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Consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Auditor-Controller to:
a. Increase Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 appropriations in the MCWRA Budget Fund 122, Appropriation WRA012, Unit 8487 by $350,000 to pay for operational needs of Reclamation Ditch (Zone 9) and to be financed by Fund 122 Fund Balance; and
b. Increase FY 2022-23 appropriations in the MCWRA Budget Fund 131, Appropriation WRA020, Unit 8491 by $600,000 to pay operational expenses of Industrial Wastewater Pond 3 Projects in 2022 and 2023 and be financed by Fund 131 Fund Balance.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Finance Committee:
Consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Auditor-Controller to:
a. Increase Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 appropriations in the MCWRA Budget Fund 122, Appropriation WRA012, Unit 8487 by $350,000 to pay for operational needs of Reclamation Ditch (Zone 9) and to be financed by Fund 122 Fund Balance; and
b. Increase FY 2022-23 appropriations in the MCWRA Budget Fund 131, Appropriation WRA020, Unit 8491 by $600,000 to pay operational expenses of Industrial Wastewater Pond 3 Projects in 2022 and 2023 and be financed by Fund 131 Fund Balance.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP) is part of a conjunctive use system that delivers a combination of recycled water, Salinas River water, and groundwater to farmers to reduce groundwater extraction within seawater intruded areas of the 180/400-Foot Aquifer Subbasin. Monterey One Water (M1W) owns and operates the Regional Treatment Plant (RTP) that provides treated effluent to the Salinas Valley Reclamation Plant (SVRP) which treats the water for use in the CSIP distribution area.
MCWRA, M1W and the City of Salinas entered into a short-term agreement to utilize the Industrial Wastewater as ...
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