WaterSMART Drought Response United Water Program: Conservation District Iron Drought and Manganese Resiliency Treatment Project Project Grants for FY 2018 February 13, Bureau of Reclamation FOA No. BOR‐DO‐18‐F008 2018 Proposal Contents Proposal Contents ................................................................................................ i List of Tables ................................................................................................................................ iii List of Figures ............................................................................................................................... iii List of Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... iii Section 1: Technical Proposal and Evaluation Criteria ................................ 1 1.1 Executive Summary ............................................................................... 1 1.2 Background Data ................................................................................... 4 1.2.1 Proposed Project Location ......................................................... 4 1.2.2 Water Supplies and Demands .................................................... 4 1.2.3 Water Delivery System............................................................... 5 1.2.4 Past Working Relationship with Reclamation ............................. 5 1.3 Technical Project Description ................................................................ 6 1.3.1 Project Need .............................................................................. 6 1.3.2 Project Description, Activities and Implementation Schedule .... 8 1.4 Performance Measures ........................................................................ 10 1.5 Evaluation Criteria................................................................................ 11 1.5.1 Evaluation Criterion A: Project Benefits ................................... 11 1.5.2 Evaluation Criterion B: Drought Planning and Preparedness .. 13 1.5.3 Evaluation Criterion C: Severity of Actual or Potential Drought Impacts to be Addressed by the Project ................................... 15 1.5.4 Criterion D: Project Implementation ......................................... 18 1.5.5 Criterion E: Nexus to Reclamation ........................................... 19 Section 2: Environmental and Cultural Resources Compliance ................. 21 Section 3: Project Budget ............................................................................ 24 3.1 Funding Plan and Letters of Commitment............................................ 24 3.2 Budget Proposal .................................................................................. 25 3.2.1 Salaries, Wages, and Fringe Benefits ...................................... 27 3.2.2 Travel ....................................................................................... 27 WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Grant Program 2018 Page i United Water Conservation District Iron and Manganese Treatment Project Proposal Contents (cont'd) 3.2.3 Equipment ................................................................................ 27 3.2.4 Materials, and Supplies............................................................ 27 3.2.5 Contractual............................................................................... 27 3.2.6 Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Costs ................... 28 3.2.7 Other Expenses........................................................................ 28 3.2.8 Indirect Costs ........................................................................... 28 3.3 Total Costs........................................................................................... 28 Section 4: Required Permits and Approvals ............................................... 29 Section 5: Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management .. 30 Section 6: References ................................................................................. 31 Section 7: Letters of Support and Commitment ......................................... 32 Section 8: Official Resolution ...................................................................... 33 WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Grant Program 2018 Page ii United Water Conservation District Iron and Manganese Treatment Project Proposal Contents (cont'd) List of Tables 1 Summary of Non-Federal and Federal Funding Sources 2 Budget Proposal List of Figures 1 Project Location 2 El Rio Groundwater Treatment Facility 3 Nitrate Concentrations in O-H Pipeline vs. Groundwater Elevation 4 Nitrate Concentrations for the El Rio Water and Groundwater Recharge Facility UAS Wells 5 California Drought Map Between 2014 and 2017 List of Acronyms AF Acre-feet AFY Acre-feet per year ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act AWPA Advanced Water Purification Facility AWWA American Water Works Association CEQA California Environmental Quality Act cfs cubic feet per second CVP Central Valley Project Delta Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta DUNS Data Universal Number System DWR Department of Water Resources ESA Endangered Species Act FCGMA Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency FOA Funding Opportunity Announcement gpm gallons per minute GREAT Groundwater Recovery Enhancement and Treatment IRWMP Integrated Regional Water Management Plan LAS Lower Aquifer System MCL Maximum Contaminant Level mg/L milligram per liter N/A Not Applicable NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Grant Program 2018 Page iii United Water Conservation District Iron and Manganese Treatment Project Proposal Contents (cont'd) O-H Oxnard-Hueneme Pipeline System Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation RFP Request for Proposal SAM System of Award Management SWP State Water Project SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board UAS Upper Aquifer System UWCD, United, District United Water Conservation District UWMP Urban Water Management Plan VFD variable frequency drive WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Grant Program 2018 Page iv United Water Conservation District Iron and Manganese Treatment Project Section 1: Technical Proposal and Evaluation Criteria 1.1 Executive Summary Date: February 9, 2018 Applicant: United Water Conservation District Applicant City, County, State: City of Santa Paula, Ventura County, California Project Name: Iron and Manganese Treatment Project The United Water Conservation District (United) is seeking funding to construct iron and manganese filtration for deep wells at the El Rio Water Treatment and Groundwater Recharge Facility, located in Ventura County, CA. Currently, shallow wells in the Oxnard Plain are increasingly impacted by elevated nitrate levels as a result of drought-related groundwater level declines. However, the use of groundwater from the lower aquifer system for blending purposes is limited by high levels of iron and manganese. Without treatment and/or blending, use of both sources of groundwater is highly limited. In addition to the filtration component, the project includes variable frequency drive upgrades to the existing deep wells in addition to upgrades to an existing settling basin that will be used for recovery of filter backwash water. This treatment and these enhancements will enable groundwater from deep wells to be used for blending with shallow well groundwater. The project will thereby ensure that groundwater from this system can continue to be reliably delivered to customers even during severe drought conditions, while meeting both primary and secondary drinking water standards. As such, the project will improve the operational flexibility, reliability and long-term drought resilience of the system. The proposed project will be completed within 2 years of award of the grant, approximately by March 2020. The proposed project is not located on a Federal facility. Figure 1 provides a location map for United and its facilities. Figure 2 provides a schematic of the El Rio Groundwater Treatment Facility. WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Grant Program 2018 Page 1 United Water Conservation District Iron and Manganese Treatment Project Legend *# Dam ?> Groundwater Recharge Basins Recharge Canals " Lake Piru Reservoir Oxnard-Hueneme System Main United Water Conservation District Operational Area Santa Felicia Dam O-H System Service Area *# Piru Spreading Saticoy Grounds Groundwater ?> Recharge Ferro Basins Recharge Basins El Rio Well Fields, Recharge Basins Freeman Diversion ?> ?>?>?> Rose ?> Recharge Oxnard- Basins Hueneme System Noble Recharge Basins W W NAWC Mountain Project Site Ventura County Figure 1 0 2.5 5 United Water Conservation District Miles Service Area Boundary 1 inch = 5 miles and Key Facilities CENTRAL AVE El Rio #12 !( I Surface Water El Rio #5 El Rio #13 !( El Rio #6 !( !( Pond 2 Pond 1 El Rio #17 !( El Rio #16 !( ROSE AVE Pond 3 Pond 4 Pond 5 El Rio #15 !( !( El Rio #2A El Rio #8 !( Clearwell 2 El Rio Water Treatment Pond 7 Pond 6 Plant and Groundwater Pond VINEYARD AVE 8 Recharge Facility Chlorine Storage !( El Rio #18 Clearwell 1 Pond 10 Pond 9 El Rio #11 !( !( Well Non-Potable Water Pipeline Well Field Manifold O-H Pipeline Potable Water Pipeline Recharge Basin !( El Rio #14 0 400 800 1,600 Ft Document Path: J:\ENGINEER\Erik\Map Projects\Robert\EL RIO 8.5X11.mxd 1 inch = 800 feet UserName: erikz DESIGNED BY: _________E.J.Z. Figure 2 DESIGNED BY: __________________________ DATE: ___________ PROJECT ENGINEER UNITED WATER APPROVAL DRAWN BY: _________E.J.Z.