Phase 3 Feasibility Report (Table of Contents & Executive Summary)

Draft Phase 3 Engineering and Economic/Financial Analysis Report
Executive Summary
locations of the Project area. Areawide, the “local” recipients of recycled water
would include the Peacock Gap golf course, urban users in Novato, the existing
SVCSD reuse area, the Sonoma Valley Recycled Water Project, the Napa MST area,
and the Carneros East area. The “regional” recipients would include the
agricultural users in Sears Point, the Southern Sonoma Valley, and the Central
Sonoma Valley areas, as well as the Napa Salt Marsh restoration area.
Within the alternatives described above, the Authority members have collectively
prioritized the projects within their individual service areas to identify a phased
implementation plan under any of the alternatives being considered. The first phase
(Phase 1) of alternative implementation includes projects that each member agency
has defined to a level of detail that allows both for project-level environmental review
in other sections of the feasibility study, and short-term readiness for design, funding,
and construction. Each treatment plant puts first priority on the delivery of recycled
water to its local projects. Local projects include the Novato urban users, the Sonoma
Valley Recycled Water Project, the Napa MST area, and the Napa Salt Marsh
restoration area.
A fourth alternative, the “No Action Alternative”, assumes that there is no joint
Project. It essentially represents the “current status” in which the potential need to
develop additional potable water supplies continues to be a regional challenge, and
additional treatment capacity and water recycling might occur strictly from the
implementation of local plans for expansion, as funding is available.
Of the action alternatives, Alternative 1 has the lowest associated costs and provides
the least recycled water supply; Alternative 3 has the highest costs and provides the
greatest amount of recycled water. The differences in cost among the alternatives
stems from the successively greater installation of pipelines, storage, treatment, and
pumping facilities associated with each in turn.
The recycling benefits and costs of the alternatives are summarized below:
Summary of Recycling Capacity and Associated Costs of Alternatives of the
North San Pablo Bay Restoration and Reuse Project
Action Alternative New Recycled
Water Demand
(Beneficial
Reuse)
Developed by
Total Recycled
Water Demand
in the Project
Area (w/Project)
Discharge
to Bay
Estimated
Capital
Costs
(millions)
Estimated
Annual
Operations &
Maintenance
Costs (millions)
the Alternative (1)
No Action Alternative 0 AF 4,944 AF 22,711 AF $270 M --
Alternative 1 – Basic 6,455 AF 11,329 AF 16,256 AF $210 M $1.8 M
Regional System
Alternative 2 –
11,215 AF 16,159 AF 11,496 AF $378 M $2.8 M
Regional System
Alternative 3 –
12,725 AF 17,669 AF 9,986 AF $414 M $3.1 M
Interconnected
Regional System
(1)
The new recycled water demand developed by the alternatives represents total beneficial reuse to customers.
Additional recycled water is available from SVCSD and Napa SD for the Napa Salt Marsh which is not included in
these totals, as the amount of water needed for the Napa Salt Marsh is unknown at this time. Supplying recycled
water to the Napa Salt Marsh would further reduce discharges to San Pablo Bay.
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