Todd Engineers

The collapse of the Bay-Delta ecosystem, climate change, and continuing population growth have prompted the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to issue their Recycled Water Policy on February 3, 2009.

The policy encourages water recycling with the stated goals of:

• Increasing recycled water use by at least one million acre-feet per year (AFY) by 2020 and by at least two million AFY by 2030
• Substituting as much recycled water for potable water as possible by 2030.

Todd Engineers has significiant experience in both developing and evaluating impacts of recycled water projects. Recycled water evaluations have been conducted for: Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (project overview) Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency WateReuse Foundation City of San José West Basin Municipal WD Orange County WD City of Corona (project overview) Lee Lake WD Marina Coast WD

The SWRCB is also encouraging every region in California to develop a salt/nutrient management plan by 2014. Because each groundwater basin or watershed is unique, the plan detail and complexity will depend on the extent of local salt and nutrient problems. Plan components include:

Basin-wide water quality monitoring Water recycling goals and objectives Salt and nutrient source identification Basin loading - assimilative capacity estimates Salt mitigation strategies Anti-degradation analysis Emerging constituents consideration (e.g., PPCPs, EDs)

Salt dissolving in groundwater

The SWRCB will request the DWR to provide $20M in funding for development of salt/nutrient plans over the next three years with priority funding for recycled water projects. Assembly Bill 410 has already been passed establishing Proposition 84 funds of $5M for salt and nutrient plans.

Todd Engineers has been preparing salt management plans in groundwater basins for more than 20 years. We recognize the basin-specific issues related to salt loading, recycled water, and enhanced recharge. Let us assist you in developing water recycling projects, implementing basin monitoring plans, characterizing salt loading, acquiring state funding, and developing salt management plans. For more information contact Todd Engineers at the company address below.