TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Dana Murray, Environmental Programs Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Discuss Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report on Ocean Desalination Plant Proposed by West Basin Municipal Water District (Community Development Director McIntosh).
DISCUSS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council discuss comments on the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for the Ocean Water Desalination Project (Project) proposed by West Basin Municipal Water District.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
BACKGROUND:
On March 19, 2018, the City received correspondence from West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) announcing the release of a DEIR for the Project. The DEIR was made available for public review and comment on March 27, 2018. The comment period was initially open for 60 days with comments due by May 25, 2018; however, on May 3, 2018 West Basin's Board granted the City's request for a 30-day extension on DEIR comments, which are now due by 5:00 PM on June 25, 2018.
The proposed Project, as described in the DEIR, would consist of a desalination facility utilizing membrane filtration and reverse osmosis technologies to produce between 20 and 60 million gallons per day (mgd) of water from the ocean, depending on which configuration of the Project is constructed. The facility would have an ocean water intake system to deliver the ocean water to the facility and a brine discharge system to return concentrated seawater back to the ocean. The Project also includes a distribution system for the potable water that would be produced, with expanded facilities required to distribute the 60 million gallons per day if the full Project is developed. The proposed project site would be adjacent to Manhattan Bea...
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