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10-19-15 Desal Committee Packet
OTAY WATER DISTRICT DESALINATION PROJECT COMMITTEE MEETING and SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2554 SWEETWATER SPRINGS BOULEVARD SPRING VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Boardroom MONDAY October 19, 2015 2:30 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. APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE EXISTING CONRACT WITH AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. (AECOM) FOR THE DESIGN OF THE OTAY MESA DESALINATION CONVEYANCE AND DISINFECTION SYSTEM PROJECT; INCREASING THE CONTRACT BY $22,425, RESULTING IN A HIGHER CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $3,800,863 (COBURN-BOYD) 4. INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FOR THE ROSARITO DESALINATION PLANT AND CONVEYANCE AND THE OTAY MESA CONVEYANCE AND DISINFECTION SYSTEM PROJECTS (COBURN-BOYD) 5. ADJOURNMENT BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING: Jose Lopez, Chair Mitch Thompson 2 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 16, 2015 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 16, 2015. ______/s/_ Susan Cruz, District Secretary _____ STAFF REPORT TYPE MEETING: Regular Board MEETING DATE: November 4, 2015 SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Coburn-Boyd Environmental Compliance Specialist Bob Kennedy Engineering Manager CIP./G.F. NO: P2451- 001102 DIV. NO. ALL APPROVED BY: Rod Posada, Chief, Engineering German Alvarez, Assistant General Manager Mark Watton, General Manager SUBJECT: Amendment No. 4 to the Contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for the Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Disinfection System Project GENERAL MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION: That the Otay Water District (District) Board approve Amendment No. 4 to the existing contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AECOM) for design of the Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Disinfection System Project, increasing the contract by $22,425, resulting in a higher contract amount with AECOM of an amount not-to-exceed $3,800,863 (see Exhibit A for Project location). COMMITTEE ACTION: Please see Attachment A. PURPOSE: To obtain Board authorization for the General Manager to execute Amendment No. 4 with AECOM (see Exhibit B) for the Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Disinfection System Project (Project), increasing the contract by $22,425, resulting in a 2 higher contract amount with AECOM of an amount not-to-exceed $3,800,863. ANALYSIS: At the November 3, 2010 Board Meeting, AECOM was awarded a professional engineering services contract for the Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Disinfection System Project. The contract amount approved by the Board was for an amount not-to- exceed $3,910,297, to be completed by the end of Fiscal Year 2016. The District restricted AECOM’s work to miscellaneous studies until January 24, 2013, when AECOM was authorized to initiate work on the preliminary design of a large diameter pipeline 3.5 miles long, a pump station, and a disinfection facility, along with the environmental surveys and studies for CEQA/NEPA compliance. At the April 8, 2014 Board Meeting, Amendment No. 1 was approved by the Board increasing the contract amount by $136,409 for additional environmental surveys and project management. The new contract amount, after approval of the amendment, was $4,046,706 and the completion date of the Project was extended to June 30, 2018. At the October 1, 2014 Board Meeting, Amendment No. 2 was approved by the Board to decrease the contract by $364,774 to eliminate construction services from AECOM’s contract and to remove any suggestion of AECOM’s financial interest in the construction of the Project by the firm that is completing the environmental work. This reduced the AECOM contract amount to $3,681,932. At the May 6, 2015 Board Meeting, Amendment No. 3 was approved by the Board increasing the contract amount by $96,506 for additional project management and environmental work due to project modifications and U.S. Department of State (DOS) coordination. The new contract amount, after approval of the amendment, was $3,778,438. The Project continues to make steady progress towards the completion of its environmental document (EIR/EIS). The draft EIR/EIS is complete and has gone through one (1) review cycle with the DOS. Two (2) additional review cycles must be completed, one for legal review and then one final review before the document can be released for its 45 day public review period. The review cycles have extended the time needed to finalize the document and, therefore, additional project 3 management budget is necessary for the consulting team to bring the EIR/EIS document through to certification, which is anticipated to occur in April, 2016. The $22,425 budget increase, as detailed in the letter from AECOM, Exhibit C, consists solely of budget for project management. The budget remaining in the environmental task will be sufficient to carry the EIR/EIS document through to certification. Staff will bring another update during the April/May 2016 timeframe with further recommendations. FISCAL IMPACT: Joe Beachem, Chief Financial Officer The total budget for CIP P2451, as approved in the FY 2016 budget, is $30,000,000. Expenditures to date are $3,703,144. Total expenditures, plus outstanding commitments, including this Amendment, are $6,330,192. See Attachment B for budget detail. Although $6,330,192 has been committed as of September 30, 2015, $3,703,144 has been actually spent. Staff has stopped all activities concerning this project, except the completion of the EIR/EIS and Presidential Permit activities. It is anticipated that an additional $280,000 will be spent through the Presidential Permit process completion, expected in mid-2016. Based on a review of the financial budget, the Project Manager anticipates that the budget for CIP P2451 is sufficient to support this Project. The Finance Department has determined that, under the current rate model, 40% of the funding will be available from the Expansion Fund and 60% of the funding will be available from the Betterment Fund. 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.” 4 LEGAL IMPACT: None. LCB/BK/RP:jf P:\WORKING\CIP P2451 Desalination Feasibility Study\Staff Reports\Board 11-04-15\BD 11-04-15, Staff Report, AECOM CO No-4 (LCB-BK).doc Attachments: Attachment A – Committee Action Attachment B – Budget Detail Exhibit A – Location Map Exhibit B – Contract Amendment No. 4 Exhibit C – Letter from AECOM, October 2, 2015 ATTACHMENT A SUBJECT/PROJECT: P2451-001102 Amendment No. 4 to the Contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for the Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Disinfection System Project COMMITTEE ACTION: This item was presented to the Desalination Committee (Committee) at a meeting held on October 19, 2015. 