ITEM:

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS

 

25.

MONTHLY CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER PRODUCTION REPORT

 

Meeting Date:

October 20, 2008

Budgeted: 

N/A

 

From:

Darby 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: 

 

September 2008

 

Total System for Month:  Total California American Water (CAW) system production for September was 1,389 acre-feet (AF), three percent less than the anticipated production of 1,432 AF, as shown on the accompanying table (Exhibit 25-A).

 

Total System, Water Year to Date:  Total system production for the 2008 Water Year (WY) which ended on September 30, 2008, was 14,050 AF. 

 

Ground Water Production:  During September, 29 AF were produced from CAW wells in the Upper Carmel Valley.  This production was three percent less than the anticipated production of 30 AF.  Lower Carmel Valley well production was 958 AF, three percent more than the anticipated production of 932 AF.  In September, 402 AF were produced by CAW from the coastal subareas of the Seaside Basin, 14 percent less than the 470 AF of production that was anticipated.

 

Surface Water Production:  In September, 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 September 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 25-A for additional information regarding CAW production in September 2008.

 

EXHIBIT

25-A    September 2008 Monthly California American Water Production Report

 

 

 

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