Contour Hydro plans for Desalination

1. STANISLAUS
MUTUAL WATER
COMPANY
Michael Meyer
January 13, 2015

2. Private Water
District
Google of
Groundwater
Stanislaus
Groundwater
Agricultural
Land
Footprint
Water
Infrastructure
OVERVIEW

3. STANISLAUS GROUNDWATER
• Media misperception of agricultural water use.
• Linking the Cycle of water, Food and the Cycle of Life, balancing
agricultural, industrial and residential water needs for a more secure
future.
• Sharing the water production burden by providing easy and efficient
access to local groundwater supplies in a way that is sustainable and
profitable.
• Accessing deep aquifers that are inaccessible to by conventional
means making it impossible to access by most residential users.

4. GOOGLE OF GROUNDWATER
• We will distribute accessible and easy to understand information via
our in-bound web platform.
• Promote rational balanced policy changes by providing a same page
platform that encourages sharing and dissemination of information
about California water use and regulation.
• Provide an all in one aggregator for water issues in California and
beyond.
• Create transparency to promote good feelings between agricultural
and industrial water users and local and regional governments and
citizens.
• Provide a platform for voicing concerns about water use region to
region and share solutions across all users.
• Quality of water is directly tied to quality of life.
• http://www.stanislausgroundwater.com/

5. PRIVATE WATER DISTRICT
• Sustainable use of water resources
• Exploration of water resources
• Land acquisition
• Water sharing
• Water banking
• Water distribution networks
• Gallo & Trinitas
• 501(c)(5) Ag non-profit

6. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
• Satisfy water use requirements through technological and
infrastructure networks.
• Our partners are some of the most experienced water infrastructure
and technology implementers in California.
• Projects ranging from relatively small agricultural wells to large-scale
industrial desalination.
• Advanced irrigation techniques provide water exactly where it is
needed to ensure little or no waste and maximum efficiency.
• Our team of hydrologists, engineers, researchers, and analysts will
help our clients parse through the data and devise and implement
water use solutions.
• http://www.butier.com

7. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
• Carlsbad Desalinization Plant • Chino Desalter Phase 3
Expansion Milliken 1010 Zone
Pump

8. ALMOND LIFECYLES: CONTOUR FARMING
ASSOCIATES, LLC
DOWNTIME
BLOOM
POLLINATION
GROWING
SHELL
CRACKING
HARVEST
SHELLING &
SIZING
STORAGE
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9. MITIGATION INITIATIVES
• Desalination A desalinization plant
closer to the ocean is a) a better way
to get fresh water to SF than taking
Sierra Nevada water away from
farmers; and b) a better way to deal
with global warming and rising sea
levels, which currently threaten the
environment.
• Dual Line Drip All of the big guys
use this and the micro spray, and we
can certainly advocate that all of the
farmers adapt these water-saving
technologies. Along the same line,
advocating censors to determine
when over-watering has occurred.
Desalination
Dual Line
Drip

10. REIT
(REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST)
PORTOLA LAND COMPANY, INC.
Portola Land Company, Inc. is a private real estate
investment trust (REIT).
Portola owns farmlands valued in excess of $52 Million.
Portola is always actively seeking other farmland
properties to purchase across the United States.

11. FORMULA FOR REIT OPERATIONS
Select
Land
Prepare
Land
Secure
Water
Source
Plant
Trees
Lease
to
Farmer
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12. PROJECT PORTFOLIO
GLE-RESERVOIR ALMOND RANCH ONE (RARO)
Location:
Stanislaus County
Property Type:
Agriculture
First Leaf:
2013
Net Planted Acreage:
653
Contracted Base Rent: $3,200/acre
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13. PROJECT PORTFOLIO
GLE-CASHMAN ALMOND RANCH ONE (CARO)
Location: Stanislaus
County
Property Type:
Agriculture
First Leaf 2015
Net Plantable Acreage: 1280
Contracted Base Rent: $3,200/acre
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14. ANOTHER REIT
PORTOLA ACQUISITIONS, INC.
LOCATION
We would like to purchase
land near the Stanislaus
river, West of the
salt/fresh water line, to
build desalination
infrastructure.
Based on Loopnet, the
acquire cost for
infrastructure property
would be $120,000-
$160,000/acre
CONSTRUCTION COST
Based on the Buy-in
Methodology of Chino Desalter
Phase 3, the construction cost is
$4.75 - $7.00/gallon-day
Over 10 years, $7/gal-yr is as
little as $625/acre foot or
$0.00192/gallon
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ACQUIRE COST
We plan to use REIT and Corporate Bonds to finance the private
water district

15. HETCH HETCHY MIXING POINT

16. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AQUIFERS

20. WHY OUR PROJECT
EXPERIENCED
ENGINEER
Butier Engineering,
Inc. has
participated in the
construction
management of
the Carlsbad
desalinization
project and the
Chino desalter.
MASSIVE NEED
The Average
water withdrawn
in San Joaquin,
Stanislaus,
Merced County
is about 1,250-
2,000 millions of
gallon per day.
SOARING
WATER PRICE
Costs have soared
to $1,100 per
acre-foot from
about $140 a year
ago in the Fresno-
based Westlands
Water District,
which represents
700 farms
FACILITY
SUPPLIER
One of our
financial
engineer's family
markets the
hardware from
China to actually
build the facility
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21. FACILITIES BUILT BY OTHER SUPPLIERS
• Desalter station in Taiyuan
Iron & Steel (Group)
Company, LTD (China)

22. FACILITIES BUILT BY OTHER SUPPLIERS
■Process 1,066,934
Gallon/Day
■A steel Company in
Shanghai, China

23. NEXT STEPS FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
• Continue to survey multiple opportunities in emerging desalination
and water treatment technologies.
• Continue to evaluate investment and business opportunities with a
water treatment solutions provider who has proven technology edge
in business.
• The opportunity would enable us to create market potential and
establish potential synergies with expertise in the water treatment
industry.

24. GLOBAL WATER TREATMENT MARKET
POTENTIAL
• According to the Global Water Intelligence (GWI), the global market for new
municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment products is over
$175 billion annually and expected to grow rapidly.
• According to UN, industrial processes consume 60% of freshwater in high
income countries. Also, industrial consumption of water is expected to grow
by 5x between 2013 and 2050.
• The global market for new large-scale industrial water treatment products is
currently about $53 billion per year and is expected to grow to be around
20% per year. *
• The total US industrial and municipal water market is estimated at $18
billion in 2013.
• The US is expected to be the top growth market in the world for
desalination, water treatment, and wastewater treatment products.
• *$53B market comprised of $35B industrial water management, $8B industrial wastewater treatment, $6B industrial process water, $3B
ultrapure water treatment.

25. WE PRESERVE GROUNDWATER
The Stanislaus Mutual Fund Water Company takes
clean water seriously. Our efforts to preserve the
water table are relentless.