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 – Budget Detail SUBJECT/PROJECT: P2451-001102 Amendment No. 4 to the Contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for the Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Disinfection System Project Date Updated: 9/30/2015 Budget 30,000,000 Planning Consultant Contracts 98,577 98,577 - 98,577 CAMP DRESSER & MCKEE INC 13,311 13,311 - 13,311 CPM PARTNERS INC 380,200 380,200 - 380,200 HECTOR I MARES-COSSIO 71,531 71,531 - 71,531 MARSTON+MARSTON INC 26,700 26,700 - 26,700 REA & PARKER RESEARCH 4,173 4,173 - 4,173 SALVADOR LOPEZ-CORDOVA 267,066 212,355 54,711 267,066 SILVA SILVA INTERNATIONAL Meals, Travel, Incidentals 21,846 21,846 - 21,846 STAFF Printing 61 61 - 61 MAIL MANAGEMENT GROUP INC Professional Legal Fees 162,041 162,041 - 162,041 GARCIA CALDERON & RUIZ LLP 43,175 43,175 - 43,175 SOLORZANO CARVAJAL GONZALEZ Y 26,155 8,660 17,495 26,155 BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER 32,612 32,612 - 32,612 STUTZ ARTIANO SHINOFF Service Contracts 500 500 - 500 REBECA SOTURA NICKERSON (Interpretor) 875 875 - 875 LEONARD VILLARREAL 32,463 32,463 - 32,463 (W)RIGHT ON COMMUNICATIONS INC 39,500 39,500 - 39,500 BUSTAMANTE & ASSOCIATES LLC 290 290 - 290 SAN DIEGO DAILY TRANSCRIPT 685 685 - 685 SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, THE Standard Salaries 1,079,902 1,079,902 - 1,079,902 Total Planning 2,301,663 2,229,456 72,206 2,301,662 Design 001102 Consultant Contracts 5,109 5,109 - 5,109 MARSTON+MARSTON INC 30,270 30,270 - 30,270 MICHAEL R WELCH PHD PE 8,818 8,818 - 8,818 CPM PARTNERS INC 5,000 5,000 - 5,000 ATKINS 3,778,438 1,246,021 2,532,417 3,778,438 AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC 22,425 22,425 22,425 AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC AMENDMENT NO. 4 3,952 3,952 - 3,952 AIRX UTILITY SURVEYORS INC Professional Legal Fees 7,761 7,761 - 7,761 STUTZ ARTIANO SHINOFF Meals, Travel, Incidentals 3,216 3,216 - 3,216 STAFF Service Contracts 343 343 - 343 SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE LLC 114 114 - 114 REPROHAUS CORP Standard Salaries 162,754 162,754 - 162,754 Total Design 4,028,200 1,473,358 2,554,842 4,028,200 Construction Standard Salaries 329 329 - 329 Total Construction 329 329 - 329 Grand Total 6,330,192 3,703,144 2,627,048 6,330,192 Vendor/Comments Otay Water District p2451-Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Di Committed Expenditures Outstanding Commitment & Forecast Projected Final Cost 571-1RESERVOIR 870-1RESERVOIR OTAY MESA RD EN R I C O F E R M I D R DONOVA N DONOVANCORRECTIONALFACILITY SIEMPRE VIVA RD G.F. BAILEYDETENTION FACILITY AIRWAY RD AL T A R D PASEO DE LA F U E N T T E STATE PRISON RD ALT A R D MEXICO USA OW D B O U N D A R Y FUTURE FUT U R E ?ò ?Ü ?Ü FUTUREPORT OFENTRY OTAY WATER DISTRICTOTAY MESA DESALINATION CONVEYANCEAND DISINFECTION SYSTEM PROJECT EXHIBIT A CIP P2451 0 2,0001,000 Feet F P: \ W O R K I N G \ C I P P 2 4 5 1 D e s a l i n a t i o n F e a s i b i l i t y S t u d y \ G r a p h i c s \ E x h i b i t s - F i g u r e s \ E x h i b i t A , M a r c h 2 0 1 5 . m x d Legend Pipeline Alternative 1 Pipeline Alternative 2 Pipeline Alternative 3 VICINITY MAP PROJECT SITE NTSDIV 5 DIV 1 DIV 2 DIV 4 DIV 3 ?ò Aä%&s ?p ?Ë !\ F CIP P2451 P2451 Contract No. 0001124 EXHIBIT B FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN OTAY WATER DISTRICT AND AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. RELATIVE TO THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE OTAY MESA CONVEYANCE AND DISINFECTION SYSTEM This Fourth Amendment (“Amendment”) to the original Agreement for Professional Engineering Services is made and entered into as of the _____ day of ______________, 2015, by and between the OTAY WATER DISTRICT ("District"), and AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. ("Consultant"). R E C I T A L S A. District and Consultant entered into that certain Professional Services Agreement dated January 3, 2011 (the "Original Agreement"), under which Consultant agreed to provide the services therein described in connection with the District’s Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection System (the “Services”). The Original Agreement was amended on June 16, 2014 (the “Amended Original Agreement”), on October 21, 2014 (the “Second Amended Original Agreement”) and on May 21, 2015 (the “Third Amended Original Agreement”). B. The Third Amended Original Agreement is due to expire on June 30, 2018 and the Services are 33% complete. C. District and Consultant desire to enter into this Agreement to amend certain specific terms and conditions of the Amended Original Agreement as indicated below. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises and covenants hereinafter contained, the parties agree as follows: CIP P2451 P2451 Contract No. 0001124 1. Exhibit A to the Amended Original Agreement, setting forth the Services to be provided by Consultant, is hereby amended and supplemented by the attached Exhibit A, Revised and Supplemented Scope of Work, attached to this Fourth Amendment and incorporated herein by reference. This revision increases Task 1, Project Management by an amount not to exceed Twenty Two Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($22,425). 2. The parties agree that the aggregate amount paid by the District to the Consultant for the Professional Engineering Design Services rendered by Consultant in excess of the original Agreement shall be increased by an amount not to exceed Twenty Two Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($22,425). Therefore, the total compensation paid by the District for Services described in the amended original contract and this fourth amendment shall not exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Three Dollars ($3,800,863). 3. The parties agree that all terms and conditions of the Amended Original Agreement not modified or amended by this Fourth Amendment, including without limitation all indemnity and insurance requirements, are and shall remain in full force and effect. 4. This Fourth Amendment is subject to the venue, choice of law and interpretation provisions of the Original Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Fourth Amendment to be executed as of the day and year first above written. OTAY WATER DISTRICT By: ____________________________ Mark Watton Its: General Manager Date: ___________________________ CONSULTANT: AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. By: Name: Its: Date: CIP P2451 P2451 Contract No. 0001124 Approved as to form: By: _______________________ General Counsel Approved as to form: By: _______________________ Its: _______________________ P:\WORKING\CIP P2451 Desalination Feasibility Study\Agreements-Contracts-RFPs\AECOM\AECOM Contract_Fourth Amendment to Existing Agreement.docx CIP P2451 P2451 Contract No. 0001124 Exhibit A REVISED & SUPPLEMENTED SCOPE OF WORK Task No. Description Fee Previous Fee Difference 1 Project Management and Administration $215,219.00 $192,794.00 $22,425.00 * Tasks 2-22 $3,585,644.00 $3,585,644.00 Total $3,800,863.00 Total $22,425.00 *Tasks 2-22 are not modified or amended by the Fourth Amendment. The Consultant’s fees for these