,520.00 $22,320.00 $98,200.00 $120,520.00 MICHAEL R WELCH PHD PE
$8,818.00 $8,818.00 $8,818.00 CPM PARTNERS INC
$5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 ATKINS
$3,681,932.00 $862,634.03 $2,819,297.97 $3,681,932.00 AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC
Legal Fees $7,761.19 $7,761.19 $7,761.19 STUTZ ARTIANO SHINOFF
Travel $3,174.39 $3,174.39 $3,174.39 STAFF
$342.80 $342.80 $342.80 SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE LLC
$114.08 $114.08 $114.08 REPROHAUS CORP
Standard Salaries $113,002.94 $113,002.94 $113,002.94
Total $3,945,774.15 $1,028,276.18 $2,917,497.97 $3,945,774.15
Standard Salaries $329.48 $329.48 $329.48
Total $329.48 $329.48 $329.48
Budget $30,000,000.00
Total $6,066,535.61 $2,976,326.69 $3,090,208.92 $6,066,535.61
March 23, 2005 through August 30, 2014
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August 27, 2014 San Diego Daily Transcript
Otay Makes Plans to Use Water from Proposed Desal Plant in Baja
By Carlos Rico
The Otay Water District is in the process of getting final permitting and an
environmental impact review approved to construct a new pipeline system to
receive water from a future desalination plant in Mexico.
The $27 million project the Otay Water District is embarking on involves
building and installing new water pipelines that will run from its network in San
Diego and underneath the U.S.-Mexico border to connect with pipelines
coming from a proposed desalination plant in Rosarito, Baja California.
The Otay Water District plans to purchase desalinated water from the plant
once it is completed.
“The water situation is almost identical in the Tijuana region as it is in San
Diego County,” said Mark Watton, general manager of the Otay Water District.
“This could be half of our water supply in the future.”
So far, the Otay Water District has received approvals including the
presidential permit, and is now working on the environmental study.
The desalination plant is being built by Consolidated Water Co., a Caribbean
firm that supplies water to various parts of the world.
In May, Consolidated Water finalized the purchase of 20.02 acres (or 81,000
square meters) for a privately owned, 100-million-gallon-per-day seawater
reverse osmosis desalination plant.
The proposed plant will purify seawater for drinking and feed it to a pipeline to
deliver water to both Mexico and the United States.
Ruben Sanchez, project manager for Consolidated Water, said right now they
are waiting on the approval of environmental documents and permits so that
they can get loans from banks and private investors.
“We are also working on basic engineering for the plant and its aqueducts,”
Sanchez added.
The company is hoping to break ground on the $700 million project by mid-
2015.
The plan is to construct the project in three phases and complete it in 30
months. Sanchez said the timeline will all depend on what the Mexican
government says after they receive the final permitting necessary to start
construction.
“We think the government might want the project completed in one phase, but
we will see,” Sanchez explained.
The Planta Desalinizadora de Rosarito will operate 365 days a year with
approximately 80 to 90 full-time workers, Sanchez said. Roughly 500
construction workers are slated to build the project.
Sanchez said the desalination plant is in-line to be a fully private investment,
unless the Mexican government deems otherwise in the future and would like
to invest, as well.
Rosarito, Baja California was chosen as the best location for the desalination
plant based on the Pacific Ocean and to a power plant. “There is a very large
infrastructure savings when you can use the inland and outlet structures
already in place,” Sanchez said.
Consolidated Water Co. has an agreement in principal to sell roughly 1
kilometers of water per second to the Otay Water District, according to
Sanchez, and that they are also in discussions to sell water to Ensenada, Baja
California.
The Treaty of February 3, 1944, allows for water distribution and
transportation between United States and Mexico. It was originally signed to
allow water utilization for the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and the Rio
Grande.
The Otay Water District provides water to customers within 125.5 square
miles of southeastern San Diego County. Potable water delivered by the
district is purchased from the San Diego County Water Authority or the Helix
Water District. Imported water is a mix from the Colorado River and Northern
California.
Sanchez said the company would like to sell desalinated water to other private
and public entities, but no contracts have been finalized.
“Once we have all of our permits and contracts finalized, then we can talk to
other agencies in full,” Sanchez said.
Once construction is complete, there will still be land available on the property
if Consolidated Water Co. feels the need to expand, Sanchez said.
