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Consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors hold a public hearing to consider recommending the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors to:
a. Approve and adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 (FY26) Zone 2B Water Delivery charge of $85.24 per acre-foot (AF) of water delivered for Zone 2B for the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP) and the Salinas Valley Reclamation Project (SVRP); and
b. Notice and hold a public hearing on May 28, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. to consider approving and adopting the rate change; and
c. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to publish a hearing notice once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the date set for the public hearing by Board of Supervisors.
(Staff Presenting: Peter Vannerus and Ara Azhderian)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Finance Committee recommend the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors hold a public hearing to consider recommending the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors to:
a. Approve and adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 (FY26) Zone 2B water delivery charge of $85.24 per acre-foot (AF) of water delivered for Zone 2B for the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP) and the Salinas Valley Reclamation Project (SVRP); and
b. Notice and hold a public hearing on May 28, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. to consider approving and adopting the rate change; and
c. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to publish a hearing notice once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the date set for the public hearing by Board of Supervisors.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP) is the recycled water distribution system established in 1998, to reduce groundwater extractions within seawater intruded areas of the 180/400-Foot Aquifer Subbasin. The project receives and delivers water from three primary sources: tertiary recycled water, treated and rediverted Ag...
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