tasks are provided by reference. AECOM 401 West A Street Suite 1200 San Diego, CA 92101 www.aecom.com 619 610 7600 tel 619 610 7601 fax October 2, 2015 Rod Posada, Bob Kennedy, and Lisa Coburn-Boyd Chief of Engineering, Engineering Manager, and Environmental Compliance Specialist 2554 Sweetwater Springs Road Spring Valley, CA 91978-2004 Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection System Project CIP P2451 Scope of Work Augmentation: Amendment to Agreement No. 4 Dear Otay Water District: We appreciate your consideration to process a Scope of Work augmentation to allow the AECOM team to continue our efforts and support the Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection System Project (Project). This fourth Amendment to Agreement acknowleges the increased level of effort as a result of the extended schedule, and specifically covers additional project management and administration effort through April 30, 2016. The Project’s original schedule anticipated the preliminary design reports (PDRs) and Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) would be completed in 2011. It is currently anticipated that the draft EIR/EIS will be complete by December 31, 2015. It is also anticipated that the Final EIR/EIS will be complete by March 31, 2016, pending any extenuating circumstances outside of our or the District’s control. Amendment No. 4 includes augmentation to one (1) Scope of Work task as follows: Task 1 – Project Management and Administration Project Management and Administration will continue through April 30, 2016 and will consist of services provided by both DLM Engineering and AECOM, and includes time to provide general support for the Project and the District as the work progresses. It also includes the estimated level of effort for scheduling, progress reporting and status updates, and project controls through that period. Continuation of Project Management and Administration through Amendment No. 4 is limited to $22,425. Budget Request Associated with this Scope of Work Augmentation Task Number and Description Current Authorized Budget Amended Budget Revised Authorized Budget Task 1 – Project Management (Continuation) $145,244 +$22,4251 $167,669 Total Project Budget Including All Current Authorized Tasks $1,869,880 $22,425 $1,892,305 Amendment No. 4 Budget Breakdown: 1 – Task 1 Project Management and Administration requires an additional $22,425 and the amount consists of the following: $11,700 for DLM Engineering for November 2015 thru April 2016; limited to 60 hours. $10,725 for AECOM for November 2015 thru April 2016; limited to 2.5 hours per week. As described above, this Amendment request does increase the current authorized budget for Task 1 Project Management and Administration, as well as the total project budget due to Scope of Work augmentations. Thank you for your consideration. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments and look forward to continuing support of the District and this Project. Sincerely, Don MacFarlane, PE Project Manager Jason Caprio, PE AECOM Project Manager Alberto Vela Vice President STAFF REPORT TYPE MEETING: Desalination Committee MEETING DATE: October 19, 2015 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 April 8, 2015. The updates or significant milestones that have been reached since the last update to the Committee include: Project Direction In the last update, it was noted the Project had taken a new direction. The State of Baja California (State) passed 2 legislation to approve Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs or APPs in Spanish). These PPPs allow for the direct negotiations of the State with private companies such as NSC Agua (NSCA). The State is considering selling to the District the requested amount of desalinated water and is also interested in indirect water transfers of Colorado River water. The reason the State wants to pursue this kind of project is because Tijuana is currently exceeding their water allocation from the Colorado River. Today, Tijuana is about 1.2 cubic meters per second short (approximately 30,000 acre-feet per year) and must negotiate with the farmers in the Mexicali Valley on a yearly basis to acquire the additional water to meet their demands. The Secretaria de Infraestructura y Desarrollo Urbano del Estado (SIDUE), a State agency that coordinates infrastructure projects for the State and the Comisión Estatal del Agua de Baja California (CEA), an agency that is responsible for regulating the State’s water and sewerage industry, are evaluating desalination proposals, including NSCA’s. It is expected in mid-October, 2015, that the State will issue a public invitation to tender for the production and conveyance of desalinated water. The tenders are due in mid-December, 2015. These State agencies will evaluate all tenders and will make a selection which is expected to be completed by the spring of 2016. NSCA has stated that they have received very preliminary cost information from the potential EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contractor that indicates the cost of the product water for Otay Water District would be close to the cost of imported water from the San Diego County Water Authority. The Rosarito Desalination Project will be built in two (2) phases. The first phase would provide product water to satisfy the demands for Mexico (Tijuana and Rosarito). A future second phase would produce excess water for sale to the District. A designated pipeline will carry desalinated water to the District and the water would meet California Water Quality Standards. NSCA has also been in contact with the North American Development Bank (NADB) to discuss potential financing of the Project. Concerns raised by the recent award of a desalination project in San Quintin Baja California identified the need for financial guarantees to be identified in the tender. Pending legislation 3 is expected to address warranties in the law, as well as, additional legislation from the State’s legislature backing the Rosarito Desalination Project. According to NSCA, both legislations will be passed by mid-December 2015, before the tender is due. In mid-July, 2015, staff from U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office contacted the District inquiring about Desalination and Recycled Water projects the District is embarked on. Subsequently, Senator Feinstein included the name of the District as a potential recipient of funds from the “California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015,” which is a Senate Bill she is introducing that will give congressional funds to California in the amount of $1.3 Billion. This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on July 29, 2015, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole. On July 24, 2015, Congressmen Juan Vargas and Edward Royce sent a letter to U.S. Department of State in support of the application for the Presidential Permit (see Exhibit B). In addition, Congressman Royce wrote a letter to the Editor of the Orange County Register commenting about the Rosarito Desalination Project as a potential solution to the drought (see Exhibit C). On July 28, 2015, Directors Tim Smith and Gary Croucher and General Manager Mark Watton, met with the California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, to present the Rosarito Desalination Project and the potential for the District to acquire water from that source. Rosarito Desalination Project in the News The drought continues to be 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 June 22, 2015 publication of the Water Desalination Report provided a Project update entitled “Mexico SWRO Mega-Plant Development Gains Steam” (see Exhibit D). On August 3, 2015, “El Mexicano,” a local paper in Tijuana B.C., Mexico, printed an article about the Rosarito Desalination Project and pointed out the potential benefits to the Tijuana/Rosarito region (see Exhibit E). 