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Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Pre-Feasibility Plan Formulation Study San Diego County, California Prepared by U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation and Stetson Engineers Inc. San Rafael, California Conjunctive Use Pre-Feasibility Plan Formulation Study Acknowledgments This study largely relied on work conducted by Stetson Engineers Inc. and presented in the following reports: Santa Margarita River Recharge and Recovery Enhancement Program: Permit 15000 Feasibility Study for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, March 23, 2001. Conjunctive Use Project for the Lower Santa Margarita River Basin, Supplemental Study to the Santa Margarita River Recharge and Recovery Enhancement Program: Permit 15000 Feasibility Study for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, February 2002. Technical Engineering Report, Constructed Treatment Wetland Feasibility Study, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 2003. Draft: Three Dimensional Groundwater Flow Model of the San Mateo and San Onofre Basins, USMC Base Camp Pendleton, September 2004. Stetson Engineers Inc., was instrumental in the completion of this study by providing assistance in the development of the alternatives and project yields. Stetson also provided valuable support in answering questions and providing technical details to the Bureau of Reclamation engineering team. Their dedication and professionalism is greatly appreciated. iii Conjunctive Use Pre-Feasibility Plan Formulation Study Contents Acknowledgments ................................................................................................iii 1.0 Introduction..................................................................................................xiii 1.1 Authority..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of and Need for Project ................................................................. 2 1.3 Background................................................................................................. 2 Location of Study Area............................................................................... 2 Description of Existing Camp Pendleton Facilities.................................... 3 Santa Margarita River Diversion Structure........................................... 5 Lake O’Neill ......................................................................................... 6 Ground-Water Recharge Ponds ............................................................ 6 1.4 Legal History .............................................................................................. 7 1.5 Legal and Institutional Framework............................................................. 9 2.0 Water Resources ........................................................................................... 13 2.1 Ground Water............................................................................................ 13 2.2 Surface Water............................................................................................ 16 3.0 Water Requirements..................................................................................... 17 3.1 Camp Pendleton........................................................................................ 17 3.2 Fallbrook Public Utility District ............................................................... 17 4.0 Development of Pre-Feasibility Alternatives.............................................. 19 4.1 Previous Investigations ............................................................................. 19 4.2 Pre-Feasibility Alternatives Workshop..................................................... 19 4.3 Alternatives Eliminated from Further Consideration ............................... 20 Fallbrook and De Luz Dam....................................................................... 20 Other On-Stream Storage.......................................................................... 21 Seawater Desalination............................................................................... 21 Water Exchange With Oceanside ............................................................. 21 Brackish Water Desalination .................................................................... 21 Recovery and Recharge of Storm Water in Murrieta-Temecula Ground- Water Basin............................................................................................... 21 Enlargement of Lake O’Neill.................................................................... 21 5.0 Pre-Feasibility Alternatives.......................................................................... 23 5.1 Overview of Alternatives.......................................................................... 23 Concept 1— .............................................................................................. 23 Concept 2— .............................................................................................. 23 Concept 3— .............................................................................................. 24 Improvements to Existing Facilities ......................................................... 24 Obermeyer Diversion Structure .......................................................... 25 Ditch and Headgate Improvements..................................................... 25 Existing Recharge Pond Improvements (Pond Nos. 1-5) ................... 25 vii Santa Margarita River Potential New Project Facilities................................................................ 26 Advanced Water Treatment ................................................................ 26 Fallbrook Conveyance Pipeline .......................................................... 27 San Mateo Creek and San Onofre Creek Ground-Water Basins ........ 27 Water Exchanges with Orange County............................................... 28 Reclaimed Water Use, Treatment Wetlands, and Reservoir on NWS 28 Land Outfall Pipeline.................................................................... 28 Treatment Wetland........................................................................ 28 Dam and Storage Reservoir .......................................................... 29 Denitrified Pipeline to the Santa Margarita River ........................ 31 Reclaimed Water Use, Treatment Wetlands on Camp Pendleton ...... 31 Newton Canyon Ponds.................................................................. 31 Pueblitos Canyon .......................................................................... 31 Off-Stream Reservoir Site on Camp Pendleton.................................. 32 Direct Diversion from Recharge Ponds .............................................. 33 Brine Line to Pacific Ocean................................................................ 33 In-stream Check Structures................................................................. 35 5.2 Alternative 1A........................................................................................... 41 Description................................................................................................ 41 Details ....................................................................................................... 41 Sources...................................................................................................... 42 5.3 Alternative 1B........................................................................................... 44 Description................................................................................................ 44 Details ....................................................................................................... 44 Sources...................................................................................................... 44 5.4 Alternative 1C........................................................................................... 46 Description................................................................................................ 46 Details ....................................................................................................... 46 Sources...................................................................................................... 46 5.5 Alternative 1D........................................................................................... 48 Description................................................................................................ 48 Details ....................................................................................................... 48 Sources...................................................................................................... 48 5.6 Alternative 1E ........................................................................................... 50 Description................................................................................................ 50 Details ....................................................................................................... 50 Sources...................................................................................................... 50 5.7 Alternative 1F ........................................................................................... 52 Description................................................................................................ 52 Details ....................................................................................................... 52 Sources.....................................................................................................