General Plan - Moreno Valley

CHAPTER 2 – COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTEMWD’s water supply comes from localgroundwater, recycled water and importedwater from the Metropolitan Water District.The Box Springs Mutual Water Companyprovides well water and/or water purchasedfrom the Western Municipal Water District toa portion of southwest Moreno Valley. Its445-acre service area covers a small fractionof Moreno Valley. The service area islocated west of Elsworth Street, betweenCottonwood Avenue and AlessandroBoulevard and west of Day Street betweenCottonwood and Eucalyptus Avenues.The water distribution system is adequatewithin EMWD's jurisdiction. However,portions of the Box Springs Mutual WaterCompany system are undersized, whichlimits its ability to deliver adequate water flowfor new development. Water lineimprovements in these areas are beingmade incrementally.Other water districts serve areas outside ofthe city limits. The Reche Canyon area northof the city limits is served by the RecheCanyon Mutual Water District and SanBernardino Valley Mutual Water District. TheSan Gorgonio Pass Water District serves anadditional area northeast of the sphere ofinfluence. A small mountainous area in thenorthwest portion of the city and someof the mountainous terrain north and east ofthe city limits are not within the service areaof any water purveyor.2.4.2. Sewer ServiceTwo entities provide sewer service inMoreno Valley. The Eastern MunicipalWater District serves most of the City andsurrounding areas. Sewer lines do not existwithin most of the eastern side of MorenoValley.EMWD’s Moreno Valley Regional WaterReclamation Facility, located in thesouthwestern portion of the City, and has acapacity to treat 16 million gallons ofwastewater per day and a capacity toMORENO VALLEY GENERAL PLANexpand to 48 million gallons per day. Theutilization in the year 2000 was 10 milliongallons per dayThe Edgemont Community Services Districtprovides sewer service to a small area inthe southwest portion of Moreno Valley.Sewage treatment is provided undercontract with the City of Riverside.2.4.3. ElectricitySouthern California Edison (SCE) supplieselectricity to individual customers within thestudy area. Energy is delivered to the studyarea and is received at both the MaxwellSubstation located at Ironwood Avenue andHeacock Street, the Alessandro Substationlocated near John F. Kennedy Boulevardand Kitching Street and the BunkerSubstation northeast of the intersection ofIronwood Avenue and Pettit Street. SCE's115 KV transmission lines bring power intothese substations, where it is stepped downto 33 KV for distribution to its customersthrough a local service network emanatingfrom the two substations.There were several major 115 KVtransmission lines within the study area.These transmission lines have rights-of-wayof varying widths between 20 to 50 feet withmost of them being 30 feet in width. Inaddition to the major transmission lineswithin the study area, there is also anextensive local service network of overheadand underground service lines. Theseservice lines carry electricity from thesubstations to each SCE customer. Thereare no existing local electrical generationfacilities.Electric transmission corridors present bothopportunities and constraints for futuredevelopment. On the positive side, futuregrowth can be supplied with adequateenergy resources without major investmentin transmission facilities. In addition,electrical transmission corridors presentopportunities for open space and trails.Page 2-7 July 11, 2006