NorCal Section Monthly Meeting April 22, 2008 Recycled Water Program Public Outreach & Lessons Learned Doug Venable El Dorado Irrigation District

Drinking Water Waste Water Hydroelectric Recreation Recycled Water

El Dorado County

Produced over 1 billion gallons of recycled water Two WWTPs

Serrano First subdivision in California to use dual plumbed front & back yard landscape irrigation

Required Use For new developments where recycled water is available

Approved new housing developments with recycled water Blackstone –1,445 units Hawk View –114 units Bell Woods –80 units Carson Creek –1,973 units Total of 3,612 new homes to be built

Golf Course

Residential Front Yards

Residential Back Yards

Medians

Parks

Schoolyards

Building An Outreach Program

Taylor the Program Who is your audience? What are their concerns?

Dual Plumbed Community

Methods of Communication Website & Brochures Bill inserts Postcards... Newsletters Newspaper articles Fact sheets Workshops & Public meetings Surveys & Questionnaires

Building Relationships Home Owner’s Associations Neighborhood groups Community advocate groups CC&R’s Develop trust & relationships –Education –Transparent objectives –Provide facts –Early planning –Collaboration

Comprehensive Program Development Health & safety –Title 22 –Cross-connection prevention –Backflow protection Good irrigation practices Agency requirements –Approval process –Inspections

Site Supervisor Industrial & Commercial –Facility Employee –Irrigation Contractor Responsibilities –Maintaining system –Monitor recycled water use –Uphold local agency rules & regulations –Train & educate facility personnel –Report all modifications to system

Site Supervisor Residential applications –Home Owner’s Association –Resident Responsibilities –Maintaining system –Monitor recycled water use –Uphold local agency rules & regulations Good irrigation practices Agency requirements –Approval process –Inspections

Irrigation Workshops Face to face meeting Irrigation plan and inspection process Local agency rules & regulations Noncompliance issues Questions and answers

EID Recycled Water Orientation Monthly workshop at HOA clubhouse Required for; –Contractors and Landscape Designers (repeated every 18 months) –site supervisors –sales staff –residents

Lessons Learned Developers –Preconstruction meetings –Service releases –Outreach material –Public meeting venue –Sales staff –Transfer responsibility to HOA

Lessons Learned Homeowners –Noncompliance –Outreach –Education –Modifications –Regulations

Lessons Learned Contractors & Designers –Level playing field –Noncompliance –Contractor-Agency Agreement –Clear Design & Construction standards Multi lingual versions

QUESTIONS? Doug Venable El Dorado Irrigation District NorCal Section Monthly Meeting April 22, 2008