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~.~ ENVIRONMENTAL CHECHI,IST 8. Description of Project: The City of San Leandro (City) is responsible for the collection and treatment of wastewater to approximately 50,000 residents and a daytime work population of approximately 69,000. The City owns and operates a 7.6 million gallon per day (mgd) water pollution control plant (WPCP) thak produces secondary effluent, which is predominantly discharged into San Francisco Bay through the East Bay Dischargers Authozity (EBDA) effluent outfall. East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) provides potable water service to the City. In 1988, EBMUD entered into a contract with the City to purchase and distribute recycled water for irrigation in Alameda and Oakland. The WPCP annually provides an average 0.4 mgd (12.3 million gallons per month) of recycled water to EBMUD.I The City's WPCP is the source of recycled water for these areas; however, no recycled water is currently used within the City's boundaries. The City is now proposing to implement the San Leandro Water Recycling Project (Project) in order to convert additional effluent from its WPCP into recycled water for irrigation. The Project would result in an annual average of approximately 270 million gallons per year of recycled water use in the City. The City received a matching grant from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) for the preparation of a facilities planning report. The Draft Final Recycled Water Facilities Planning Report (Facilities Planning Report} (Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, 2004) evaluated a number of alternatives for providing recycled water to irrigate parks and golf courses in western San Leandro.2 On the basis of the Facilities Planning Report evaluation, the City identified as its preferred Project (summarized in Table 1-1 in Section 1.0) the provision of recycled water to the Monarch Bay Golf Complex (Phase la); Marina Park, the adjacent par course, and nearby roadway medians (Phase lb); and Oyster Bay Regional Park (Phase 2). Figures 1-1 and 1-2 show the Project location and existing and proposed facilities. 9. Surrounding Land Uses and Setting: As shown on Figure 1-3 the WPCP is bordered by the Metropolitan Golf Links to the north, the San Leandro Slough and the San Leandro Rifle Pistol Range to the east and south, and industrial areas to the west. The Davis Street Transfer Station is located directly south of the San Leandro Rifle Pistol Range. There are two alternate pipe routes for the northern end of the recycled water pipeline to Oyster Bay Regional Park. The Northern Pipeline Route would be located in a raised levee that extends west from the WPCP along the San Leandro Slough. The Southern Pipeline Route would extend along a roadway in a westward direction along the southern side of the San Leandro Slough. The Oakland International Airport is located approximately one mile north of the WPCP. The southern section of the pipeline alignrrlent would extend from the proposed recycling disinfection and filtration plant (water recycling plant) at the Monarch Bay Golf Complex south along Monarch Drive. The land uses along Monarch Drive are mainly recreational (golf courses, marina, pedestrian paths, par course and grassy fields). t During the dry months (May through October), the WPCP provides 0.67 mgd (20 million gallons per month) to EBMUD. 2 Western San Leandro was selected for irrigation with recycled water because [he existing EBDA Pipeline provides the distribution backbone for the recycled water distribution system. In addition the existing EBDA Pipeline passes closely to significant open azeas requiring irrigation, thereby significantly reducing the project overall cost. Ttuee large parks exisk east of the selected but require substantial capital improvement to construct the distribution system. The primary factor in selection of this area is water cost ger acre. San Leandro Recycled Watcr Project 2-2 ESA ~ 7A3t93 Draft IS/IvIlVD