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EVALUATION OF SEAWATER DESALINATION PROJECTS<br />

PROPOSED FOR THE MONTEREY PENINSULA<br />

• Following the stated method employed to revise the Pridesa/Conkey pretreatment and<br />

RO process values to 2005 Proposed Project costs results in substantially lower values<br />

than indicated in Table 6-3 <strong>of</strong> the Conceptual Design Report.<br />

• A 10 percent contingency may be appropriate for a Preliminary Design estimate that<br />

uses component costs for the Proposed Project. This estimate, however, is based on<br />

factoring costs from an estimate for a project double the size <strong>of</strong> the Proposed Project<br />

and applying an inflation factor to bring it to current dollars. A contingency <strong>of</strong> at least<br />

25 percent is recommended for this estimate.<br />

Operation and Maintenance Costs<br />

The September 16, 2005, CWP Conceptual Design Report includes the Operations, Repairs,<br />

and Replacement Annual Costs Summary table reproduced as Table 4 below.<br />

Table 4 – CWP 2005 Operations, Repairs, and Replacement<br />

Annual Costs Summary<br />

Facility<br />

Cost<br />

<strong>Desalination</strong> Facilities Operations Cost $6,252,000<br />

DWCS Operations $417,000<br />

Terminal Reservoir / ASR Pump Station Operations $72,000<br />

Segunda/ ASR System $651,000<br />

Subtotal, O&M Costs $7,392,000<br />

Subtotal, Repairs and Replacements $1,448,000<br />

Total O&M with Membrane Replacement $8,840,000<br />

The CWP treatment facility O&M costs are thorough and consistent with expected values for<br />

a full-scale MF/RO facility. Electrical costs are assumed to be $0.07/kWh for “within the<br />

fence” power to the treatment facility and $0.12/kWh for <strong>of</strong>f-site pumping stations. These<br />

costs are consistent with our understanding <strong>of</strong> the current power rate structure.<br />

Financing –Identification & Adequacy<br />

CAW has served the Monterey area since it acquired utility properties from California Water<br />

and Telephone Company in 1966. CAW is one <strong>of</strong> the state’s largest regulated water utilities<br />

with rates subject to authorization from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).<br />

CAW is also part <strong>of</strong> the American Water Works Company’s (AWWC) family <strong>of</strong> subsidiaries<br />

operating in many states across the country. AWWC is one <strong>of</strong> the largest regulated water<br />

utilities in the country, and is part <strong>of</strong> investor-owned RWE <strong>of</strong> Germany, Europe’s third<br />

largest utility. RWE is considering divesting itself <strong>of</strong> AWWC properties through a public<br />

stock <strong>of</strong>fering.<br />

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District 5-6

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