Cal Am: No time to pursue permits for desal backup plans
Seeking backup plan permits would take more time, engineer tells mayors
By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer, 02/04/2013
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“…Cal Am director of engineering Rich Svindland said the various regulatory agencies generally resist any attempt to seek permits for multiple contingency plans, and such an effort would likely take more time than seeking approval of one option at a time.” “Svindland also laid out the company's contingency plans for water intake and told the committee there were essentially no feasible options besides wells in the Salinas Valley groundwater basin or open ocean intake. And he reiterated company officials' belief that Cal Am is pursuing the lowest-risk option with its plans for shoreline slant wells north of Marina, despite the threat of legal action from agricultural interests.”
“Cal Am's current plan calls for starting up its proposed test wells in December, and pumping from both a shallower aquifer and a disputed 180-foot aquifer for at least two years. Monitoring wells will also be designed to show any impact of the pumping on groundwater levels.”
TAC Agenda Packet 02-04-13
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)
MONTEREY PENINSULA REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY (MPRWA)
February 4, 2013
DRAFT MINUTES
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)
February 4, 2013
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