All About CCWD - Contra Costa Water District

CCWD Leadership
Board of Directors
Lisa M. Borba............................................................ Division 1
John Burgh................................................................ Division 2
Joseph L. Campbell.................................................. Division 3
Bette Boatmun.......................................................... Division 4
Karl Wandry.............................................................. Division 5
Board Meetings
The Board of Directors meets in regular session at 6:30 p.m.
on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Meetings
are held in the Board Room at the Contra Costa Water
District Center, 1331 Concord Avenue, Concord, CA, 94520.
For meeting agendas, contact the District Secretary at
925.688.8024 or check the website at www.ccwater.com.
All About
CCWD
Contra Costa Water District
Directors’ Divisions
Ms. Lisa Elizabeth M. Borba, R. Anello, Director Director
Welcome to the Contra Costa Water District
Serving Central and Eastern Contra Costa County
Meeting Tomorrow’s Water Needs Today
The Contra Costa Water District delivers safe,
Mr. John Burgh, Director
Mr. Joseph L. Campbell, Cambell, Director
Ms. Bette Boatmun, Director
Mr. Mr. Karl Karl Wandry, Director
clean water to 550,000 people in central
and eastern Contra Costa County. Formed
in 1936 to provide water for irrigation and
industry, CCWD has grown into one of the
largest urban water districts in California
and is a leader in drinking-water treatment
technology and source-water protection.
1331 Concord Avenue | Concord, CA 94520 | 925.688.8000
Mail: P.O. Box H2O | Concord, CA 94524
www.ccwater.com

Contra Costa Canal
Overview
The Keys to
Water Quality
Our Mission
The mission of the Contra Costa Water District
is to strategically provide a reliable supply of
high-quality water at the lowest cost possible
in an environmentally responsible manner.
In fulfilling our mission, we will:
• Responsibly serve the public
• Provide District employees a safe and
healthy work environment
• Ensure fair and equitable rates and charges
• Work cooperatively with local, regional,
state and federal agencies
• Practice ethical behavior
• Ensure an open process
• Ensure equal opportunity and diversity in
personnel matters and contracting
The District’s only source of water is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Four
intakes pump water from the Delta, and all four are equipped with state-of-the-art
fish screens that provide the operational flexibility needed to protect the Delta’s
ecosystem, sensitive fish species and CCWD’s access to its water source.
The backbone of the District is the 48-mile Contra Costa Canal, which transports
water from the District’s intakes to its treatment plants and untreated-water
customers. Completed in 1948 by the federal Central Valley Project, the canal starts
at Rock Slough at the eastern edge of Contra Costa County and stretches west,
eventually ending in Martinez.
The Los Vaqueros Pipeline connects the canal to the Los Vaqueros Reservoir, which
is the District’s primary storage facility. The Los Vaqueros Project improves water
quality and assures reliability for the District’s customers.
The District is the treated-water provider for the following communities: Concord,
Clayton, Clyde, Pacheco, Port Costa and parts of Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill and
Martinez. The District’s Ralph D. Bollman Water Treatment Plant in Concord treats
the water that is delivered to customers in the above-listed communities.
The District shares ownership of the Randall-Bold Water Treatment Plant in Oakley
with the Diablo Water District. The Randall-Bold plant is operated by the District
and provides water to the residents of Oakley and to the District’s treated-water
service area via the 20-mile long Multi-Purpose Pipeline that stretches from Oakley
to Concord.
The District sells untreated and treated water to the cities of Antioch, Martinez and
Pittsburg, the California Cities Water Company in Bay Point and the Diablo Water
District in Oakley. The District also constructed and operates a treatment plant for
the City of Brentwood.
An elected five-member Board of Directors governs the District.
delivering safe,
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There are two keys to providing the best water possible:
source-water protection and state-of-the-art treatment.
Over the years, the District has established itself as an
industry leader in both areas.
An excellent example of the District’s commitment
to water quality is the Los Vaqueros Project, which
employs two intakes to pump water from the Delta at
times when water quality is good, then stores the water
in the protected Los Vaqueros Reservoir for use when
Delta water quality declines. This important project is
the key to ensuring that customers receive water that is
consistently high in quality and low in salinity year round.
