Transcript Integrated Regional Water Management Plan

Watershed Planning
Integrated Regional Water
Management Program
(IRWMP)
DWAC Meeting
August 2005
Integrated Regional Water
Management Plan
• Proposition 50, Chapter 8 Program
• Two Programs:
– Planning Grant ($12 Million)
– Implementation Grant ($368 Million)
• Two funding cycles for Implementation
Grant: 2005/2007
– 1st- $148 Million
– 2nd- $220 Million
Program Preferences
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Integrated projects
Regional supply reliability
Water quality
Reduce pollution in impaired waters and
sensitive areas
• Safe drinking water and water quality in
disadvantaged communities
Statewide Priorities
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Water rights issues
TMDLs
Watershed Management Initiatives
Non-point Source Pollution Plan
Delta Water Quality Objectives
Floodplain management, desalination, recycling,
state species recovery
• Environmental justice
• CALFED Bay-Delta Program
Los Angeles County South Bay
• Regional Area
– Watersheds
• Ballona Creek
• Dominguez
• Upper & Lower Santa
Monica Bay
• Over 2.6 million residents
• 7% of the State’s population
• Approx. 294 square miles of
watershed
• Approx. 70 miles of coastline
– 3.1% of Ca’s coastline
Watersheds with Cities in Region
Overlay of West Basin’s Service Area
IRWMP Process to Date
Previous
Plans
DWMP
BCWMP
Draft
IRWMPs
Dominguez
IRPs
Ballona
UWMPs
Santa
Monica
Others...
Initial
Project
Submittals to
City of Los
Angeles
Planning
Grant
Application
Workshops
Final Project
Submittals
Single
Draft
IRWMP
Step 1
Imp. Grant
Application
Goals of the IRWM Plan
• Develop an appropriate area for integrated regional water
management
• Address major water related objectives and conflicts within the
region
• Identify water management strategies and how to integrate them
• Identify short-term and long-term regional priorities
• Identify action, projects and studies by which the Plan will be
implemented. Identify linkages or interdependence between
projects.
• Develop a data management system
• Demonstrate coordination with local land-use planning decisionmakers
• Analyze linkages between the Plan and local planning documents
• Facilitate stakeholder involvement and communication throughout
the Plan development
Implementation Grant Application
• Submitted July 14, 2005
• Two-Step application process
– Step 2 call back in December and due in Spring 2006
– Funding Awarded Summer 2006
• $148 million available 1st cycle-$50 million maximum
• Region requested: $49,889,000
• Goal:
– Proposed projects must meet one or more of the objectives of
protecting communities from drought, protecting and improving
water quality, and improving local water security by reducing
dependence on imported water and include at least one of the
water management elements. The Implementation Grant is
designed for projects that are ready for or nearly ready to
proceed to implementation.
Water Management Strategies
• Ecosystem Restoration*
• Environmental and Habitat
Protection and Improvement*
• Water Supply Reliability*
• Flood Management*
• Groundwater Management*
• Recreation and Public Access*
• Storm water Capture and
Management*
• Water Conservation*
• Water Quality Protection and
Improvement*
• Water Recycling*
• Wetlands Enhancement and
Creation*
• Conjunctive Use
• Desalination
• Imported Water
• Land Use Planning
• NPS Pollution Control
• Surface Storage
• Watershed Planning
• Water and Wastewater
Treatment
• Water Transfers
For Implementation Grant Application to be
considered for funding, the proposed Plan must
meet all of the following minimum standards:
• Adopted by January 1, 2007 by all appropriate agencies
and organizations;
• Participation of at least 3 agencies, two of which have
statutory authority over water management;
• Contains one or more regional objectives;
• Documents that the water management strategies
(identified with an asterisk on the previous slide) were
considered when formulating the IRWM Plan;
• Integrated two or more water management strategies
listed; and
• Presents project prioritization and a schedule for project
implementation to meet regional needs.
Draft IRWMP
• Why develop a Draft IRWMP?
– Consolidate previous information within region
– Assist grant application reviewers
– Provide roadmap for development of a formal adopted IRWMP
by Dec. 2006
– Score more points on the Implementation Grant application
• What did it entail?
