What's new in BACWA's Committees
Recycled Water
The governor released a budget (pg. 101 of link) for 2015/16 for Proposition 1. Integrated Regional Water Management Planning projects are allocated $32.8M, and recycled water is allocated $137.2M ($132M for recycled water and $5.5M for desalination), and the latter is to be mostly managed through the State Water Board. The cost sharing will be 50% for funded projects. The recycled water component will be 50 percent grants and 50 percent loans. There is no firm schedule for when funds will be appropriated, but it will not be earlier than June 2015.
Collections Systems
At the February 12 meeting Paul Causey and Doug Humphrey gave a presentation on SSMP auditing based on their experience working with regulators, preparing SSMPs, and conducting audits, which are required every 2 years under the Waste Discharge Requirement. Topics included audit requirements and uses; what is meant by “effectiveness”; what constitutes a good or bad audit;and audit resources and references.
Permits
Regional Water Board staff will attend the March Permits committee meeting. A main topic of discussion will be numeric chronic toxicity limits (see above).
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