4 Public Outreach Efforts The General Manager has continued meeting with Carlo Bonfante, Secretary of Economic Development of the State of Baja California, as the point person for the Governor of Baja California on the desalination Project. The conversations have been focused on direct deliveries, as well as, indirect deliveries via the Colorado River; other topics have been the price point for the product water and the water quality requirements. The meetings have been mostly one-on-one, but also other Colorado River stakeholders have been in attendance. Division of Drinking Water (DDW) Permitting (formerly CDPH) NSCA continues the source water testing at the power plant intake and outlet structures that began on September 18, 2014. The results are posted with DDW. Staff and representatives from NSCA continue to coordinate on complying with the California Water Resources Control Board Drinking Water Program regulatory requirements related to source water quality testing. Presidential Permit The Presidential Permit process was initiated in November, 2013, when the District submitted an application letter to the United States Department of State (DOS) asking that the permit process begin. Since that time, District staff and consultants have been working on the joint California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/ National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental document, an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). Ms. Jill Reilly, the DOS representative working on the environmental document, was called to the House Foreign Affairs Committee by the Chairman, Edward Royce, and the Democrat senior advisor, Brian Skretny, along with a number of interns, for a brief on the Project. Chairman Royce was interested in helping push along the DOS to act on the Presidential Permit for the pipeline crossing. The Notice of Preparation/Notice of Intent was published on November 14, 2014 and a Scoping Meeting for the document was held on December 2, 2014 in the District’s Board Room. Staff and consultants from AECOM have completed all of the technical reports that support the description of the Project’s environmental impacts and the draft EIR/EIS has been completed. The document was sent to the DOS for their review in August, 2015 5 and the District received the DOS first review comments on September 17, 2015. After all of the DOS comments have been addressed, the draft document will be resubmitted to the DOS for their legal department review. The draft EIR/EIS is tentatively scheduled to be ready for its 45-day public review period by January, 2016. Comments received during the public review period must be responded to and changes made to the EIR/EIS, as necessary. Once the final EIR/EIS is complete, the DOS will use the findings of the environmental document and a range of other factors that include energy security, cultural, and economic impacts, foreign policy, and compliance with relevant federal regulations in order to determine whether the Project would serve the national interest. The DOS will then issue the Presidential Permit, if it determines that the Project would serve the national interest. Based on the current schedule, the Presidential Permit determination could occur in mid-2016. Binational Affairs On June 26, 2015, the Diputado Federal Héctor Mares Cossío (representing the State of Baja California with the Mexican Congress) organized a meeting of the Northern Borders Commission and invited representatives from the Otay Water District. Several Diputados from the northern Mexican states were in attendance, together with state and local dignitaries. The District was represented by Director, Mitch Thompson, General Manager, Mark Watton, and Chief of Engineering, Rod Posada. Diputados Jaime Bonilla Valdez and Héctor Mares Cossío expressed gratitude for the District’s participation in the writing of the Mexican Standard on Intakes, Outfalls, and Brine Disposal for Desalination Plants. The District participated in the working group writing the Standard, an effort that lasted eighteen months. FISCAL IMPACT: Joe Beachem, Chief Financial Officer No fiscal impact as this is an informational item only. (See Attachment B - Budget Detail). Although $6,330,192 has been committed as of September 30, 2015, $3,703,144 has been actually spent. Staff has stopped all activities concerning this project, except the completion of the EIR/EIS and Presidential Permit activities. It is anticipated that an additional $280,000 will be spent through the Presidential Permit process completion, expected in mid-2016. 6 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. BK/RP:jf P:\WORKING\CIP P2451 Desalination Feasibility Study\Staff Reports\Committee 10-22-15 Update\Committee 10-22-15, Staff Report, Desal Update, (BK-RP).doc Attachments: Attachment A – Committee Action Attachment B – Budget Detail Exhibit A – Project Location Exhibit B – Letter of Support to U.S. Department of State on the application for the Presidential Permit, July 24, 2015 Exhibit C - Letter to the Editor of the Orange County Register by Congressman Royce, July 26, 2015 Exhibit D - “Mexico SWRO Mega-Plant Development Gains Steam,” Water Desalination Report, June 22, 2015 Exhibit E – Article from “El Mexicano,” a local paper in Tijuana B.C., Mexico, August 3, 2015 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 19, 2015. ATTACHMENT B – Budget Detail SUBJECT/PROJECT: P2451-001101 Informational Update for the Rosarito Desalination Plant and the Otay Mesa Conveyance and Disinfection System Projects Date Updated: 9/30/2015 Budget 30,000,000 Planning Consultant Contracts 98,577 98,577 - 98,577 CAMP DRESSER & MCKEE INC 13,311 13,311 - 13,311 CPM PARTNERS INC 380,200 380,200 - 380,200 HECTOR I MARES-COSSIO 71,531 71,531 - 71,531 MARSTON+MARSTON INC 26,700 26,700 - 26,700 REA & PARKER RESEARCH 4,173 4,173 - 4,173 SALVADOR LOPEZ-CORDOVA 267,066 212,355 54,711 267,066 SILVA SILVA INTERNATIONAL Meals, Travel, Incidentals 21,846 21,846 - 21,846 STAFF Printing 61 61 - 61 MAIL MANAGEMENT GROUP INC Professional Legal Fees 162,041 162,041 - 162,041 GARCIA CALDERON & RUIZ LLP 43,175 43,175 - 43,175 SOLORZANO CARVAJAL GONZALEZ Y 26,155 8,660 17,495 26,155 BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER 32,612 