Board Chair Michael T. Hogan provides an introduction to Water Talks: Building and Securing Water Reliability, a community forum. Presentation is an overview of the Water Authority and potential dangers to our imported water pipelines and projects being done to prepare for an emergency, while protecting ratepayer interests.

1. Water Authority Board Chair Michael T. Hogan
January 31, 2012
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2.  Frank Belock
◦ Emergency Storage Project
 John Galleher
◦ Regional infrastructure monitoring and
maintenance
Q & A after each presentation
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3.  1946
 Last year local water supply
was able to support San
Diego county’s population
and economy
 County population:
552,804
 91% increase from 1940

4. Water Supply Challenge
San Diego
County
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5. LAKE
SHASTA
San Diego County
LAKE imports ~70% of its
OROVILLE
water supply
State Water Project
(Bay-Delta)
16%
Colorado River
54%
Local Supplies
and Conservation
30%
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7.  Regulatory
restrictions
 Drought/climate
change
 Increasing
2004 Bay-Delta levee break
demand/limited
supply
 Rising costs
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9. Water Authority Facilities*
1999 2011
266,375 AF 58 Miles 100 MGD
44.5 MW
27.5 Miles
107 Facilities
300 Miles
266 Miles
85 Facilities
5 Miles
2.8 MW
0 AF 0 Miles 0 MGD
Pipelines Pipe Relining Regional Water Canal Lining Pumping/Control Regional Water Hydroelectric
Storage Facilities Treatment Facility
Miles Miles Miles
Acre-Foot (AF) Number Millions of Gallons Megawatt (MW)
per Day (MGD)
*Includes 152,000 acre-feet of storage from the San Vicente Dam Raise, now under construction

10. Increasing San Diego County's Water
Supply Reliability through Supply
Diversification
1991 2011(final) 2020
5%
11%
4%
14%
95% 3%
10% 13% 6%
13% 11%
7%
Total = 578
44% 4%
TAF 24%
30%
6%
Total = 594 TAF
Total = 779 TAF
Metropolitan Water District Recycled Water
Imperial Irrigation District Transfer
Seawater Desalination
All American & Coachella Canal Lining Groundwater
Conservation (existing and additional) Local Surface Water

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