ITEM:

INFORMATION ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS

 

25.

MONTHLY CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER PRODUCTION REPORT

 

Meeting Date:

March 19, 2007

Budgeted: 

N/A

 

From:

David A. Berger,

Program/

N/A

 

General Manager

Line Item No.:

 

 

 

Prepared By:

 

Greg James

Cost Estimate:

N/A

General Counsel Approval:  N/A

 

Committee Recommendation:  N/A

 

CEQA Compliance:  N/A

 

 

SUMMARY: 

 

February 2007

 

Total System for Month:  Total California American Water (CAW) system production for February was 836 acre-feet (AF), 20 percent less than the anticipated goal of 1,050 AF, as shown on the accompanying table (Exhibit 25-A). The 836 AF of production in February represents a 32 percent savings from Cal-Am's base year (i.e., Water Year 1988) production of 1,238 AF.

 

Total System, Water Year to Date:  Total system production for the 2007 Water Year (WY), through February 28, 2007 has been 4,988 AF.

 

Ground Water Production:  During February, 36 AF were produced from CAW wells in the Upper Carmel Valley.  This production was 54 percent less than the anticipated production of 78 AF.  Lower Carmel Valley (LCV) well production was 777 AF, 20 percent less than the anticipated production of 972 AF.  In February, 23 AF were produced by CAW from the coastal subareas of the Seaside Basin, which exceeds the zero AF of production that was anticipated.

 

Surface Water Production:  In February, no water was diverted through the Carmel Valley Filter Plant (CVFP) from San Clemente Reservoir, equivalent to the zero AF of production that was anticipated.  The total diversion through the CVFP for WY 2007 has been zero AF, or zero percent of total system production. Average release to the Carmel River from San Clemente Dam during February was 52 cubic feet per second, as measured at the Sleepy Hollow Weir.

 

The anticipated river flow, storage values and production goals were developed jointly by the District, CAW, and the California Department of Fish and Game in consultation with NOAA Fisheries.  CAW and District staff are monitoring reservoir storage, inflow and water quality, and will make additional changes as conditions warrant.  Please refer to Exhibit 25-A for additional information regarding CAW production in February 2007.

 

EXHIBITS

25-A  February 2007 Monthly California American Water Production Report

 

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