ITEM:

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS

 

20.

MONTHLY CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER PRODUCTION REPORT

 

Meeting Date:

September 22, 2008

Budgeted: 

N/A

 

From:

Darby W. Fuerst

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: 

 

August 2008

 

Total System for Month:  Total California American Water (CAW) system production for August was 1,405 acre-feet (AF), 11 percent less than the anticipated production of 1,586 AF, as shown on the accompanying table (Exhibit 20-A).

 

Total System, Water Year to Date:  Total system production for the 2008 Water Year (WY), through August 31, 2008 has been 12,661 AF. 

 

Ground Water Production:  During August, 27 AF were produced from CAW wells in the Upper Carmel Valley.  This production was 13 percent less than the anticipated production of 31 AF.  Lower Carmel Valley well production was 932 AF, 13 percent less than the anticipated production of 1,069 AF.  In August, 446 AF were produced by CAW from the coastal subareas of the Seaside Basin, eight percent less than the 486 AF of production that was anticipated.

 

Surface Water Production:  In August, 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 2008 has been zero AF, or zero percent of total system production. Average release to the Carmel River from San Clemente Dam during August was five cubic feet per second, as measured at the Sleepy Hollow Weir.

 

The anticipated river flow, storage and production values were developed jointly by the District, CAW, and the California Department of Fish and Game in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service.  CAW and District staff are monitoring reservoir storage, inflow, and water quality, and will make additional changes as conditions warrant.  Please refer to Exhibit 20-A for additional information regarding CAW production in August 2008.

 

EXHIBIT

20-A    August 2008 Monthly California American Water Production Report

 

 

 

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