The plan to build a desalination plant in Rosarito and new water pipelines in
the area surfaced in 2005, after a study commissioned by government
agencies on both sides of the border revealed the region’s future water needs.
“We saw that both sides were going through similar water shortages due to
rise in residential and commercial development and lack of rain,” Watton said.
These factors started talks with Consolidated Water Co., Watton added.
Tijuana is heavily dependent on the Colorado River, so Consolidated Water
Co. saw an opportunity to build a desalination plant and sell water to the
region.
The Otay Water Authority is planning to apply for grants and use its reserves
that come out of rate payer funds to pay its new water pipeline system,
according to Watton.
Watton believes Consolidated Water Co. will get a return on their investment
because he said a desalination plant will not be lacking in interest.
“San Diego and Baja California have good economies and they are linked so
that will create interest from investors from around the world,” Watton said.
EXHIBIT D
Source: David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Daily Star, 2014
PRESENTACIÓN A LA COMISIÓN ASUNTOS
FRONTERA NORTE –LXII LEGISLATURA
CÁMARA DE DIPUTADOS
REPUBLICA MEXICANA
ANTEPROYECTO DE NOM‐XXX‐CONAGUA/SEMARNAT‐2014
QUE ESTABLECE LOS REQUISITOS PARA LAS OBRAS DE TOMA Y
DESCARGA, QUE DEBEN CUMPLIR LAS PLANTAS DESALINIZADORAS
MEXICO, D.F. OCTUBRE, 2014
EXHIBIT G
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•Grupo de Trabajo (G.T.) para desarrollar la NOM‐Anteproyecto‐CONAGUA‐2014.
•Convocado por CONAGUA en octubre 2013.
•Reuniones mensuales desde noviembre 2013.
•Se espera conclusiones noviembre 2014 cuando la NOM‐Anteproyecto‐XXX‐
CONAGUA 2014 se firma por los integrantes del G.T.
•El grupo GT es conformado por 36 personas representando a:
‐Conagua, IMTA, CMIC, ANEAS, UABC, Hydranautics, Avista Technologies, W Cap
Water, SEMARNAT, CAFN, Concamin, AHLC, NSC Agua, Otay Water District, y otros
organismos del agua y entidades privadas.
•El promedio de asistencia al G.T.: 30 representativos.
•El primer borrador de la NOM‐Anteproyecto‐CONAGUA‐2014 fue escrito por
representantes de la Subdirección de Normas de la CONAGUA.
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OBJETIVOS
•Puntos Principales:
1. Objetivo
2. Campo de Aplicación
3. Referencias
4. Definiciones
5. Especificaciones Generales
6. Procedimiento para la evaluación de la conformidad
7. Vigilancia
8. Bibliografía
9. Concordancia con normas internacionales
•Evolución de la Norma en los puntos principales:
1. Objetivo:
Reescrito en su totalidad para dar más énfasis en la mitigación de impactos
ambientales.
2. Campo de Aplicación:
Reescrito en su totalidad con énfasis en plantas desalinizadoras públicas y
privadas que descarguen al ambiente costero, marino y continental.
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NORMA
3. Referencias:
NOM‐127‐SSA1‐1994
NOM‐Anteproyecto 250‐2014
4. Definiciones:
Algunas reescritas. Especialmente la definición de aguas de rechazo con énfasis
en aguas que tengan mayor concentración de sólidos disueltos totales (SDT) con
respecto a la agua de alimentación.
5. Especificaciones Generales:
Esta parte fue completamente reescrita con énfasis:
a. Tipos de permisos
b. Plantas existentes
c. Tomas de agua (en línea con normas internacionales)
d. Descargas de la salmuera (zona de mezclado: 100 mts.)
e. Protección a zonas ecológicas
f. Calidad de las aguas de rechazo es reescrita para que coincida con NOM‐001
g. La periodicidad de muestreo cambió a semestral
h. Se incorporó el Apéndice 1 –con especificaciones para el MIA. El primer
borrador escrito por SEMARNAT fue completamente modificado.
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•Discusiones del G.T. para octubre:
a. Definir cual es el tamaño de plantas que
están excluidas de completar la MIA
b. Revisar la Norma Anteproyecto en su
totalidad
c. Discutir numerales 6, 7, 8, y 9
•En la junta de noviembre, el propósito es
aprobar la Norma Anteproyecto y firmarla por
los integrantes del G.T.
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PREGUNTAS?
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