Title
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 Zone 2B Water Delivery charge of $85.24 per acre-foot of water delivered for Zone 2B for the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project and the Salinas Valley Reclamation Project; 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: Pete Vannerus)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended 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 Zone 2B Water Delivery charge of $85.24 per acre-foot of water delivered for Zone 2B for the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project and the Salinas Valley Reclamation Project; 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 Agency Reservoir surface water, and groundwater. Monterey One Water owns and operates the Regional Treatment Plant that provides the treated secondary effluent to the Salinas Valley Reclamation...
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