The District uses state-of-the-art ozone technology for primary disinfection at the
Bollman and Randall-Bold treatment plants. Ozone effectively destroys potentially
harmful bacteria and viruses while it breaks up organic material in water, leaving the
water very safe with improved taste and odor.
The District has assured its ability to deliver a reliable supply of quality water well into
the future by building the Multi-Purpose Pipeline, which parallels the Contra Costa
Canal for 20 miles and delivers treated water from the Randall-Bold plant to the
District’s distribution system in Concord and to the communities of Antioch, Bay Point
and Pittsburg. It can also be used to deliver untreated water in times of emergency.
Beyond treatment and source water protection, the District works very hard to
ensure that its water continues to be safe and clean after it leaves the plants and
travels to homes and businesses. Hundreds of samples a year are taken at the
plants, throughout the distribution system, and at private residences. These
samples are then extensively analyzed to ensure that customers are receiving
clean, safe water.
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Martinez
Martinez
Reservoir
Pacheco
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Pleasant Hill
24
Suisun Bay
680
Clyde
Mallard
Reservoir
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242
Walnut Creek
Honker Bay
Concord
Mallard Slough Intake
Contra Costa Canal
Contra Costa Water District
Treated and Untreated Water Service Area
Multi-Purpose Pipeline
Los Vaqueros Pipeline
Bay Point
Sacramento River
Contra Loma
Reservoir
Clayton
Victoria Canal Pipeline
Contra Costa Canal
Pittsburg
4
Antioch
Antioch
Reservoir
160
San Joaquin
River
Oakley
Los Vaqueros
Reservoir
Transfer
Station
Brentwood
The Delta
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Rock Slough
Intake
Contra Costa County
Alameda County
Discovery Bay
Old River
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Clifton
Court
Forebay
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Middle
River
Intake
District Profile
Service Area:
Central and Eastern Contra Costa County
Total Area of District..............37,127 acres
Population Served........................550,000
Water Revenues:
Municipal....................................... 20.0 %
Industrial.........................................15.9 %
Residential..................................... 50.4 %
Commercial.......................................9.6 %
Public Facilities and Other................4.1 %
Number of Employees......................329.5
(Budgeted FTEs)
Capital Assets.................. $ 1,135,779,965
Retail Treated Water Service:
Clayton
Clyde
Concord
Martinez (portion)
Pacheco
Pleasant Hill (portion)
Port Costa
Walnut Creek (portion)
Wholesale Treated Water Customers:
Antioch
Brentwood
Golden State Water Company (Bay Point)
Diablo Water District (from jointly owned
treatment plant)
Wholesale Untreated Water Service:
(Purchasers of untreated water from
CCWD for treatment and distribution)
City of Antioch
City of Martinez
City of Pittsburg
Major Industrial Customers:
Tesoro Refining and Marketing
Shell Oil
Foster Wheeler
Rhodia
Dow Chemical Company
GWF Power
General Chemical
Calpine
USS Posco
Eight other smaller industries
Agricultural:
20 customers
UNTREATED WATER RESERVOIRS:
Martinez Reservoir.............. 270 acre-feet
Contra Loma Reservoir.....2,500 acre-feet
Mallard Reservoir..............3,000 acre-feet
Los Vaqueros Reservoir....100,000 acre-feet
TREATED WATER DISTRIBUTION
FACILITIES:
Pipelines.....................................868 miles
Storage Reservoirs ...............................40
Pump Stations....................................... 31
Connections....................................60,977
Ralph D. Bollman Water Treatment Plant
Conventional treatment (coagulation,
flocculation, sedimentation); mixed media
GAC (granular activated carbon) filtration;
intermediate and post ozonation.
Plant Capacity: 75 million gallons a day
Randall-Bold Water Treatment Plant
Conventional treatment (coagulation,
flocculation, sedimentation); dual media
GAC (granular activated carbon) filtration;
intermediate and post ozonation.
Plant Capacity: 50 million gallons a day
(This plant is jointly owned with the
Diablo Water District.)
CCWD/City of Brentwood
Treatment Plant
Conventional treatment (coagulation,
flocculation, sedimentation); dual media
GAC (granular activated carbon) filtration;
and intermediate ozonation.
Plant Capacity: 16.5 million gallons a day
(This plant was built for and is operated
for the City of Brentwood.)