1. Jim Heitzman General Manager Marina Coast Water District
Desal in Monterey
Jim Heitzman
General Manager
Marina Coast Water District

2. We are building a brackish water desalination plant!
It has broad public support
It is built on the California coast
It also treats intruded, underground seawater
It solves environmental and regulatory problems
It was formulated in 2008 and is scheduled to go on line in 2015

3. Water Supply Constraints Require Immediate Attention
Former Fort Ord
Redevelopment
Seaside Basin
Overdraft
Carmel River
SWRCB Order and CDO

4. Regional Project Components
Intake Wells/ Pipeline
Desal Facility
Product Water Conveyance
MCWD Tie-in
Monterey Pipeline
ASR Facilities
CAW Terminal Reservoir

5. Regional Project Provides Replacement Water – No Growth Inducement
Reduces Diversions from Carmel River
Consistent with SWRCB Order 95-10
Complies with Cease and Desist
Reduces Pumping from Seaside Basin
Meets Water Needs for Approved Redevelopment of Former Fort Ord

6. Detailed Analysis Confirms Cleanup of 180-Foot Aquifer
2005
2003
1999
1993
1985
1975
Current
Seawater Intrusion
20+ Years
50+ years
40+ years
Castroville
Marina
Salinas
Former
Fort Ord 11

8. Facilities will Rely on Power from Landfill Gas Cogeneration and use of Existing Outfall
Cogeneration power from adjacent landfill
New 6 mw cogeneration plant
Initially, energy source: combination of natural gas and methane
Tie to existing 5 mw cogeneration plant
Renewable energy credits
Long-term, low-cost reliable energy supply
Addresses potential GHG impacts
Existing
Outfall
Existing
Cogeneration
Facility
Treatment
Facilities
New
Cogeneration
Facility

9. Regional Project Provides Least Cost Solution
Cost/AF
Alternative

10. It was challenging. Are there any takeaway lessons?
yes

11. Break with tradition and avoid the comfort of Bureaucracy

12. Sometimes it goes fast and sometimes it don’t

13. Harness the intellect of engineering staff and others

14. Prepare for a long journey

15. Hope for an orderly process

16. But be ready for a little chaos once in awhile

17. But there is a path forward... If you keep moving

18. Work to bring diverse groups together

19. Have your project treated like royalty

20. By not trying to solve all your problems on your own

21. But by working together

22. Hold public meetings
Find your seats, please!

23. Work together

24. Turns out working together is like a picnic in the park

25. Monterey Desalination Water Project
Use brackish groundwater from a seawater barrier protecting the Salinas Basin, to create potable water for the peninsula
Use vertical and slant wells avoiding open ocean intakes
Discharge brines within Ocean Plan regulations because brackish sources are less salty than straight seawater
Solve the regulatory and hydraulic problems in the Carmel River, Seaside Groundwater Basin, and Salinas Groundwater Basin
Use off-grid power from bio-digested waste from the landfill

26. Project Provides Significant Regional Benefits
Restoration of flows to the Carmel River – Steelhead Fish
Increased reliability
Future ability to address North Monterey County water needs
Reduced wastewater discharge to Marine Sanctuary
Reduced carbon footprint thru green landfill power
Immediate construction to aid economic stimulus

27. Water from the Regional Project Provides the Least Cost, Sustainable Water Supply Solution
Uses100% of
Recycled
Water
Meets
Proposed
SWRCB
Ocean
Plan
Meets
Urban
Needs
Protects
Carmel River
& Marine
Sanctuary
Meets
Agricultural
Needs &
Restores
Salinas
Basin
Provides
Carbon
Neutral
Energy
Source

28. For the Valuable Beneficial Uses in the County:
Uses100% of
Recycled
Water
Meets
Proposed
SWRCB
Ocean
Plan
Meets
Urban
Needs
Protects
National
Marine
Sanctuary
Meets
Agricultural
Needs &
Restores
Salinas
Basin
Provides
Carbon
Neutral
Energy
Source

29. Questions?