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There are indeed "50 Ways to Get Your Water." There's no excuse for our insufficient water supply!

"50 Ways to Get Your Water" - List Created by Kevin Dayton

NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION

REPORTEDLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY COMPLETED

COASTAL COMMISSION PERMIT APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

  1. Pure Water Monterey Expansion (PWMx) - estimated 2,250  acre-feet per year

COASTAL COMMISSION PERMIT APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

REPORTEDLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY COMPLETED

COASTAL COMMISSION PERMIT APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

  1. California American Water Company (Cal Am) Desalination Plant, a component of Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP) - estimated 4,000-5,380 acre-feet per year

REPORTEDLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY COMPLETED

REPORTEDLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY COMPLETED

REPORTEDLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY COMPLETED

  1. New Cal Am Brackish Water Production Well to Supply Water to Sand City Desalination Plant

PLANNING IN PROGRESS

NEW SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY

REPORTEDLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY COMPLETED

  1. Two New Seaside Groundwater Basin Extraction Wells (EW-1 and EW-2) at Seaside Middle School
  2. City of Monterey Lake El Estero Urban Diversion Water Supply Project (an approved component of Pure Water Monterey/Groundwater Replenishment Project PWM/GWR), with a related connection of City of Monterey urban drainage in an l.85 square-mile area basin immediately west of Lake El Estero to the lake for supplemental stormwater supply
  3. New Well for Seaside Municipal Water System
  4. Expansion of City of Salinas Industrial Wastewater Conveyance System

LARGE AND SMALL DESALINATION

NEW SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY

NEW SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY

  1. Seawater Intrusion Extraction Barrier with Desalination Component in Lower Salinas River Valley
  2. DeepWater Deal (dormant)
  3. People’s Desalination Plant (abandoned?)
  4. Retrofit Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) Desalination Plant
  5. Build a brackish water desalination plant at site of former Fort Ord Main Garrison Wastewater Treatment Plant 
  6. Build a small desalination plant north of Sand City to halt potential seawater intrusion into Seaside Groundwater Basin 
  7. Build small desalination plant at site of former Monterey wastewater treatment plant

NEW SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY

NEW SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY

NEW SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY

  1. Interlake Tunnel to Convey Water from Nacimiento Reservoir to San Antonio Reservoir
  2. Los Padres Reservoir Storage Expansion and Dredging - dredge the sediment from the reservoir while also increasing reservoir storage capacity by installing pneumatically actuated gates (a rubber dam) on the existing dam
  3. Build 3,000 acre-foot storage reservoir on farmland in an area known as Merritt Lake (part of the Seven-Lake System)
  4. Salinas Valley Water Project Phase II - two additional surface water diversion points on Salinas River, either with rubber dams or Ranney Collector radial wells
  5. Capacity Expansion of 80 acre-foot Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project Storage Pond 
  6. Restoring David Avenue Reservoir for stormwater management 
  7. Lined depressions with possible small saddle dams (if used as storage basins) on former Ford Ord 
  8. Lined depressions with possible small saddle dams (if used as storage basins) using Seven-Lake System of Lower Salinas Valley
  9. Create storage aquifer under Armstrong Ranch
  10. Tularcitos Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery
  11. Carmel Valley deep fractured bedrock storage and recovery

INCREASE DIVERSIONS, INJECTIONS, AND EXTRACTIONS

INCREASE DIVERSIONS, INJECTIONS, AND EXTRACTIONS

INCREASE DIVERSIONS, INJECTIONS, AND EXTRACTIONS

  1. Proceed with Tembladero Slough Diversion, a component of Pure Water Monterey
  2. Restore dormant 1900-foot deep Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) Well No. 12 by capping it halfway down to reduce temperature.
  3. Assembly Bill (AB) 122 Diversion - Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) extracts Salinas River floodwater and stores on MCWD property
  4. Increase capacity of the Crest/Segunda Pipeline and/or the Segunda Tank or Crest Tank to increase flow from the Carmel Valley Alluvial Aquifer to the Seaside Groundwater Basin 
  5. Expand existing Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) program with new wells in Fitch Park or elsewhere
  6. Improvements and policy changes to allow injection and extraction from all four existing ASR wells in conjunction with Monterey Pipeline conveyance
  7. Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR) - inject advanced-treated recycled water into the Deep Aquifers at the District’s Well 9 Site, Sand Tank, and 4th Street wells for later extraction at the existing MCWD Deep Aquifers wells MCWD-10 and MCWD-11
  8. Convey water in pipelines to unlined retention ponds on former Fort Ord and in Salinas Valley for percolation as infiltration basins
  9. Increase reliability of operations for Carmel Valley Alluvial Aquifer wells
  10. Increase capacity of Begonia Iron Removal Plant in Carmel Valley
  11. New well development in Upper Carmel Valley to divert Carmel River excess water flow during high flow periods

EXPAND WASTEWATER RECYCLING

INCREASE DIVERSIONS, INJECTIONS, AND EXTRACTIONS

INCREASE DIVERSIONS, INJECTIONS, AND EXTRACTIONS

  1. Monterey One Water Planned Service Area Extension Project to add municipal wastewater from Bolsa Knolls, Spreckels, Indian Springs Ranch, Las Palmas Ranch, and Oak Hills
  2. Naval Support Activity Monterey sewage reclamation plant, with recycled water storage in Del Monte Lake for use to irrigate Del Monte Golf Course, Monterey Pines golf course, and Naval Support Activity Monterey campuses
  3. Complete first project (Veterans Park) and then expand recycled water irrigation program in City of Soledad
  4. New Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant and Conveyance System in Gonzales