32,612 - 32,612 STUTZ ARTIANO SHINOFF Service Contracts 500 500 - 500 REBECA SOTURA NICKERSON (Interpretor) 875 875 - 875 LEONARD VILLARREAL 32,463 32,463 - 32,463 (W)RIGHT ON COMMUNICATIONS INC 39,500 39,500 - 39,500 BUSTAMANTE & ASSOCIATES LLC 290 290 - 290 SAN DIEGO DAILY TRANSCRIPT 685 685 - 685 SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, THE Standard Salaries 1,079,902 1,079,902 - 1,079,902 Total Planning 2,301,663 2,229,456 72,206 2,301,662 Design 001102 Consultant Contracts 5,109 5,109 - 5,109 MARSTON+MARSTON INC 30,270 30,270 - 30,270 MICHAEL R WELCH PHD PE8,818 8,818 - 8,818 CPM PARTNERS INC 5,000 5,000 - 5,000 ATKINS 3,778,438 1,246,021 2,532,417 3,778,438 AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC 22,425 22,425 22,425 AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC AMENDMENT NO. 4 3,952 3,952 - 3,952 AIRX UTILITY SURVEYORS INC Professional Legal Fees 7,761 7,761 - 7,761 STUTZ ARTIANO SHINOFF Meals, Travel, Incidentals 3,216 3,216 - 3,216 STAFF Service Contracts 343 343 - 343 SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE LLC 114 114 - 114 REPROHAUS CORP Standard Salaries 162,754 162,754 - 162,754 Total Design 4,028,200 1,473,358 2,554,842 4,028,200 Construction Standard Salaries 329 329 - 329 Total Construction 329 329 - 329 Grand Total 6,330,192 3,703,144 2,627,048 6,330,192 Vendor/Comments Otay Water District p2451-Otay Mesa Desalination Conveyance and Di Committed Expenditures Outstanding Commitment & Forecast Projected Final Cost 571-1RESERVOIR 870-1RESERVOIR OTAY MESA RD EN R I C O F E R M I D R DONOVA N DONOVANCORRECTIONALFACILITY SIEMPRE VIVA RD G.F. BAILEYDETENTION FACILITY AIRWAY RD AL T A R D PASEO DE LA F U E N T T E STATE PRISON RD ALT A R D MEXICO USA OW D B O U N D A R Y FUTURE FUT U R E ?ò ?Ü ?Ü FUTUREPORT OFENTRY OTAY WATER DISTRICTOTAY MESA DESALINATION CONVEYANCEAND DISINFECTION SYSTEM PROJECT EXHIBIT A CIP P2451 0 2,0001,000 Feet F P: \ W O R K I N G \ C I P P 2 4 5 1 D e s a l i n a t i o n F e a s i b i l i t y S t u d y \ G r a p h i c s \ E x h i b i t s - F i g u r e s \ E x h i b i t A , M a r c h 2 0 1 5 . m x d Legend Pipeline Alternative 1 Pipeline Alternative 2 Pipeline Alternative 3 VICINITY MAP PROJECT SITE NTSDIV 5 DIV 1 DIV 2 DIV 4 DIV 3 ?ò Aä%&s ?p ?Ë !\ F the Or~n~e Cou~~ty Re~ist~r UPtNION An ailwof-the-above approach to drought 11~it'.vt~~ J~,~~• :2~, 1J1;: 3 4' j) rt BY Ed ROYCE / Cor~trit~utii:c~ writer Cal~fQmia continues to endure its worst drought in more than 1,200 years. A growing number of communities have been impacted by tl~e severe drv~r~ht conditions, and mandatary water usage reductions are doing little to alleviate their effects. While we can't mace it rai~t, we can dQ more to ~tiliz~ readily avaiiabie waker. Local desalination projects have contin~vusly undergone permitting battles with government agencies. After six years of hack ar~d forth with the California Coastal Commission and 14 la~rsuits, the largest desalination project in the Western Hemisphere, in Carlsbad, has finally been approved. It°s been estimated that this proleci will emplAy 2, 00 people and provide 50 million gaUor~s of d~ir~ki~g water every day when it opens next year. Desalination plants, using a process called reverse asrnosis, convert seawater into drinking water. This idea is not new, nor shpufd it be seen as partisan. John F. Kennedy saw the potential for desalination: °If we could prod~rce freshwater from saltwater at a low cost, that would indeed be a great service to humanity, and would dwarf any other scienti€ic accomplishmer~i." In April, Gov. Jerry Brown authorized $200 million for desalination and water recycling projects. Bit delays from state and federal agencies have resulted ~n a pile-up of 15 pending desalination projects along Ehe coast awaiting approval, essentially denying residents o~ a potential reliable water source. As chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I recently sent a IetEer with San Diego-area Qemocrafic Rep. Juan Vargas to the State Department, urging tt to complete its review of the Otay water project, which could bring ~p to 50 million gallons of desa~rnated water from Mex€co to California. Since 2013, the State Deparime~t has been reviewing the environmental impact and U.S. national security interests of the project. As one of the many agencies that aye required to pursue an action, i~ is important that the State Department conclude its work promptly. We see these types of projects becoming more common around the world. In Israel, were drought is nQt uncommon, similar governmer€t-backed projects provide ~ 30 billion gallons of desalinated f111editerranear~ seawater to more than half of the natio€~'s population. Israel also trea#s and reuses nearly 70 percent of its waste water for agricuitc~re. Even during times of drought, Israel has a reliable water supply. We should consider modeling our water projects after countries that have a wealth of knawiedge ar~d experience to shape. Government afters stands as an obstacle to even the most obvious solutions. Large- scale infrastructure projects are riot an exception to this rule. Congress has a responsibility to help streamline and reform the permitting process for water projects. To that end, I am an original co-sponsor of the Western Vllater and American Food Security Act authored by Central Galiforn~a Republican Rep. David Valadao. This bill, which passed #~~ House of Representatives an July 16, provides both emergency and long-term water supply to California, increases wa#er storage capacity and st~eamfines the permitting process to approve water recycling and reuse projects. Ei also establishes "one stop shop" permit#ir~~ reforms aimed at building infrastructure to capture more water. Qur current system o~ moving water through the California State Water Project is slow and nontransparent; this bill takes steps in order to get mare water to Southern Califom~a and will alEow us to pump more water during tie wet monkhs to rise in tine dry manihs. This is just a start. Our current water crisis did not appear overnight, and it will not be solved in a day. ~.ong-term planning requires a regulatory environment that both ensures that water projects in the pipeline today are not bogged down by excessive red tape, and thak innovative solutions being employed around the globe carp be quickly adopted here. We should begin by approving viably and proven desalination projects a5 part of an "alI of the abo~re approach" tv the drought. Ecl Royce, R-Fullerton, represents California's 39th Co~~gressional District, Water Desalination ReporT Tom Pankratz, Editor, P.O. Box 75064, Houston, Texas 77234-5064 USA Telephone: +1-281-857-6571, www.desalination.com/wdr, email: tp@globalwaterintel.com © 2015 Media Analytics. Published in cooperation with Global Water Intelligence. Volume 51, Number 24 The international weekly for desalination and advanced water treatment since 1965 22 June 2015 MexicoSWRO mega-plant development gains steam Since Consolidated Water (CWCO) acquired NSC Agua—a Mexican development company pursuing a 100 MGD (378,500 m3/d) SWRO