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Consolidated information from plans prepared by City of LA
Incorporated new information from UWMPs and other sources
Reorganized into a framework to simplify review by State
Submitted with application on July 14
Project Selection Process
• Tier 1 Project List Based on:
– Equal watershed coverage
• # of projects
• Amount of funding requested
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Most # of projects (22/36)
As many agencies as possible (14/15)
Each agency’s internal ranking
Score based on info. From Project Form and Chapter
8 Guidelines
– Meets all Water Management Strategies
List of Tier 1 Projects
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JWPCP Marshland Enhancement
Large Landscape
Conservation/Runoff Reduction
Management Program
16th Street Watershed Runoff
Treatment, Reuse & Infiltration
Project
Wilmington Drain Restoration
Multiuse Project
North Santa Monica Watershed
Runoff Treatment, Reuse, and
Infiltration Project - Stage One
Dockweiler Watershed Runoff
Treatment, Reuse, and Infiltration
Project - Stage One
Machado Lake Artificial Aeration and
Circulation Project
Ozone Park Retrofit Runoff
Treatment, Reuse & Infiltration
Project
Fwy Runoff Infiltration
Madrona/Palos Verdes Lateral
Grand Blvd Tree Wells
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LA Harbor Low-Flow Diversion
Peck Park
Imperial Highway Sunken Median
Culver City BMPs
Stone Canyon Creek at UCLA
Ballona Wetlands Restoration
Project
Lafayette Daylighting
Goldsworthy Desalter
Lomita Integrated Storm to Vadose
to Water Supply - Cypress Hill
Reservoir
Lomita Integrated Storm to Vadose
to Water Supply - Oceanview
Depression
Ballona West Bluff Acquisition and
Restoration
Projects
• 10/22 are within Dominguez Watershed
• Address water supply reliability, water
quality, and habitat restoration
• Meets some of the recommended projects
in the Dominguez Watershed Management
Master Plan (identified with an asterisk)
Water Supply Reliability
Madrona/Palos
Verdes Lateral Water
Recycling Project*
Lomita Integrated
Storm to Vadose to
Water SupplyCypress Hill
Reservoir
Lomita Integrated
Storm to Vadose to
Water SupplyOceanview
Depression
Water Quality
JWPCP
Marshland
Enhancement*
Large Landscape
Conservation/Runoff
Reduction
Management*
Machado Lake Artificial
Aeration and Circulation
Project*
Expansion of
Goldsworthy
Groundwater Desalter
Los Angeles
Harbor Low-Flow
Diversion Project*
Habitat Restoration
Wilmington Drain MultiUse Restoration Project*
Peck Park Canyon
Restoration Project*
Participating Entities
• City of Culver City
• City of Lomita
• City of Los Angeles
– Bureau of Sanitation
– Department of Recreation and Parks
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City of Santa Monica
City of Torrance
County of Los Angeles- Department of Public Works
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative
State Coastal Conservancy
UCLA Institute of the Environment
West Basin Municipal Water District
West Bluffs Conservancy and Ballona Ecosystem Education Project
Supporting Entities
• Audubon Society
• Ballona Wetlands Land Trust
• Betty Karnette, Assembly member (54th District-Long Beach)Assembly California Legislature
• California Center for Land Recycling
• California Conservation Corps
• City of Manhattan Beach
• Heal the Bay
• Janice Hahn, Councilwoman 15th District-City of Los Angeles
• Mono Lake Committee
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Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority
• Mountains Restoration Trust
• San Gabriel & Lower LA Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC)
• Southern California Marine Institute
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Surfrider Foundation
Water Replenishment District of Southern California
Step 2 Application
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Draft PSP released in July
Comments accepted in August
Final PSP released in December
Up to 18 attachments required
Bottom line:
– Requires extensive details on benefits, costs
and schedule
– Assume greater level of effort that Step 1
Schedule of Activities
Date
Activity
May 12
Submitted Planning Grant Application
May 17
1st Stakeholder Workshop
June 23
2nd Stakeholder Workshop
June 29
Comments and additional information due from
stakeholders
July 5
Draft Application sent to other regions for review
July 14
Final Step 1 Implementation Application to State
Dec ’05
Notification on projects moving to Step 2
Spring ’06
Final Step 2 Application to State
IRWMP Planning Process-Next
Steps
Date
Activity
Jul-Aug ‘05
Finalize governance structure
July ‘05
Finalize IRWMP Scope and funding plan
Jul-Dec ‘05
Continue IRWMP Activities
• Next Stakeholder meeting (October)
• Prepare Step 2 Application
Spring ’06
Step 2 Application due
July ‘06
Complete IRWMP for adoption by all agencies
July ‘06
Initiate projects (assuming $ awarded)
Dec ’06
Adoption of IRWMP completed
Contacts
• West Basin MWD
– Jennifer Bender ([email protected])
– Leighanne Reeser
([email protected])
www.westbasin.org