EXPAND STORMWATER RECYCLING

INCREASE DIVERSIONS, INJECTIONS, AND EXTRACTIONS

OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING SYSTEM

  1. Joint Project City of Monterey and City of Pacific Grove for Expansion of Source Water to Pacific Grove Local Water Project
  2. New Monterey Urban Stormwater Diversion
  3. Del Monte/Navy Lake Stormwater Storage Management
  4. Joint Project of City of Monterey and City of Seaside for Laguna Grande/Roberts Lake Storage Management
  5. Del Monte Boulevard and/or Bay Avenue Outfall Diversion — divert City of Seaside and Sand City dry weather and first flush storm flows now going to Monterey Bay from 90 inch outfall to Monterey One Water (M1W) interceptor
  6. City of Seaside Del Monte Boulevard and/or Bay Avenue Outfall Diversion - diver City of Seaside and Sand City wet weather stormwater flows now going to Monterey Bay from 90 inch outfall to Monterey One Water interceptor, with storage component

OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING SYSTEM

UNDESIRABLE OR INFEASIBLE PROPOSALS AND IDEAS (Kevin Dayton does not support these ideas.)

OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING SYSTEM

  1. Fund and expand Salinas River Watershed Arundo and Tamarisk Control Program (vegetation control)
  2. Intensify water audits to identify undetected water loss
  3. Cloud seeding for additional water in Nacimiento and San Antonio reservoirs
  4. Produce marketable chemical and mineral products from waste brine, to increase recovery of potable water and reduce treated wastewater conveyed to ocean outfall 
  5. Explore and adopt new innovations in desalination and wastewater treatment to reduce energy use and overall costs
  6. California Water Company (Cal Water) Reclamation Plant in Salinas
  7. Alco Water Service (Alco) Stormwater Reclamation Plant in Salinas

ON-SITE, OFF-THE-GRID USER PRODUCTION (DISTRIBUTED WATER)

UNDESIRABLE OR INFEASIBLE PROPOSALS AND IDEAS (Kevin Dayton does not support these ideas.)

UNDESIRABLE OR INFEASIBLE PROPOSALS AND IDEAS (Kevin Dayton does not support these ideas.)

  1. Promote and approve on-site desalination systems for individual projects and building complexes
  2. Expansion and promotion of cisterns and other rainwater collection systems for residential and institutional landscaping
  3. Non-potable water on-site water treatment systems (recycled water or onsite-treated graywater, rainwater, foundation drainage, and equipment condensate/condensation drainage) for toilet, urinal, drain trap primer, and cooling-heating applications
  4. Mesh-based devices to collect water from fog
  5. Air-to-water systems that use coils to chill air and then collect water drops in a basin

UNDESIRABLE OR INFEASIBLE PROPOSALS AND IDEAS (Kevin Dayton does not support these ideas.)

UNDESIRABLE OR INFEASIBLE PROPOSALS AND IDEAS (Kevin Dayton does not support these ideas.)

UNDESIRABLE OR INFEASIBLE PROPOSALS AND IDEAS (Kevin Dayton does not support these ideas.)

  1. Build large reservoir (25,000 AF) off of Carmel River to store diverted Carmel River excess water flow during high flow periods — REJECT
  2. Build a new dam on the Carmel River (or a Carmel River tributary) to create a reservoir to store water — REJECT
  3. Build a dam on the Arroyo Seco to create a reservoir to store water — REJECT
  4. Build a pipeline and tunnels to convey water to Monterey Peninsula from expanded Nacimiento or San Antonio reservoirs — REJECT
  5. Build a pipeline with tunnels to convey water from California Water Project — REJECT
  6. Build a reservoir and pipeline with tunnels to store and convey water to Monterey Peninsula from Big Sur watershed — REJECT
  7. Expand capacity of Nacimiento and San Antonio reservoirs — REJECT
  8. Tow icebergs to the region — REJECT
  9. Transport water via ships from other states or countries to the region — REJECT
  10. Massive bottled water distribution program — REJECT
  11. Continue and expand policies that effectively prohibit new or expanded projects and programs that would use additional water — REJECT
  12. Enact explicit construction moratoriums — REJECT
  13. Enact public policies that effectively reduce agricultural production in the Salinas Valley — REJECT
  14. Permanent water rationing — REJECT
  15. Immigration limits and enforcement to reduce workforce supply and constrain economic activity — REJECT
  16. Enact local public policies that effectively limit tourism to small, elite luxury market — REJECT
  17. Encourage U.S. Department of Defense to consider closure of local military bases — REJECT
  18. Shut down Del Monte Golf Course, Monterey Pines Golf Course, and all other golf courses not using reclaimed water for irrigation — REJECT
  19. Prohibit or strictly regulate non-functional grass and gardens not irrigated with reclaimed water — REJECT

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Contact Kevin Dayton, Water Board Candidate in Monterey, California

Kevin Dayton for Water Board 2024, ID#1475938

P.O. Box 4085, Monterey, CA 93942-4085

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