in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico—over five years ago, a portion of the plant’s production was planned for export across the US-Mexican border to the Otay Water District (OWD) in San Diego County. To that end, OWD signed a non-binding letter of intent to purchase some of the water and is now in the process of completing the necessary CEQA/NEPA permitting work and filing for a US Presidential permit that is required for the cross-border pipeline. Following recent speculation that the plant’s full production may now be purchased by Conagua for its Mexican customers, WDR contacted Mark Watton, OWD’s general manager, to ask how the move might affect his District. “Although there are other water supply alternatives that we are considering, we really like the Rosarito desal option. For direct delivery across the border, OWD is the only practical user. I also sit on the San Diego County Water Authority’s board, and based on the preliminary calculations by the Authority’s staff, the capital cost to move desalted water from Rosarito across the border and anywhere beyond Otay looks like it would be a show-stopper,” said Watton. Developing a seawater desal project, especially such a large project, is not an insignificant undertaking. The Rosarito project is further complicated by the fact that it is a public- private partnership and the first of its kind in Mexico. The bi-national aspect, which will involve the IBWC/CILA and, perhaps, a successor agreement to Minute 319, adds yet another twist. However, the nearly 2 million residents of the Tijuana metropolitan area are experiencing the same drought, accompanied by a similar lack of water options, as their northern neighbors. And, unlike the California power plant sites at which desal plants have been proposed, the Rosarito Power Plant is a base-load facility and its associated cooling water intake/outfall have long-term permits in place and a projected life that will support a co-located desal plant. Meanwhile, WDR has learned that the Conagua and/or the state government of Baja California could launch a tender for the project later this summer in response to NSC Agua’s Rosarito Project GlossaryFor many desalters, Rosarito project discussions will be peppered with new terminology. WDR provides this glossary of project terms and acronyms: APP – Asociaciones Público Privadas, the Mexican laws on public-private partnerships, which were revised in 2014. Baja California – The northwestern-most state of Mexico bordered on the north by the US state of California, and the south by Mexico’s Baja California Sur. CEA – Comisión Estatal del Agua. The public agency responsible for establishing water and sanitation performance standards. CEQA – California Environmental Quality Act. The state environmental law, which guides permit issuance and approval. CESPT – Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Tijuana, the State Public Utility Commission of Tijuana, which ensures water and sanitation services to Tijuana. CILA – Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas, the Spanish language acronym for the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). and often referred to as IBWC/CILA. Conagua – Comisión Nacional del Agua, Mexico’s National Water Com-mission, responsible for administration, management and control of national waters and the hydrological system. CWCO – Consolidated Water Company, a Nasdaq-listed, Cayman-based company. IBWC – The International Boundary and Water Commission, a bilateral agency addressing issues regarding boundary demarcation, ownership of waters, sanitation, water quality and flood control in the border region. MIA – Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental, the Mexican equivalent of an environmental impact assessment (EIA). Minute 319 – A five-year pact signed in 2012 under which Mexico and US share in water surpluses/droughts through storage and conservation. NEPA – The National Environmental Policy Act, a US Act that requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decisions. NSC Agua – A special purpose company developing the Rosarito Desal Project, which is a 99.9% wholly-owned subsidiary of CWCO. Otay Water District – (OWD) A Municipal Water District providing water, recycled water and sewer service in southeastern San Diego County. Presidential permit – A permit issued by the US President, which is required for anything that permanently penetrates a US international border. RIA – Reglamento del Impacto Ambiental, the Mexican equivalent of the Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA), issued in response to an MIA. Rosarito – Playas de Rosarito, a coastal Baja California city, 10 miles (16km) south of the US border and within the Tijuana metro area. Rosarito Power Plant – Presidente Juarez CCGT Power Station, owned and operated by state-owned Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). SEMARNAT – Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, a Mexican federal environmental regulatory agency. SIDUE – Secretaría de Infraestructura y Desarrollo Urbano of Baja California, a state agency that coordinates infrastructure projects. Page 2WATER DESALINATION REPORT – 22 June 2015 unsolicited APP proposal. Besides owning a 20ha (49.5- acre) site adjacent to CFE’s Rosarito Power Station, at which the desal plant would be co-located, CWCO’s NSC Agua recently announced that it had submitted MIA applications and received its RIA for the desal plant. Under the new APP law—and similar to private initiative projects in general— NSC Agua, as the project proponent, is expected to benefit from an evaluation credit that reflects the development work that it has already completed. The state of Baja California has retained Baja Norte Water Resources, a US company, to market any excess water from the project as a direct sale to Otay or others, or as a trade with Colorado River users. This approach has several practical, legal and commercial challenges that would need to be resolved. The largest issue of which is how Conagua and CILA will view the state’s involvement in direct cross- border water transfers. The project seems to be gathering steam, and any delays appear to be related to working through the nuances of the new APP procurement law (APP) and Mexican Law’s requirements concerning who can do what. Trinidad’s Point Lisas Plant will soon relinquish its title as the “Western Hemisphere’s Largest Seawater Desalination Plant” to Carlsbad, and if Consolidated Water has it’s way, Carlsbad’s reign may be short-lived. SingaporePUB goes for a hat trick Ten years after commissioning its first SWRO plant and two years after a second, larger plant went online, Singapore PUB has released a tender for its third SWRO plant at Tuas, in far west Singapore. The Tuas 3 plant will have a production capacity of 135,260 m3/d (36 MGD), the same size as the first plant. The design-build tender was released last Thursday and a mandatory site briefing is scheduled for 23 June, with proposals due on 20 August. CH2M will supervise the plant’s design and construction, and it is targeted to be operational by