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SECTION 1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION L1 PROJECT OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND The City of San Leandro (City) is responsible for collecting and treating wastewater for approximately two-thirds of the city. The WPCP serves 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) that produces secondary effluent which is predominantly discharged into San Francisco Bay through the East Bay Dischazgers Authority (EBDA) effluent outfall. EBDA is a joint powers authority comprised of the City of Hayward, City of San Leandro, Oro Loma Sanitary District, Castro Valley Sanitary District, and Union Sanitary District. EBDA holds a joint National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NFDES) permit to discharge treated effluent into the Bay. East Bay Muzucipal 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. Annually the WPCP provides an average of 0.4 mgd (12.3 million gallons per month) recycled water to EBMUDt. 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 use additional recycled water effluent from its WPCP for irrigation within the City. The Project would result in an annual average of approximately 270 million gallons per year of recycled water used in the City. Implementation of this project would not decrease the amount of recycled water provided to Alameda and Oakland. The City received a matching grant from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRGB) for the preparation of a facilities planning report. The Draft Final Recycled Water Facilities Planning Report (Facilities Planning Report) (Kennedy/Jerks Consultants, 2004) evaluated a number of alternatives for providing recycled water to irrigate parks and golf courses in western San Leandro in the vicinity of the EBDA effluent pipeline.2 On the basis of the Facilities Planning Report evaluation, the City identified as its preferred Project (summarized in Table 1-1) distribution of recycled water to the Monarch Bay Golf Complex (Phase la); Marina Park, the During the dry months (May through October) the WPCP provides 0.67 mgd (20 million gallons per month) to EBMUD. Western.San Leandro was selected for irrigation with recycled water because the 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 overall project cost. Three large parks exist east of the selected but require substantial capital improvement to construct the distzibution system. The primary factor in selection of this area is water cost per acre. San Leandro Recycled Water Project l-l ESA /203193 Draft 1SMII~ID