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Community Informational Meeting on Recycled Water
September 23, 2010 from 6:30- 8:30 PM
Simpkins Swim Center, Santa Cruz

Community TV of Santa Cruz County  filmed the September 23^rd Community Informational Meeting on Recycled Water and it is scheduled to play on Comcast 25/Charter 71 several times in November.  The schedule is:
11/2/2010 at 4:30 PM
11/4/2010 at 12:00 PM
11/6/2010 at 4:00 PM
11/8/2010 at 11:30 AM
11/10/2010 at 9:00 PM
11/11/2010 at 5:00 PM
11/14/2010 at 9:30 AM

Recycled Water has become a popular water resource that municipalities are using to supplement water supply shortfalls.  Learn more about the opportunities and limitations of recycled water for the City of Santa Cruz and Soquel Creek Water District.

Also, learn about the integrated water plans for both agencies and why desalination was identified as the preferred alternative, instead of a large recycled water project, for supplementing our water supply to address drought and groundwater overdraft.

Presenters included: 

Heidi Luckenbach, scwd² Desalination Program Coordinator

Dr. David W. Smith, Managing Director WateReuse Association California

Todd Reynolds, Senior Engineer, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Mary Bannister, General Manager, Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency

Charles McNiesh, General Manager, Scotts Valley Water District

Meeting Materials

• scwd² White Paper on Recycled Water:  Opportunities and Limitations
• scwd² Fact Sheet- Recycled Water- (2 page fact sheet)
• Flyer
• Meeting Schedule and Speaker Biographies
• Presentation: Integrated Water Plan (Heidi Luckenbach)
• Presentation: Overview of Water Recycling  (David Smith)
• Presentation: Scotts Valley Water Recycling Program (Charles McNiesh)
• Presentation:  Watsonville Area Water Recycling Project (Mary Bannister)
• Presentation:  Opportunities and Limitations with Recycled Water for the City of Santa Cruz and Soquel Creek Water District (Todd Reynolds)

Future Community Informational Meetings to be held in 2010-2011:

• Marine Issues with Desalination –what design considerations for the intake and discharge may be incorporated with the proposed project?
• Energy and Cost- how much energy will the proposed desalination project require and how much could it cost?

Meetings already held include:

• Water Conservation- May 27, 2010.  Click Here for more information
• History of Water Supply Planning- July 28, 2010.  Click Here for more information.

 If you'd like to learn more, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) of this website.