the end of 2018. CaliforniaCouncil votes “yes” on SWRO Last week, Santa Barbara’s city council voted unanimously to support its staff recommendation to spend an additional $3.76 million to proceed with the reactivation of its 3,125 AFY (10,560 m3/d) Charles Meyer SWRO Plant. The move comes almost exactly 25 years after the city first embraced seawater desal and sought proposals to construct the facility. Forty percent of the latest allocation will be used to fund IDE Technologies’ design phase services of the rehabilitation project and the remainder will fund Carollo Engineers’ support services. The balance of the $55 million project will be funded with a 20-year State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan at a 1.663 percent interest rate. Only two of the three prequalified bidders submitted offers, and of the two, the IDE/Kiewit bid was evaluated as most favorable on a net present value basis. Although the construction cost estimate was significantly higher than Carollo’s $40 million preliminary design estimate, the plant’s operating cost will be approximately $1.6 million/ year lower than the original estimate. “The IDE/Kiewit design calls for the replacement of more equipment than Carollo originally estimated. This led to a higher capital cost. However, the CapEx is offset by lower energy consumption, which reduces the total water cost estimate from $1,813/AF to $1,320/AF,” explained Josh Haggmark, the city’s water resources manager. The SRF loan is expected to be approved in mid-July. The design should be completed by the end of October, with construction slated to start in November. The plant should be producing water by September 2016. Santa Barbara SWRO Timeline Apr 1990: In 4th year of drought, city seeks SWRO proposals Aug 1990: Ionics (now GE) chosen to supply “emergency desalter” Jun 1991: Citizens vote SWRO a permanent part of water portfolio Jun 1991: SWRO project groundbreaking Feb 1992: 6.7 MGD (25,360 m3/d) plant commissioned Mar 1992: Rains fill area reservoirs Jun 1992: SWRO plant shut down Mar 1993: Governor declares 6+ year drought officially over May 1994: Plant EIR certified for long-term water supply Jun 1996: City exercises option to purchase SWRO plant from Ionics Oct 1996: ‘Permanent supply’ CDP issued Dec 1999: 60% of SWRO plant sold to Saudi company Jan 2000: City mothballs balance of plant for emergency use Jul 2000: 3.5 MGD of capacity commissioned at port of Jeddah Jun 2008: City considers reactivating SWRO Jul 2009: Carollo Engineering hired to evaluate plant rehab options Feb 2014: RFPs sought for reactivation consultant Apr 2014: Carollo selected as rehab consultant Sep 2014: SOQs issued for DBO reactivation contractor Feb 2015: Coastal Commission approves CDP application to reactivate May 2015: IDE selected as DBO contractor to reactivate the SWRO May 2015: Carollo selected to evaluate subsurface intake feasibility Jun 2015: City votes to begin reactivation process Jul 2015*: City expects state funding approval Nov 2015*: Rehabilitation construction scheduled to start Sep 2016*: Plant reactivation scheduled to be operational * projected Page 3WATER DESALINATION REPORT – 22 June 2015 Egypt Resorts to get SWROs UAE-based Metito has been awarded two SWRO projects for separate luxury resorts in Egypt. The first project is a 7,400 m3/d (2 MGD) SWRO plant for Emaar Egypt’s Marassi Mediterranean Marine & Golf Resort west of Alexandria. Seven beach wells, one of which will remain in standby, will provide feedwater, and each of the two-trains will be furnished with three Energy Recovery, Inc PX-300 ERDs. Metito will operate and maintain the plant for one year. The second project will be a 4,500 m3/d (1.2 MGD) SWRO plant, delivered under a BOT contract, for the Citystars project on the Red Sea coast in Sharm El Sheikh. Metito business director Bassem Halabi told WDR that the Marassi Resort currently has one of his company’s 5,000 m3/d (1.3 MGD) SWRO systems, and that the orders for both of the resorts includes a 3,000 m3/d (0.8 MGD) sewage treatment plant. Current plans call for both projects to be commissioned by the end of this year. In brief Since the 2016 AWWA-AMTA Membrane Technology Conference will be held earlier in the year than usual, the abstract submittal due date—19th of June—has also CaliforniaDrought impacting slant well intake test Ongoing trials of a test slant well being conducted as part of CalAm’s Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP) have been temporarily delayed after the groundwater levels in a monitoring well declined by more than 18 inches (460mm). The shutdown was a condition of the Coastal Commission’s permit for the test project. Groundwater monitoring will continue while the tests are suspended, and the preliminary consensus of the Hydrogeologic Working Group evaluating the test is that the groundwater elevation trend is not related to test slant well operation, but is the result of other factors, including seasonal irrigation on nearby land. The $4 million, 2,000 GPM (126 L/s) test is expected to continue for up to two years and is intended to demonstrate the viability of this subsurface intake arrangement. The data will be used to further validate groundwater modeling that shows that on average, 96 percent of the water captured in a full-scale, 16,000 GPM (1,000 L/s) intake would consist of ocean water. Following the test’s successful completion, the concept will be used for a 9.6 MGD (36,336 m3/d) SWRO plant, which will be part of CalAm’s Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP). The project’s draft EIR is now available for review, and comments on the report are to be submitted by 1 July. The SWRO plant is expected to be operational in late 2018. Company News MF/UF rack accepts 10 different modules WesTech Engineering is the latest MF/UF systems supplier to offer an open-platform or universal rack membrane filtration system. The Utah-based company officially introduced its VersaFilter system at the recent AWWA annual conference in California. According to Libbie Linton, the company’s membrane filtration group leader, the VersaFilter is a flexible arrangement that is compatible with more than ten different pressurized MF/UF modules. “We’ve designed a flexible and highly adjustable system that is compatible with the most recognized and popular outside-in, hollow fiber membrane modules. This flexibility gives the engineer or end user the option of selecting their preferred membrane, and shifts emphasis to the OEM that is able to provide the highest quality, best value system. “In addition, the WesTech Versa- Filter has a footprint as much as 25 percent smaller than other universal rack designs. “Not everyone knows that WesTech has been furnishing UF systems since 2002, and that we have more than 60 installations. Short of the ‘big three’ membrane filtration companies, this represents some of the most extensive UF equipment experience in North America,” she added. The company has bid a number of VersaFilter systems and has received its first full-scale VersaFilter order. It is now constructing the 3 MGD (11,355 m3/d) system. VersaFilter Rack Rate for one year: £305 or US$550. Subscribe and renew online at: www.desalination.com/wdr Reproduction or electronic distribution is forbidden. Subscribers may circulate their copy on their immediate premises. To email or create additional copies for other office locations, contact Ekaterina Edmondson (ee@globalwaterintel.com) to arrange a site license. Page 4WATER DESALINATION REPORT – 22 June 2015 come earlier than usual. In an effort to make sure that no one misses out, AMTA president Scott Freeman (Black & Veatch) told WDR that abstracts submitted by readers by the end of this week will still be considered. To submit an abstract electronically, visit http://www.awwa.org/conferences- education/presenter-resources/amta-awwa-membrane-call- for-abstracts.aspx. Louisiana-based Maxim Watermakers has announced that it has signed a distributor agreement with Winston Engineering Corporation (PTE) Ltd in Singapore. Under the agreement, Winston will be responsible for sales and service of Maxim’s thermal and membrane desal products in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. Dow Water & Process Solutions launched its new XP Fiber at the recent Aquatech China trade show in Shanghai. Its IntegraFlux ultrafiltration (UF) modules with the new XP PVDF fiber are said to have up to 35 percent higher permeability than previous generation modules, and are able to operate at up to 40 percent higher flux while producing the same transmembrane pressure. The company has received NSF-61 certification for the modules containing the fiber and its log removal value is understood to be forthcoming. The modules with the XP Fiber are available globally and will be officially launched in the US at the August IDA World Congress. Switzerland-based Aquarion AG has introduced ZLD.eco2, a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) process that uses modular filtration and separation technologies—which may include biological treatment, UF and multi-stage RO processes—to pre-concentrate industrial wastewater to reduce the footprint and energy requirements for final residuals concentration and disposal. The South Central Membrane Association (SCMA) will hold its annual conference and exposition under the theme “Membranes Technology: Treatment, Techniques and Troubleshoothing” in Fort Worth, Texas on 29-31 July. For more information on the conference, visit http://tinyurl.com/ pq5huf8. Pall Corporation has donated a Pall Aria membrane water filtration system as part of SUNY Broome’s Health for Haiti program. The system will filter 22 GPM (1.4 L/s) of water for residents of Grande-Saline, a remote village in northwest Haiti. The Health for Haiti program also supports three new computer schools, which give Haitians access to and training in technology. In addition to the Pall Aria water system, Pall has donated 30 laptops for use in these schools. The Qingdao International Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse will be held on 29 June-2 July in eastern China’s Shandong Province. For more information, visit http://www.cda-apdwr2009.com/en/. The city of Pacific Grove, California will enter into final negotiations with the PERC Water/PACE team for the design and construction of a $7.3 million, 0.25 MGD (946 m3/d) MBR treatment system employing Koch Membrane Systems Puron technology. Eight of twelve bidders have been qualified for Oman Power and Water Procurement Company’s (OPWP) 250,000 m3/d (66 MGD) Sohar 3 IWP. The prequalified SWRO project bidders are: 1) Abengoa/National Power & Water; 2) GdF Suez; 3) GS Inima/Acciona; 4) Hyflux; 5) Itochu/ Degrémont; 6) JGC Corp.; 7) Valoriza; 8) Veolia/Marubeni. An RFP is expected to be issued imminently. Elsevier will hold the 2nd International Conference on Desalination Using Membrane Technology in Singapore. For information, visit www.desalinationusingmembrane. com. People Mike Dixon has been appointed as the director of engineering for Alberta WaterSMART. Formerly an R&D engineer with NanoH2O, Dr Dixon will now be based in Calgary, Canada, and may be contacted at mike.dixon@albertawatersmart. com. John Tracy, the director of marketing for Oasys Water, has been appointed to a two-year term as an at-large member of the board of directors of the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA). He may be contacted at jtracy@oasyswater.com. Xylem Inc has appointed Jayanthi (Jay) Iyengar as senior vice president and chief innovation and technology officer. In this newly created position, he will lead the company’s global R&D, technology and innovation activities. Formerly the group vice President of engineering and technology for Eaton’s Aerospace Group, he will now be based in Rye Brook, New York. €L MEXICANO NEWSPAPER T~, i.C. / Lw~cs 3 ~c A~:r~ ~c 2015 / ~:l utu3Ar de la Cespt. Atioo~u Atvarez J~++w. t.~cy~ab qur vita 4ctl6ie ~ontac can wu pi~t~ta d~aaladot~a~ que du,~l~caris d ~at4 pica 'Iy~wna y P4yas de R~arlta SE CONSTRUIR~A EN PLAYAS DE ROSARITO DUPLICARIA DESALAD~RA, DISPaNIBiLIDAD DE AGUA TIJUANA.- Ls planta de- saladoca que se preteade construir eA Playas de Ro- sarlto, bsjo el e~yuema de la ley de Asoct~rci6a P~iblico- Privada (APP), alcaazarta is misaa~ capactdad que hoy time el acu~ducto ddl RLo Color~dv~ par to qua ~e coa- tarl~ coy e~ doblo del recw+~ so natural pare abastec:er a ios municipioe de Tijurina y Rosarito. Se eapera qua, de concre- tarse el proyecto~ pueda proveer S00 Gtros por ~e- Qttndo' bqua a1 ado repre- sonta 100 millones de me- tros cubicos. El titul~t' dd la Comiaidn Eatstal de Servlciog Publi- cos de T~juaow (C~spt), Al- E~u Alvarez Juan, exglicb qua ue analiza en la mesa tbcnica la fiictibilidad de tooter cAa una plants dc- w~ladora en Playas de Rosa- cito~ qua se convertiria en ua proveedar del a'~anismo operador del aqua. ConsiderG qua es vi~blr, pueato qua as se puede d~- pender de una sale fuente de abastecimienw, Como la es el Rio Colorado. La cripacidad m~xim~ de l~ plants serfs de ciaw me/ros cuDicuB b 500 litrue por segundo; anualmente sportarta 100 millun~s de metros cubico~, el consumo actual de Tijuana y Playas de itosarjto. "I~ d~~aludw'a veadrta a provocar mochas co~as~ en- tre ells aria certidumbre a quienes estdn peasaado en Invertir en !a Zone Caste, el qua ~staria ~arantiaxda de menace permanence", ex- pre~G. Alvarez ~uaa recordd qua auC~ lr~ ~npo~ibi~id~td del ~o- bierno eatxtal de iavert~r en una obra de esa uw~aitud~recurrirf~►n a to iuici~tiva privada, quapor uo peciodo de tiempo ~e hartA cargode la oprracib~n. Uiu~ vez flaali- zado ei contrato~ 1A pinta de~aladora pasarta ~ manor c1e1 gobierno. A carte del imp~cto econb~mico, mencian4 qua ~rctu~rlmet~te el ague ya po- tabillzada tieue un coato pranedio de 22 pesos por nnetru cubico. El reto ~s qua la tarifa siga sieado la mis- tna utaut' eiinilar. "El ru~to que eats propo- niendo la emprasa p~r~ ins- talar la desa~cic~ra es muy similar a !o qua aos cuesta Iraer el ag~a del Rto Colo- redo a Tijuana". El fuacionario opinb qua results ads costoso uo te- ner ague su~iciente, pare reiterb qua buscarAn qua ao se ineremente is tarifa final. (~Br)